Hemosiderin Brown Stains
Hemosiderin Brown Stains
Haemosiderin is a protein compound that stores iron in your tissues, which accumulates under your skin. As a result, you may notice yellow, brown, or even a bruise-like staining appearance, often found on the lower leg, sometimes covering the space between your knee and ankle.
Causes of Haemosiderin
The major cause of these brown marks is chronic inflammation. This is most like to be due to:
- Varicose veins
- Hidden varicose veins
- Healed Leg Ulcer
- Following sclerotherapy
- Following infection in the leg
When brown marks appear on the skin at the ankle due to varicose veins, or “hidden varicose veins,” this is classified as CEAP C4. The brown marks (Haemosiderin) occur because of the venous blood refluxing the wrong way down the veins. This occurs due to the one-way valves failing in the veins. The appearance of brown marks at the ankles is a sign of severe venous disease. If the underlying varicose veins, or “hidden varicose veins,” are not treated, the skin damage will continue. This is eventually lead to a venous leg ulcer.
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Treatments for Hemosiderin Brown Stains
Venaseal Glue Treatment
- Can be performed in the office/outpatient environment
- Is relatively painless?
- Very little bruising of the leg
- Minimal local anaesthetic required.
- Return to work within 24 hours.
Radiofrequency Vein Ablation
- Gold standard treatment of varicose veins (along with endovenous laser ablation)
- Keyhole treatment
- Relatively painless and return to work within 24 hours
- Useful in treating primary varicose veins
Closure Treatment
- Same day procedure
- Fast recovery – resuming normal activities within 1-2 days
- Minimal or no scarring
EndoVenous Laser Ablation
- Keyhole treatment
- All varicose vein sizes can be treated.
- Relatively painless with return to work within 24 hours
- Useful in treating primary and secondary varicose veins
Ultrasound – Guided Foam Sclerotherapy
- Keyhole treatment
- Useful in treating recurrent varicose veins
- Outpatient/office based treatment
- Compliments: laser and radio frequency treatment of varicose veins
- Relatively cheap
Vein Check-up
- At the Vein and Foot Clinic, we offer an early detection service for the potential risk of developing thread veins, varicose veins, pelvic varicose veins, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
Conditions We Treat
- Varicose veins
- Superficial Venous Thrombosis Phlebitis
- Thread / spider veins
- Swollen leg
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- May turners syndrome
- Varicose veins in pregnancy
- Varicose veins in obese patients
- Restless leg syndrome
- Varicose veins of the testicles
- Recurrent Varicose Veins
- Hidden Varicose Veins
- Hemosiderin Brown Stains
- Lipo dermatosclerosis (LDS)
- Venous Eczema
- Leg Ulcers
- Vaginal and Vulval Varicose Veins
- Pelvic Congestion Syndrome (PCS)
