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• Variable cost - a cost that varies depending on the treatment

• Varicose veins - distended veins occurring most commonly in the legs. The condition is often inherited or caused by obstruction to blood flow

• Vasoconstriction - constriction or decrease in diameter of blood vessels.

• Vasodilation - dilation or increase in diameter of blood vessels

• Vein - a blood vessel conveying blood towards the heart

• Ventouses - glass or perspex cups used in vacuum suction

• Venule - a minute blood vessel that drains blood from the capillaries

• Verruca - a plantar wart occurring on the sole of the foot

• Vesicle - a tiny blister in the skin containing a clear fluid

• Vibrations - massage manipulations that are gentle and soothing in effect

• Vichy shower - A fine spray of water produced from five micro jets situated on a horizontal rail above a table below on which a client lies. This treatment may also include a massage and is also known as affusion or rain shower

• Virilism - the development of masculine characteristics, deepening of the voice, increased body hair and muscle bulk, in a female

• Virus - micro-organism which causes disease, smaller than bacteria and capable of reproduction and mutation in living cells

• Vitamins - essential substances required in small amounts for healthy growth and development in the body

• Vitiligo - white areas of skin completely devoid of pigment

• Volt - electromotive force