Spider Veins

Spider veins are veins on the body that not only look bad, but can also cause serious pain on the body.

Spider veins are small blood vessels in the body that appear red or blue on the skins surface. A spider vein can be seen on the legs, face and other areas of the body.

The spider vein gets its name because, the clusters of the blood vessels in the body come up to the surface of the body and looks like a spider web patter.

Patients that have spider veins may feel mild pain or discomfort. The larger the spider vein the cluster is, the more pain you feel. Men and women both suffer from spider veins.

The spider veins on the body can be bothersome and now there are ways to treat the spider veins.

The spider veins can be removed by lasers or injections. The spider vein techniques can help reduce the size of the spider vein cluster, and can take away any pain you may be having from the spider veins.

What Is A Spider Vein?

Spider veins also known as Telangiectasias are small veins in the body that are often red or blue and are close to the surface of the skin. They generally appear when a larger vessel around has popped or collapsed. The smaller veins near the collapsed vein, will take over the blood circulation. The cluster of the small veins looks like a spider web.

Where Do The Spider Vein Cluster Come From?

The reason we get spider vein clusters is not really known. There are several ways to get spider veins and that is because of heredity, pregnancy, growth, age and hormones.

Both men and women can get spider veins on their body. Many times the spider vein clusters will show more on women than men this is due to puberty, birth control pills and hormone changes.

Why Do We Get Spider Veins?

Spider veins usually surface on the body when a varicose vein has popped or collapsed.

This happens when the blood circulation in the specific vein is clogged, which means the blood stays in that vein.

When the blood stays in a certain area for too long it causes the veins to start to swell. When the veins swell we get varicose veins. When the varicose veins pop or collapse we get spider veins.

In some cases we get spider veins because there is too much stress on the veins, and they cause smaller veins to work harder.

Where On The Body Can You Find Spider Veins?

You can find spider veins anywhere on the body, however the spider vein clusters are generally found on your thighs, caves, ankles and face.

Are Spider Veins Painful?

Not in call cases, some spider veins cause no pain; in other cases some spider vein clusters can cause severe pain. But, in both cases spider veins are bothersome.

If you have a spider vein on the face or the legs you may feel itching in the specific area where the spider vein is, or you can feel severe aching and cramping on the area of the spider vein.

Is There A Spider Vein Prevention?

There is no actual way to prevent a spider vein. There are some techniques that can help minimize the amount of spider veins you get, or can help prevent the spread of a spider vein.

Wearing compression stockings can help the unwanted spider veins from forming. The compression stockings help spider veins because they are so tight on the legs that they help the blood flow and won't let any vein get swollen which is why we get spider veins.

Weight is another way to help minimize the amount of spider veins you get on the body. If you maintain your weight, then your legs won't feel more pressure on them, when your leg feels more pressure the veins in the legs have to work harder to circulate the blood which can cause spider veins.

Wearing low-heeled shoes can also help the amount of spider veins you get on the body. When women wear high heels on a daily basis they can strain their calf, which will cause the veins in the legs to work harder, and then can eventually clog the veins. This can cause spider veins to form.

Staying out of the sun or always wearing sun block can help prevent the number of unwanted spider veins on your face. It is important to protect your face from the sun, because the sun can form a spider vein as well.

How Can Spider Vein Clusters Be Treated?

There are several different ways that a spider vein can be treated, some of these techniques are considered to be medical procedures and other techniques are considered to be cosmetic procedures.

The techniques that are used to reduce or remove a spider vein are generally considered to be a surgical procedure; there are several non-surgical procedures that can be used to treat spider veins too.

The techniques used to help reduce or remove spider veins are: Sclerotherapy, laser treatment, intense pulse lights and electrodessication.

Some techniques that are considered to be non-surgical treatments that can be used to remove spider veins are: creams, acupuncture and supplements.

Whether you chose surgical or non-surgical spider vein removal techniques, both techniques have one main goal, which is to remove or reduce the spider veins on your body that are causing you pain and discomfort.

Spider Vein Treatments

The surgical spider veins that can be used to help reduce or remove the painful spider veins are:

Spider Vein Treatments: Sclerotherapy

The sclerotherapy spider vein technique has been around for a long time, and has helped many patients remove the painful spider veins off their body.

The only injection treatment you can get for a spider vein is sclerotherapy. This injection treatment helps reduce or remove the spider veins from your body.

The sclerotherapy works by injecting a solution into the vein on the body that is causing you trouble. The way the sclerotherapy works is by the solution that gets injected into the body with a very fine needle, when the solution gets into the body it starts to irritate the lining of the vein. When the vein gets irritated it will then cause the vein to swell and stick to the vein lining. This will then cause the blood to clot from the vein, and over time the spider vein will collapse. When the vein collapses the other veins near it will take over the blood circulation. This will make the spider vein fade away and remove the pain.

Spider Vein Treatments: Laser Treatment

The laser spider vein treatment will help remove the spider veins off your body, and will help take away the pain on the body.

The laser spider vein treatment has an intense light that goes over the spider veins on the body, as the light or laser goes over the body in the specific places it will start to melt down the spider veins on the body. When the spider veins start to melt down, they turn into scars that will fade away. When the spider veins are turned into scars you will no longer feel any pain. When the laser is going over the body you may hear zapping and smell of smoke.

Spider Vein Treatments: Intense Pulse Lights

The intense pulse light spider vein treatment helps remove or reduce the spider veins on the body. This spider vein treatment can remove the tissue on the skin, and go deep under the skin and remove the layers of the spider vein. With this spider vein technique is will require two to four treatments to remove all the layers of the spider veins.

Spider Vein Treatments: Electrodessication

Electrodessication is a spider vein removal treatment that can help all areas on the body that get spider veins, but works best for the spider veins on the face.

During the electrodessication spider vein removal there is a weak electric current that swells and closes the spider veins. This is done by a fine needle that gently gets inserted on the skin where the spider vein is located. The needle touches the veins wall, and then the current starts to go through the needle to seal off the blood from the vein. This will stop the flow of blood in this spider vein, and will make the spider vein collapse and get reabsorbed by the body.

It is important to know that electrodessication can work for the face, but is also a very painful process.

A Spider Veins Tip

It is important to remember that not every spider vein technique can work for you. It is important to find a spider veins doctor so that he or she can discuss with you about your spider vein problem and can help determine which spider vein technique will help you best.

The Non-Surgical Spider Vein Treatment

Having surgery may not be right for you, but you want to have the spider veins removed from the body. There are certain non-surgical procedures and treatments that can take away the pain from spider veins and can help make them less visible.

Please note that these spider vein treatments and procedures will work better for people with a mild spider vein problem and may not really help a person with a severe spider vein condition. For further details about your spider vein problems please make a consultation with a spider vein specialist near you.

The most popular non-surgical spider vein treatments are:

Non-Surgical Spider Vein Treatment: Creams

There are now many different creams that have come out to help reduce the spider veins down and take away the discomfort caused from the spider veins.

The creams must be rubbed on the area of the spider veins on a daily basis to remove the spider veins. The cream will help make the spider veins eventually fade away.

The different creams usually help for those that want to remove the spider veins because they don't like the look of them, not for those that are in pain from spider veins. Also the results of creams for spider vein treatment are limited.

Non-Surgical Spider Vein Treatment: Acupuncture

Acupuncture is now being used to help remove spider veins from the body.

The acupuncturist will put tiny needles on the specific areas of the body where you have spider veins. This will help relieve the pressure that the spider veins cause the body, as the pressure goes down the pain gets released from the body.

You must get acupuncture once a week for at least 20 treatments to help remove the spider veins once and for all.

Non-Surgical Spider Vein Treatment: Supplements

Some people believe that taking away the spider veins work best if you remove the spider veins from the inside of the body. There are several different supplements that can help reduce the pain and reduce the look of the spider veins.

Spider Vein Treatment Candidate

The best spider vein candidate is someone who is 18 years or older and is in pain from their spider veins.

Both men and women both suffer from spider veins in their bodies. The best candidate is someone needs the spider veins removed due to pain or just don't like the look of the spider veins.

After the procedure the patient must be able to exercise to help keep the circulation of blood. It is important that you are healthy enough to exercise after the procedure, and have realistic expectations about the results that can be obtained with the spider vein treatment.

The Spider Vein Treatment Procedure

The spider vein procedure can help you finally reduce or remove the painful spider veins on your body. By having the spider vein procedure you will feel and look better, and will finally be able to do your daily activities without feeling any pain.

It is important to make sure you find a spider vein doctor who can help you reach your goal, and can help you live life without feeling pain or having displeasing looking spider veins.