Do you suffer from thread veins or spider veins on your cheeks, nose or legs? These tiny little veins, normally invisible, can expand and become visible through the skin.
They can be caused by too much sun exposure over the years, pregnancy, estrogen treatment, or may be inherited. They can also be a sign of rosacea, which is a skin disorder or can be caused by overuse of steroidal creams.
Spider veins on legs are also more prevalent after mid-life when the skin becomes thinner and loses collagen.
There are many things you can do to make your thread veins less noticeable.
- Using a concealer under your makeup, or an artificial suntan preparation can make them less noticeable.
- Avoiding alcoholic drinks, hot or spicy drinks can also alleviate how noticeable they are.
- Another home remedy is using horse chestnut cream. This is said to strengthen the small veins in your skin. Be sure to apply it lightly to avoid traumatizing the area you are treating.
If at-home products do not successfully reduce the sight of the veins, you can seek out medical treatment as well. For the veins that are on the legs Micro-sclerotherapy is a great option. This procedure uses tiny needles filled with a chemical that will make the veins walls stick together.
After completing this process, you will need to wear surgical compression stockings for a few days and the veins will dissolve on their own over a period of 2 to 3 weeks.
Several treatments may be needed and it is possible that the provider will miss the vein causing a darkening of the skin. Overall, this is an excellent treatment for spider or thread veins on the legs.
Treatments for thread veins on the face take a little more finesse. For these thread veins, the doctor will use a laser treatment to remove the veins. There are drawbacks to this procedure, however. It cannot be used on people with darker skin because the pigment blocks the laser beam and the pigment can also be lost after the procedure, leaving lighter colored areas on the face.
Some types of laser, such as the pulse dye laser, can also leave bruising, although it is only bad for the first couple days after the treatment.
Another treatment for spider veins on legs is the high intensity light treatment. This process heats the veins to make them coagulate and can cover a bigger area than laser treatments can. There can be scarring or blisters after this treatment, and in some patients, there isn’t a lot of clearance of the veins.
When choosing to use a medical treatment for thread vein removal of your spider veins, it is important to note that this would be considered a cosmetic procedure and insurances many time will not cover it.
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