Glossary

Do you have spider veins arcing on your abdomen? Not sure, well let's discuss veins and how spider veins and varicose veins are defined. Let's begin with your arteries, they transport blood from your heart to the rest of your tissues. Your veins send blood back from the rest of your body to your h ...Continue Reading

While Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres and scores of other celebrities boast of the advantages of turning 50 and getting older, what they don't tell you is all of the little health issues that are bundled in the "New 40" or the "Getting Older is Better," slogans. For many people, turning 50 means spi ...Continue Reading

Sclerotherapy has helped patients throughout McLean, Virginia and the rest of the country rid themselves of spider veins and smaller varicose veins. Patients who are suffering from large varicose veins may be encouraged to seek other treatments such as endovenous laser ablation and other laser thera ...Continue Reading

You have a busy lifestyle, and part of that busy lifestyle includes jogging. You love jogging before work, after work, and on weekends. In addition to that, you attend aerobics classes at a local gym. Your friends wonder how on earth you've managed such dedication. You don't think of it so much as d ...Continue Reading

Unsightly leg veins are called spider veins and effects of exercise can be directly linked to the appearance of spider veins. Standing for long periods of time or sitting for long periods of time can also cause spider veins and varicose veins.Spider veins and varicose vein treatment, sclerotherapy ...Continue Reading

Spider veins are small veins that are close to the surface of your skin and appear red or blue in color. In most instances, they look like a tree branch or spider web with their short jagged lines. Spider veins appear on both the legs and the face, spreading over a small or very large area of skin.S ...Continue Reading

Spider vein laser treatment can help with those small, thin veins that lie close to the surface of the skin. Although these minuscule veins are linked to your larger venous system, they are not a necessary part of it. These veins have a spider shape with a number of veins stretching outward from a ...Continue Reading

Spider vein laser treatment can help with those small, thin veins that lie close to the surface of the skin. Spider veins also called starbursts, because these tiny veins just beneath the skin often radiate out from a central point, suggestive of the shape of a spider. They also present as fine, se ...Continue Reading

Spider veins are small bluish veins which resemble "stars" with radiating lines. They may appear anywhere on the body, but are common on the face and legs. On the face these veins have been linked to excess sun exposure and on the legs they have been associated with increased venous pressu ...Continue Reading

Varicose veins may affect individuals in Corpus Christi, Texas or other parts of the nation and may be very troubling for those suffering from them. Varicose veins may appear bulging from the skin and may be purplish or bluish in color. They may be considered extremely embarrassing and may lead some ...Continue Reading