Prevention of Spider Veins: What's the Most Effective?

Updated on: August 18, 2014

You have a vacation coming up in a couple of months, and you really want to look your best. You've been to the gym everyday – so much so, in fact, that you're beginning to think of it as your second home. You're determined to look good in that new bathing suit you bought.

You're also trying to do whatever you can to find out about prevention of spider veins. Unfortunately, that malady runs in your family, and you don't want to be the next victim. However, you don't know too much about the prevention of spider veins, so you've decided to look for answers online.

First of all, you're surprised at how many websites there are that have to do with the prevention of spider veins. You've gone from having no information, to lots of information in just a couple of clicks. However, it's best to focus on the information that's applicable to your situation, rather than those people who already have spider veins.

Thus, what you really need to think about when it comes to prevention of spider veins is in terms of your exercise intake – you don't really have any. You sit behind your desk hour after hour at work, only getting up to go to the bathroom or have lunch. Believe it or not, that's one of the main causes of spider veins – not enough exercise.

Sitting in one place too long causes the blood to pool in the veins, and the result of that often shows up in circulatory problems. Speaking of which, another thing that you can do to prevent these kinds of veins is eat a healthy diet. A diet that's high in fat will often end up resulting in those poor circulation problems.

But, here's the annoying thing – these kinds of things also happen in people who get too much exercise. Say, for example, that you were a basketball player in college. If you weren't sitting on the bench the entire time, then you were most likely running around a lot. Your legs as a result, got a significant amount of exercise. So much, in fact, that it can manifest as veins later on.

So, too much exercise can cause veins, too little exercise…where's the happy medium in all of this? Well, ideally, if you have a predisposition to these kinds of veins, you should get your main source of exercise from walking. Also, you should keep in mind that sometimes genetics will happen anyway, despite all of your best efforts.

Aside from keeping fit and eating healthy, basically there's nothing else to do until you actually get one of those veins. When the time comes, you should see a dermatologist, who can provide you with a bunch of options when it comes to treatments.

Remember, this isn't the 18th century, when veins were all over people's legs and they couldn't do anything about it. This is the 21st century, where you can have medicine injected into the veins so that they will eventually disappear.

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