Treatment for Spider Veins - 2

Updated on: August 18, 2014

Spider veins, which are also called telangiectasias, are tiny recognizable veins that appear just beneath the skin. The most frequent areas that spider veins are discovered are the face and legs. Varicose veins are bloated veins beneath the skin. They may materialize as bluish bulges and can often be excruciating and aching. People who have unsightly varicose veins and throbbing pain will most often choose to have surgery to eliminate their varicose veins. Varicose veins are no longer purposeful, so their existence is not needed. If you have both varicose and spider veins, your varicose veins need to be treated before you can cure spider veins. Treatment of spider veins can be performed along with your spider veins



Treatment Spider Veins

• Sclerotherapy is a spider vein injection procedure. Sclerotherapy consists of a liquid solution being injected through a tiny needle directly into your spider veins; this forces them to contract and collapse. Because this application requires that a small needle be inserted into am equally small vein, this procedure works best on medium and large spider veins.

If you have spider veins on your face, then another spider vein treatment option is laser treatment. Laser spider vein treatment can cause minor bruising that in most cases improves within a week, but in most often, recovery is immediate. Two to four treatments may be necessary to achieve desired results.

Sclerotherapy costs can run between $100-$400 per treatment. Laser treatment costs are $300-450 per treatment. If your spider veins are extensive it will cost more to treat them.

No matter which spider vein treatment that you choose, the cure for spider veins is not always permanent. You may acquire new spider veins over time, the same as if your spider veins had never been treated. Spider vein therapy treats the spider veins that are already present, but does not stop the growth of new ones.

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