Spider Veins - 4

There are numerous causes for spider vein problems that include heredity, pregnancy, hormonal shifts, weight gain, prolonged standing and/or sitting, taking certain medications and if you are a woman you have a greater chance of have problems with varicose veins. But no need to fret over unsightly spider veins, there is a solution to your problem and its called sclerotherapy.

Spider Vein Sclerotherapy Treatment

With the sclerotherapy procedure, your cosmetic dermatologist will inject your veins with a sclerosing solution that will make them collapse and fade from sight. This can also clear up other symptoms that you may be experiencing that are associated with spider veins, like aching, burning, swelling and night cramps. The procedure itself takes less than 30 minutes depending on how many veins that you are having treated at once. It can be performed right in your doctor's office and you can go right back to work or continue your normal daily activities. There is virtually no downtime with this procedure.

Sclerotherapy Side Effects Include

• Blood clots

• Severe inflammation

• Adverse allergic reactions to the sclerosing solution

• Skin injury that could leave a small permanent scar

• Pigmentation irregularities

• Telangiectatic matting - reddish blood vessels that appear around the treated area

The Best Candidates for Sclerotherapy

It doesn't matter what your age is, you can still be a good candidates for sclerotherapy treatment. In most cases, spider veins become more evident as early as the teen years. For others, the veins may not become as prevalent until the 40s.

There are some restrictions and guidelines that your physician will take into consideration before he or she can treat you, like if you are pregnant or breastfeeding you may have to postpone treatment. In most instances, spider veins that are caused by pregnancy will vanish on their own, usually within three months after your baby is born. Because it's not known how sclerosing solutions may affect breast milk, nursing mothers are usually advised to wait until after they have stopped breastfeeding.

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