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While (unlike varicose veins), spider veins are not hard on peoples’ health, they are hard on the ego. Many women have given up on wearing shorts or skirts because their legs have been taken over by a web of tiny veins. Caused by heredity, pregnancy, estrogen medications or leg injuries, spider veins along with varicose veins affect over 50% of the population over the age of 55. Vein Associates offers a quick, easy procedure for ridding legs of spider veins and returning them to their younger-looking selves.

Spider veins can be a sign of a bigger problem.

Spider veins usually occur in association with larger dilated blood vessels called reticular veins or feeder veins. They may be visible as short, seemingly unconnected lines each about the size of a large hair or they may resemble a spider web or the veins on a leaf.

Spider veins may occur after trauma to a certain area of the body. They also appear to be associated with obesity and occupations involving prolonged standing.

Sclerotherapy

Developed and used by physicians since the early 1930’s, sclerotherapy has been the most effective treatment method for eliminating unsightly and embarrassing spider veins. Sclerotherapy uses a fine and nearly painless needle. Treatment involves injecting a small amount of a sclerosing solution into the affected veins. Veins dry up and become absorbed by the body’s natural healing process.

Transilluminated Sclerotherapy

Sclerotherapy alone cannot always find all the small feeder veins that cause spider veins. For more effective and longer-lasting results, Vein Associates™ has developed a new method to locate these superficial feeder veins. With the use of an advanced device called the Veinlite, physicians are able to locate these hard to find veins using a method called Transilluminated Sclerotherapy™. The Veinlite transilluminates or ‘lights up’ the skin so the feeder veins can be easily spotted. Sclerotherapy is then used to eliminate the veins, thereby making the treatment of the overlying spider veins more effective.

Like varicose veins there is no known method of true prevention if they are hereditary. However wearing specialized venous support stockings may prevent some dilated blood vessels from developing. Maintaining a healthy weight, exercise, a healthy diet and avoiding high-heeled shoes may also be helpful.