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Spider veins, or telangiectasias, are small blood vessels that are visible through the skin, often appearing in web-like clusters that give them their name. While spider veins are generally not harmful, they can make you self-conscious about your appearance and even cause minor discomfort like burning, itching, or swelling. Most often, spider veins are seen in the legs, hips, and ankles, and may arise as a result of sun exposure, aging, weight gain, or extended periods of being on your feet, or they may indicate an underlying medical condition. Because El Con Health and Wellness offers a blended approach of medical and cosmetic care, we can help you address spider veins and identify a need for additional care to address related health conditions.
Our preferred treatment for spider veins in the legs and lower body is sclerotherapy, although photodynamic therapy may be a treatment option as well. We’ll help you select the right treatment for your unique needs.
Sclerotherapy is an injectable treatment that uses Asclera, an FDA-approved sclerosing agent that causes affected veins to clot and eventually dissolve, so they disappear. Only surface veins are treated with sclerotherapy, and these do not play a necessary role in oxygenating the body’s tissues. Therefore, treating spider veins poses no risks to overall circulatory health. As treated veins dissolve, blood flow reroutes to deeper, healthier veins. Sclerotherapy offers both cosmetic and medical benefits, since symptoms will be alleviated as the appearance of problem veins improves.
You may need multiple treatment sessions to fully resolve spider veins, as each session results in the elimination of about 50-80% of the injected veins. Each sclerotherapy treatment takes about 30 minutes and involves no incisions or anesthetic. There is no downtime associated with treatment, but it is recommended that patients avoid intense physical activity for about one week. In addition, you may need to wear support hose or compression socks for several days to support healthy blood flow and prevent recurrence of spider veins. For this reason, most patients will opt for treatment during the winter months.
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