How to Get Rid of Varicose Veins: Top Treatments for Smooth, Healthy Legs
Looking for options to eliminate bulging or twisted varicose veins? Explore these treatments to help you achieve smooth, healthy legs.
Getting Rid of Spider Veins: Valuable Benefits
Spider veins are clusters (webs) of purplish veins that are challenging to ignore. These webs are actually damaged blood vessels that form just below the surface of your skin.
Improving the appearance of your legs is the most obvious benefit of spider vein treatment, but it’s just the beginning.
Read on as David T. Jacobs and our team at South Shore Vein and Aesthetic Medicine share five benefits of treating spider veins here in Rockville Centre, New York.
Eliminating spider veins can:
1. Improve the appearance of your legs
Most people seek spider vein treatment to improve the appearance of their legs. Removing your spider veins dramatically improves the appearance of your legs, ankles, face, or wherever you’re bothered by spider veins.
2. Boost your self-confidence
Spider veins often appear as blue, red, or purple lines on the legs, face, and other areas. Many people say they cause self-consciousness. Facial veins are particularly bothersome because they’re challenging to hide.
Removing these veins can lead to smoother and clearer skin, so you can wear shorts, skirts, or swimwear without feeling embarrassed.
This boost in appearance often translates into greater confidence and self-esteem.
3. Eliminate pesky symptoms of spider veins
While spider veins don’t cause as many aches as varicose veins, some individuals experience discomfort, itching, or a burning sensation around the affected areas. In more severe cases, spider veins can lead to aches and pains, especially after prolonged periods of standing.
Getting rid of spider veins can help eliminate these symptoms.
4. Improve your circulation
Although spider veins are usually harmless, they sometimes indicate underlying chronic venous insufficiency. In this condition, your veins have trouble sending blood from your legs back to your heart.
When your blood vessels aren’t functioning quite right, your circulation is compromised.
Treatment can reduce the symptoms associated with chronic venous insufficiency and improve your circulation.
5. Prevent future complications of untreated spider veins
Untreated spider veins can lead to more severe issues, such as varicose veins, swelling, and leg ulcers. Addressing spider veins early can prevent these potential complications.
How to get rid of spider veins
Now that we’ve covered five benefits of eliminating spider veins, let’s talk about the next question: how do you actually get rid of them?
At South Shore Vein and Aesthetic Medicine, Dr. Jacobs offers two spider vein treatments: VeinGogh® (a radiofrequency-based treatment) and oxygen foam sclerotherapy.
Both treatments seal off problematic veins so blood flows through healthier veins. VeinGogh is ideal for smaller veins, while sclerotherapy can handle larger spider veins.
After spider veins are sealed, the body eventually absorbs them, and blood flows through healthier vessels.
In the case of chronic venous insufficiency, Dr. Jacobs may recommend endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) to close diseased veins with laser (light) energy.
In addition to spider vein treatments, you can protect your vascular health by exercising regularly, eating a heart-friendly diet, wearing compression stockings (if prescribed), and staying active throughout the day. Wearing sunscreen and avoiding alcohol can go a long way in preventing broken capillaries on your face.
Experience the benefits for yourself
If you’re tired of hiding spider veins underneath clothing or make-up, consider this as your sign to explore what VeinGogh or sclerotherapy can do for you. Dr. Jacobs determines the right treatment for you based on your overall health, vascular health, and the severity of your spider veins.
If spider veins plague you, and you want to explore these benefits for yourself, give us a call at 516-865-1234 to schedule your spider vein consultation.
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