Spider Vein Treatment - How Do Spider Vein Therapies Work

Spider veins, also called telangiectasis or telangiectasia, are in a sense tiny varicose veins in the skin.

Florida, FL (prHWY.com) October 14, 2012 - Florida, Oct 14, 2012 - Spider veins, also called telangiectasis or telangiectasia, are in a sense tiny varicose veins in the skin. Their reddish to bluish color is the most common cosmetic problem of women's legs. Spider veins do not necessarily progress to varicose veins but both are always abnormal and will not disappear without treatment. Accurate diagnosis is vital to optimal treatment because the absence of varicose veins does not necessarily mean that a possible underlying abnormality can be ignored.

Spider Vein Treatment - They develop more often in women and the common causes are heredity, obesity, usage of birth control pills, hormonal replacement post menopause, and injury to skin. It has also been observed that spider veins is more common among people who are engaged in occupations, which involves constant standing, such as, teachers, factory workers, nurses etc.

Nobody wants to have unsightly veins spread on their skin. If you are constantly complaining of pain amounting to aches or cramps on your legs and are troubled by heaviness in your legs and general tiredness, you might have to check with your physician. In women, the menstrual cycle and pregnancy can severely impact patients too.

Deep Vein Thrombosis - Sclerotherapy has been used for a long time as a treatment option for spider veins. Best suited for medium to large spider veins, the process involves injecting a liquid agent through a tiny needle directly into problem areas. This results in contraction or collapse of the spider veins. Depending on the number, the relatively painless procedure may last for an hour and you might have to use an ace bandage or compression hose for a week to ten days.

There have been many commercially produced lasers, ultrasound and other sometimes exotic treatment devices for lightening or eliminating spider veins. The Vein Clinic of South Florida has tested the more medically sound of these, both alone and in tandem with injection sclerotherapy. Optimum results can be elusive for the dilettante or occasional practitioner as spider vein treatment is really an art form. At the Vein Clinic of South Florida injection sclerotherapy is preferred because it has withstood the test of time with patients and practitioners and with unusual exception is how patients are treated.

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Spider Vein Treatment - The Vein Clinic of South Florida is the longest running Phlebology practice in southeast Florida. Dr. D'Alessandro, the owner and sole practitioner, is a vascular surgeon who has limited his practice exclusively to veins since 1988. No one in southeast Florida has treated as many varicose vein and spider vein patients as the Vein Clinic of South Florida.

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