what do spider veins look like?

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What are varicose veins and spider veins like?

Answer 1

Non bulging: Spider veins can be red, purple, green in color, not raised or bulging like varicose veins. Sclerotherapy is the gold standard for leg veins, then superficial laser for the tiny red veins on the face and the red ones remaining after sclerotherapy. The new medicines like Asclera and sts don't hurt with the injection sclerotherapy . Need compression stockings after leg sclerotherapy.

Answer 2

Red, Purple or Blue : Spider veins are the small, thread-like colored veins that are most often seen on the surface of the skin. Spider veins, also known as telangiectasias, are found most commonly on the thighs or lower legs of women. They are hereditary, frequently occur in the legs and appear as dark or lighter shades of blue, purple or red. Here is a before and after ...

Answer 3

Thread-like veins: As dr. Schwartz said, "spider veins are the small, thread-like colored veins that are most often seen on the surface of the skin." in fact in some countries, they are called thread veins. They are often only 0.1-0.2 mm in diameter and, depending on where they sit on or in the skin, they might be bright red, maroon, purple, or blue.

Answer 4

Probably some: These should get better but may not completely disappear. The best way to manage these is to prevent them by wearing support hose during the pregnancy. Tell your friends!

Answer 5

Not completely: Any varicose veins that you develop during pregnancy will decrease in size and become much less noticeable, but they won't go away completely, as dr. Gorski said. Wearing support stockings during pregnancy will help to control symptoms from these veins, while you wear them, but there is no data to make us think that support will prevent varicose veins from developing during pregnancy.

Answer 6

Matting: When spider veins are treated you may develop smaller vessels at the area that were not noticeable before these can be treated with laser, but it may be difficult to eliminate them completely.

Answer 7

?Underlying Problems: Sometimes after treatment of spider veins you will see matting as dr. Westfried stated. This may go away or improve in 3 to 6 months. The matting can also be a sign of underlying venous insufficiency. New studies show that wearing graduated compression stockings daily for 3 weeks after treatment of spider veins may decrease the appearance of matting.

Answer 8

Wait and see: If you develop matting after vein treatment, it is recommended that you not rush to treat these tiny little new vessels. Most often they will fade on their own with time as long as their isn't an identifiable underlying cause, as dr. Hansen mentioned. If they haven't disappeared after 3 months, then sclerotherapy, laser, ipl, and rf thermocoagulation can all help.

Answer 9

Need vein evaluation: Spider veins have many causes including hereditary, pregnancies, aging, trauma and hormonal. If you have new spider veins forming or many veins forming then you should be evaluated by a vein specialist for an underlying cause. A venous reflux ultrasound would be helpful to evaluate the valves in the venous system as well as look for a reason to explain your pain.

Answer 10

Usually nothing: This depends on the cause of the "broken blood vessel". Loss of supporting tissue associated with "maturity", medications like Aspirin or non-steroidals, varicosities or local trauma are common causes. The "problem" is usually more cosmetic rather than clinical unless there's blood where it shouldn't be; the body usually takes care of this gradual absorption of the blood like a healing bruise.

Answer 11

Size matters: Depends on the injury: it can be done by application of pressure, sutures or in some cases ligature or graft.

Answer 12

Many answers: There are a variety of different techniques used to fix vessels that are damaged. It depends on the vessel and cause of damage. Some vessels can be repaired by removing a small area of damage. Other repairs require replacement with the patient's own vein, which would be taken from another site on the body. Synthetic tubes are used for repairs and can be inserted by endovascular techniques.

Answer 13

Adrenaline: Adrenaline causes contraction of the smooth muscles in the arterioles (small vessels).

Answer 14

Many: Cialis, viagra, levitra, (vardenafil) beta blockers (metoprolol), calcium channel blockers (verapamil, amlodipine), bystolic.

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