Have you ever noticed small spider veins on your legs or face? They are often in a spider web pattern and can be blue, red, or purple. Knowing the causes may help you make lifestyle changes or proceed with the best treatment option.
There are many factors that can increase your chance of developing spider or varicose veins. They can be a symptom of poor circulation or from varicose veins, and are probably a result of genetics. Other reasons patients in Flower Mound have increased chance of getting spider veins includes:
There are many myths about other causes of spider veins, including wearing high heels and crossing your legs can cause these vein disorders. It is also misunderstood that people can develop and get treatment for spider veins at any point in their life, even though increasing age does increase your risk slightly.
Dr. Handley has extensive experience performing sclerotherapy, which gets rid of about 80% of treated veins. It is a simple procedure done at North Texas Vein and Vascular without anesthesia. Dr. Handley will inject a pharmaceutical solution into the abnormal vein, which will destroy it by sealing it off. Spider veins tend to disappear after sclerotherapy quickly, within 6 weeks, but the same vein may need to be treated more than once. You may also need other treatments for both varicose and spider veins, like endovenous laser treatment (EVLT).
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