Spider Veins Explained

Laser treatment for spider veins is usually recommended when the tiny, visible, distended vessels under the skin appear and to specific areas of your body. The veins look like bluish bumps and can  cause discomfort and sometimes even pain in the area where it occurs.

Spider veins may be small, medium, or large in appearance. Larger spider veins are very hard to remove with lasers. Laser treatment for spider veins is only effective on the small and medium size veins. Larger veins may need a treatment called sclerotherapy, which is an inject used to reduce the appearance of the vein.

General Laser Treatment

Laser treatment for spider veins is best used on small to medium size spider veins. The overall treatment is relatively safe and effective. Discomfort from the procedure is reduced to a rubber band slapping the skin sensation.

For the most part, no local anesthetic is used and the patient does not need pain killers afterward the procedure. About seventy to eighty percent of patients that have uses laser treatment on the face saw improvement while, thirty to forty percent saw improvement on their legs after treatment.

What Happens During Treatment?

Laser treatment for spider veins consists of three separate treatments. These treatments are done in about a three month time frame. The procedure is quite simply done. The laser is applied to the skin directly above the spider veins. The laser penetrates the skin and the laser energy that is emitted from the laser causes the veins underneath to coagulate and shrink down in size.

After the laser treatment, the veins treated will appear darker and more visible than they were before. Within about two to six weeks, the veins will fade and improvement in the appearance of the spider veins will be seen.

Comparing The Two

As we said before, you may want to consider having injections for larger spider veins done before laser treatment for spider veins. The injections called sclerotherapy works better to clear up the large spider veins.

Once the larger spider veins have been removed, you may find that you will not have as many small and medium spider veins left to treat. Laser treatment for spider veins for the remaining veins that appear will be needed less than before. With less laser treatment for spider veins needed, it reduced the cost for you.

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