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Your treatment for spider veins and varicose veins can be determined on the degree of the problem. Sometimes, this malady can be dealt with using snug legs stockings. These specialized stockings go on the leg, generally up to the upper thigh and put pressure on the legs thus releiving some of the problems caused by spider and varicose vein.
Sclerotherapy is usually uses concentrated saline solution to destroy veins. The saline solution is injected directly into the veins. Most often, this solution is able to destroy the vein thereby gets rid of the appearance of varicose or slider things. Clinicaly, this is not harmful, because of the fact that the vein growth is basically useless or near useless by this point.
If you know that spider veins and varicose veins run in your family, the best options, is always prevention. You may not see spider veins in your legs yet, but it will show up sooner or later unless you at least do something about it. This is where specialized leg stockings come in. It works best as a preventive tool.
Aside from the use of specialized leg stockings, there are other treatment options as well. Spider veins cannot be treated using surgery, they are simply too small. However, if a larger varicose vein near certain spider veins is treated with surgery, the spider veins may disappear as well. Spider veins may be treated with sclerotherapy, as well as laser therapy. Laser therapy treatments involve the use of heat energy to destroy the small unwanted veins involved.
If you are to pursue with the treatment, know what you should expect. There are a few things you need to know, prior to going to get surgery or other treatments. Consider this – varicose vein removal may be covered by a person’s insurance company. But, the treatment and removal of spider veins is generally not covered since this is more of a cosmetic issue. And because all treatment options for spider veins will not require a person to miss days of work.