The unsightly veins that have begun to creep up your legs most likely have prevented you from wearing that short skirt of your dreams. Perhaps you have spent six months dieting and losing weight, going to the gym to tone up only to notice that spider veins have made an appearance beneath your skin and suddenly you are no longer as eager to show off your toned and tightened physique as before. The good news is that you are not alone! Countless thousands experience this let down and have noticed the purplish or reddish discolorations that are the hallmark of these unsightly spider veins.
Spider veins and laser skin therapy is now frequently mentioned in the same breath. Known by the names spider veins or varicose veins, the venous problem you are looking at are a bundle of veins which are not used but which are standing out. In severe cases they may look and feel like raised ropes under the skin, while in the more benign cases you are just seeing the discoloration but will not notice any raised skin. There are various different treatments available, although the laser skin tightening or therapy treatment is the easiest and quickest way to rid you of them.
Those who might want to try something different most likely with opt for sclerotherapy; when you undergo this procedure, a therapist will actually inject an irritant into the spider veins themselves and destroy them. As the veins are being destroyed from the inside out, they will eventually no longer be used for blood flow and thus they will fall into disuse. It is at this time that the body will incorporate them into the tissues of the underlying skin.
Of course, this kind of vein collapse can also be achieved without the need of injections and by employing laser skin therapy, the fact that spider veins may be treated without any form of penetrative treatment from the physician is a definite selling point for those thinking of doing something about the unsightly blemishes. Keep in mind that the laser can only do away with spider veins that are close to the surface of the skin and do not reach through a number of layers. If the veins are extensive and if they have the rope like quality aforementioned, laser skin therapy may either need to be combined with sclerotherapy or it may need to be substituted with it altogether.
In addition to the foregoing, the patient undergoing the treatment will do well to remember that the first treatment may not necessarily bring about the desired results and thus follow up treatments may be required. During the initial consultation you will receive an educated estimate of what it will take to make your spider veins go away – or at least lighten their appearance significantly – yet it may require more treatments than originally estimated since only after one or two laser skin therapy appointments will you and your treating physician truly have the chance to ascertain how your varicose veins are responding to the laser treatment.
