Treatment of Spider Veins on Legs in Sydney

What are spider veins and its causes?

Have you ever noticed smaller, red, blue and purple vessels with twist and turn through the skin? These visible smaller and colored vessels are known as Spider veins. Typically, these veins are visible on legs and face. Well, there is no such exact cause of leg veins or veins visible on face. But, according to medical professionals this is a genetic tendency towards weak, vein valves. In women, leg-veins or spider veins are usually visible during puberty, pregnancy and menopause. Taking estrogen, progesterone, and birth control pills can weaken vein valves and change leg circulation as well, that results in spider veins. Other reasons can be aging and obesity. Prolonged standing can cause leg veins to balloon also.

Treatment for Spider Veins in Sydney

Other than changes in lifestyle, spider veins are treated with medical procedures as well. In Sydney, medical professionals perform treatments for leg veins to relive symptoms and prevent complications. Improving appearance is also one of the goals of treatment. Medical professionals or doctor suggest treatment-option depending on the symptoms caused by leg veins. Well, if these veins cause few symptoms there is no need to go under medical procedure; simple changes in lifestyle can treat them as well. But, if there are more severe symptoms and risks of complications, then doctors suggest suitable treatment for patients. Suppose a person is suffering from a lot of pain, there is a blood clot or other severe complication such as any skin disorder than medical procedures to treat spider veins becomes very important and necessary. One of the medical procedures involves Microinjections of natural saline that is salt water. This is known as saline sclerotherapy. It eliminates spider veins. It eliminates those underlying green, blue or purple veins. It also eliminates minor varicose veins to relieve leg pain. Both legs can be treated at the same time and it may require one o sometimes two visits to achieve clear legs. Generally, there is no down time and patients may return to normal activities immediately, after treatment. Doctors suggest wearing compression stockings for around 2 weeks. Doctors recommend avoiding aerobic exercise during this time. Doctors also suggest to go under maintenance treatment in two to three years on average.