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Vein Treatments in Los Angeles

Leg veins can be unattractive, causing you to experience self-consciousness in social interactions. If you are reluctant to wear skirts or shorts due to the appearance of your leg veins, you may want to consider vein treatments in Los Angeles to improve the condition. Varicose veins and spider veins can also cause significant discomfort, among other symptoms, and vein treatments can help alleviate your leg pain.

Smaller veins can be treated by laser technology to eliminate the appearance of unsightly discoloration.If you’re interested in a skin condition treatment for smaller varicose or spider veins, please contact our dermatologist today to schedule your consultation.

Types of Leg Vein Abnormalities

There are two different types of leg veins:

  • Varicose veins: These blue and purple leg veins are swollen blood vessels that are visible through the skin and are typically blue and purple in color. They appear in the lower legs and ankles and worsen with age.
  • Spider veins: Spider veins are thinner than varicose veins and form an intricate and visible “spider web” shape on your skin. Unlike varicose veins, they do not result in any pain. Spider veins can also appear on the face.

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Causes of Leg Vein Problems

Varicose and spider veins are skin conditions caused by valve issues in your blood vessels that result in broken veins near the surface of your skin. Each of your legs has a one-way valve that pushes the blood back up your legs to your heart as you walk. That valve may weaken or become damaged over time due to gravity and other contributing factors, which causes blood and pressure to build up and lead to the aching feeling in your legs you may experience at the end of the day. This vein failure is known as venous insufficiency.

Venous insufficiency is much more common in women than men and around 30%-60% of American adults have spider veins or varicose veins. The aging process is just one of many potential causes of these leg veins. Other factors include:

  • Genetics
  • Sun exposure
  • Obesity
  • Hormonal changes caused by puberty, pregnancy or menopause
  • Prolonged use of birth control pills
  • Smoking
  • Cancer
  • Muscle weakness
  • Trauma or injury to the skin
  • A history of blood clots
  • Inactivity

Some occupations in Los Angeles that involve a lot of time spent standing can lead to venous insufficiency as well, such as teachers, nurses, and hair stylists. Contrary to popular belief, wearing tight clothing, crossing your legs, and other behaviors do not cause spider veins or varicose veins.

Symptoms of Varicose Veins

Spider veins in Los Angeles typically don’t come with severe symptoms other than their unsightly appearance. However, varicose veins can be accompanied by a host of symptoms such as:

  • Tired, aching legs
  • Throbbing sensations
  • Leg heaviness
  • Bruising
  • Restless legs
  • Pain or difficulty standing
  • Itching
  • Burning
  • Inflammation
  • Leg cramping at night
  • Tingling
  • Numbness

These symptoms generally worsen throughout the day, especially after you’ve been sitting or standing for a while, and can be temporarily alleviated by elevating your legs. Eczema on your legs and ankles could be another sign of varicose veins. Less common symptoms involve skin discoloration and ulcers. Painful blood clots can form due to varicose veins and come with vein inflammation known as thrombophlebitis.

Spider Vein and Varicose Vein Treatments

There are a variety of treatments available in Los Angeles for leg veins, such as support stockings, laser treatments, and sclerotherapy. Vein treatments are typically done in our office with minimal discomfort, and you can resume your regular activities right after your appointment. Treating your spider veins or varicose veins can improve your ability to perform physical activities and lessen your pain and other symptoms while also improving the appearance of your legs and giving you back the confidence you once had in your body. A majority of the treatments we offer can be done within one or two hours and are performed on an outpatient basis.

Larger bulging veins are typically treated by vascular specialists instead of dermatologists, but depending on the nature and severity of your spider veins or varicose veins, we may recommend one of the following treatment options if it is determined they can be treated by our medical providers:

  • Vbeam Laser: This vascular laser treatment seals broken vessels to improve the appearance of unsightly leg veins. The Vbeam Pulsed Dye Laser produces targeted laser light at a specific frequency to treat blood vessels without harming your skin’s surface.
  • IPL Photofacial: This treatment involves Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) which produces a certain wavelength of light that heats the deep layers of your skin and diffuses redness caused by a proliferation of amassed small spider veins.
  • Excel V: This treatment option has an excellent ability to target small veins where other lasers are too strong. The Excel V’s 532 wavelength is much better absorbed by the red color (hemoglobin) in the vessels being treated, resulting in more heat getting into the vessels and, thus, better outcomes.
  • Sclerotherapy: This treatment is very effective for spider veins and small varicose veins. A highly concentrated saline solution is injected into the vein, causing it to fade within a few weeks gradually.

The treatments listed above can effectively help reduce the unsightly appearance and discomfort caused by spider veins and varicose veins. Remember, it’s important to treat these leg veins because they can lead to more severe symptoms and conditions.

Please contact our practice today to schedule your spider vein consultation.