| Spider veins are not a physically painful problem | | | | before a doctor will carry out a procedure they |
| however they can cause extreme emotional | | | | will generally send for a venous duplex ultrasound. |
| difficulty for those who suffer from it's effects. | | | | This is to make sure that there is no underlying |
| Facial spider veins are not caused by any venous | | | | leg pump failure beneath the thread veins. Thread |
| pressure and are assumed to occur due to the | | | | veins are not to be confused with varicose veins |
| aging process and exposure to the sun. The only | | | | which are entirely different. Varicose veins are far |
| solution offered by medical professionals until | | | | more serious and mean there is are signs of leg |
| recently was camouflage creams which do not | | | | pump failure. |
| treat, but instead mask the problem. Now there | | | | On the whole patients cope well with the pain of |
| are two solutions, both quite similar. A simple hand | | | | laser removal, the discomfort doesn't last long and |
| held device releases an intense pulse of light, the | | | | local anaesthetic creams can be used prior to the |
| heat produced heats the blood until it breaks | | | | procedure. The procedure is permanent after 2-3 |
| down the wall of the vein. The blood is dispersed | | | | sessions on the area treated. However, if an |
| around the area evenly and the remaining vein is | | | | individual has the pre-disposition to suffer from |
| gradually absorbed into the body. Over the course | | | | thread veins they may appear on different sites |
| of 2-3 treatments spaced out over 6 weeks the | | | | or areas of the skin. |
| veins collapse entirely and leave the skin free of | | | | After 8 weeks the vein will have completely |
| the marks. Most people need 2-3 sessions | | | | absorbed into the body and you see the final |
| however this varies with particularly dark veins. | | | | result. |
| Thread vein treatment varies slightly in that | | | | |