Question:
Is there any way to get rid of &/or prevent spider veins in the legs? Would rather not resort to laser surgery, though.

Answer: -There, in fact, is. I was reading on a website about some other skin condition when I ran across something about spider veins. It said that you can go to your doctor and they can inject some sort of medicine into your legs and that will get rid of them. I would talk to your doctor if I were you and ask about the injections. -It seems as one gets older all the skin vessels all over the body become more prominent. Some are just enlarged deeper veins others are very small arteries or veins very close to the skin surface. Their treatment depends on which category they fall into & where on the body the lie. Although the technology is changing & better lasers may come to be I currently do not recommend laser obliteration of veins. The lasers designed for blood vessel obliteration are absorbed by the color red such as arteries & their contents. Veins are darker in color. To adjust for this absorption difference laser manufacturers are marketing their tattoo, hair & mole removal lasers which are absorbed by darker colors as vein removal devices. The efficacy of this is marginal at best. My opinion is that surgical removal is better for larger veins & sclerotherapy for smaller vessels. The larger veins can be removed through a tiny incision. However, in the upper part of the face sclerotherapy cannot be used because of the proximity of the eyes & tendency for the sclerosant agent to migrate. Additionally, in most people compression stockings should be worn on the legs after treatment to prevent recurrence of visible leg veins.