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Hratch Karamanoukian, MD answers: What's the best way to cover up spider veins?

What's the best way to cover up spider veins?


Hratch Karamanoukian, MD
9 months ago
By Hratch Karamanoukian, MD - Buffalo General surgeon

Get them treated with sclerotherapy or laser vein therapy. It is better not to mask them because as time goes on, they can get matter and as they break down, blood will extravasate and the hemosiderin deposition can cause brown dicoloration of the skin which may not be treatable.

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