I'm a 22 year old male with many large, bulging veins on both feet that seem to have gotten worse over the past several years. Duplex ultrasound showed no veinous reflux or insufficiency and these are not varicose veins. What is causing this and what can I do to improve the appearance?
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Telangiectatic matting after sclerotherapy is well described and these very small (smallest of the capillaries) are very fragile and the literature shows that they will resorb on their own within 12 months. Telangiectatic matting also occurs after topical laser treatment for spider and reticular...
I agree with previous physician that it is doubtful that you have this hyperpigmentation. You did not specify where you had microphlebectomy (ankle, foot, medial or lateral leg ...). Unless microphlebectomy was done on the ffot, it is not likley at all that you would have a bruise there after...
Thread veins on the face (telangiectasias) can be treated with ND YAG or KTP lasers. A KTP laser is a potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) crystal as its laser medium. The KTP laser medium is energised through a beam generated by a neodynium:yitrium aluminium garnet ND YAG laser. This is...
