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Best Treatment for Blue Leg Veins?
I have very visible normal (not varicose) blue veins running up the front of both calves. Can these be treated and what would the best treatment be? Thank you.
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in kansas city, mo
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Reticular veins, spider veins,varicose veins, venous ultrasound
There are several types of blue veins. Smaller blue veins in the range of 2-3 mm are called reticular veins and larger veins could be normal leg veins. These blue veins can be very prominent in people especially if thin and fair skin color. The smaller reticular veins are those veins that fall between spider veins and varicose veins. If you have a lot of these veins then you may want to have a venous reflux ultrasound to see if they are coming from another source such...
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Treatment for blue veins in the leg
Greetings~
Without seeing your veins it is difficult to say for sure, but generally speaking for veins like you are describing we have had great results with both sclerotherapy as well as laser vein treatment with a 1064nm Nd:YAG laser. The vessels can require multiple treatments and may go through stages of bruising and looking more noticeable before they disappear...so plan well in advance if you have a big event or trip you're trying to look your best for.
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Pale, "see-through" skin with lots of normal blue veins is hard to treat
It sounds like you have translucent (see-through) skin that allows normal blue veins to show through. Many times these blue veins can be effectively shrunk with sclerotherapy by a skilled physician. Sometimes it's just the way your legs are, and you might need to use fake tanner to try to hide it until something red or purple starts to show. Avoid unnecessary surgery.
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Treatment of blue spider veins and varicose veins
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Blue leg veins
For the blue vessels on the calves I recommend a Sclerotherapy treatment. This involves injecting a solution into the vessels that causes the vein to collapse and then resolve. Lasers just do not have the power to treat the larger veins and surgical stripping is just to invasive for that size.
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Spider veins
There are a number of treatments. For very small spiders, laser or vascutouch is excellent. For larger spiders, I prefer sclerotherapy (injection of salt solution), which is inexpensive, and quick. Some discomfort will be present for any treatment.
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Leg veins
Major vein varicose veins are treated with laser abelation or ultrasound abelation or surgery.
Large blue veins are treated with surgical excision and ligation.
Medium veins can be treated with sclerotherapy.
Spider veins are treated with sclerotherapy.
Micro blush red veins are treated with lasers.
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Blue leg veins
Blue leg veins, sometimes called reticular veins, are normal. Probably the best method to eliminate these is with sclerotherapy. These are too large for most lasers. However, some surgeons may prefer use of other technologies such as the endovenous laser.
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