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Best Treatment for Blue Leg Veins?

asked 2 years ago by ca72 in kansas city, mo
Latest answer by Grant Stevens, MD
Question viewed 2,223 times
Tags: legs, blue 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.

8 answers to Best Treatment for Blue Leg Veins?

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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. Take... more
Grant Stevens, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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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. 
Margaret Weiss, MD

Baltimore Dermatologist
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Treatment of blue spider veins and varicose veins

The color of a vein is less important than the caliber of the vein, anatomic location, and the source of the vein based on functional ultrasound studies and vein mapping. 
Raffy Karamanoukian, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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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. 
Lee Robinson, MD

Portland Facial Plastic Surgeon
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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.
Scott E. Kasden, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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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.
Samir Shureih, MD

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.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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