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

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A: Covering up Spider Veins is like burying your head in sand

Hratch Karamanoukian, MD

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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