What is causing my chest spider veins to increase after treatment?

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one year ago small spider vein showed in my chest, the doctor prescribed the Daflon 500 for 3 months, then he prescribed the Diosmen 500 for 6 months but also didn't work! on the contrary, problem increased. please note that it's not genatic what might be the reason causing these chest spider veins? how to stop more veins from collapsing? could this be a blood problem or something else? if i had the decision to use laser treatment, what is the best technique used? thanks alot for your help

Andres Zavala, DO · Answer

Oral medicaton like Daflon is associated with reduced symptoms of venous insufficiency and may help prevent new spider veins from forming in some cases but will not treat veins that are already there.  Sclerotherapy is considered the treatment of choice for spider or reticular veins including chest veins.  If the veins are really tiny, some topical laser treatments or radiofrequency can also be effective. Consider seeing a vein specialist for evaluation.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

It’s important to distinguish between varicose veins and spider veins when choosing between laser therapy, sclerotherapy, and vein surgery. With two board certified vein specialists, our center uses a combination of visual examination, functional flow measurements, ultrasound, transillumination, and infrared light to map out vein networks prior to therapy. Lasers can be used to treat deep varicose vein insufficiency, vein perforators, and varicose veins. Sclerotherapy is ideal for spider veins and reticular veins. Whereas surgery is reserved for severely incompetent varicose vein segments.

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Susan Fox, DO, RPVI · Answer

Spider veins will not go away with this oral therapy.  I guess the question is do you have any other health issues such as liver disease, blood clots of the upper extremities, upper extremity surgery or another reason that you are developing these.  If you do not have any other issues then consider sclerotherapy to treat the veins.

John Landi, MD · Answer

Oral medication is not the treatment for chest spider veins.  Sclerotherapy is the gold standard of treatment for most chest spider veins.  Very small chest spider veins can be treated with a topical laser or micro needle radio frequency.

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