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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.Best,Dr. KaramanoukianRealself100 Surgeon
Neck veins are supposed to be more prominent at different times. They are an important part of your circulation and should not be removed.
The picture does not show well. Visible neck veins are normal in most people and increase in size with exercise, stress and even talking. I would recommend that you do nothing about this vein.
I find topical lasers to be inferior to sclerotherapy for any vein big enough to get a needle into. Sclerotherapy is the gold standard and will yield the best results.
In the first picture your hand and fingers are extended and no significant veins are visible. Fillers can temporarily restore volume to the hand but they are not a long term solution. In the photo with your hand down you have prominent veins. Those are normal functioning veins...
The larger spider veins on the nose are usually easily treated with a long pulsed 1064 Nd:yag laser. Tiny nose veins can be very difficult to treat. They usually require multiple treatments with a 532 KTP laser. I have not had much success treating the tiny nose veins or redness with...
