How to Fix Varicose Veins? Best Treatments for Spider Veins & Varicose Veins
What are the best treatments for varicose veins?
If you have varicose veins, you’re not alone. According to the Society for Vascular Surgery, about 25 percent of adults in the United States have varicose veins. There are many treatments available that can improve the appearance of varicose veins and relieve symptoms, such as leg pain, leg heaviness, and leg cramping. Some varicose vein treatments can only provide temporary relief from the symptoms, some can remove the superficial varicose veins, and some can treat the root cause of varicose veins — chronic venous insufficiency.
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Please schedule an appointment at your nearest medical center for vein treatment in New York. Below, we describe the best treatments for varicose veins and spider veins.
Compression Stockings
One of the most effective treatments for varicose veins is wearing compression stockings. These stockings apply pressure to your legs, which improves blood flow and reduces swelling. Compression stockings can also push some of the accumulated blood in your leg veins to your heart, thus alleviating the symptoms of vein disease. But compression stockings can treat vein disease — they can only provide temporary relief.
Exercise
Regular exercise is helpful for people with varicose veins because it promotes good circulation. Walking, swimming, and biking are great exercises for people with varicose veins because they increase your heart rate, improve blood circulation, and engage your calf muscles to push some of the accumulated blood from your leg veins to your heart. But exercise can’t treat varicose veins — only alleviate the discomfort.
Lifestyle Changes
Making certain lifestyle changes can improve the symptoms of varicose veins. These changes include losing weight, eating a healthy diet, and avoiding long periods of sitting or standing. When you sit or stand for long periods of time, blood accumulates in the leg veins because of gravity, thus worsening your symptoms. As such, if you keep moving your legs and don’t sit or stand still for long periods, your legs may feel better.
Radiofrequency Ablation
Radiofrequency ablation is a minimally-invasive procedure that uses heat to destroy the damaged veins. This procedure is typically done in an outpatient setting and doesn’t require anesthesia. The vein doctor makes a small incision on your skin’s surface and inserts a specialized catheter into your diseased vein to channel radiofrequency energy and destroy the diseased saphenous vein. The accumulated blood reroutes into healthier leg veins.
Laser Ablation
Endovenous laser ablation is another minimally-invasive procedure that uses heat to damage the veins. This procedure is typically done in an outpatient setting and doesn’t require anesthesia. The vein doctor inserts a laser fiber into the diseased vein and channels laser energy to destroy the diseased vein, rerouting the accumulated blood into healthier leg veins. This procedure treats the root cause of varicose veins.
VenaSeal
Venaseal is a minimally-invasive procedure that uses a medical adhesive to seal the veins. This procedure is typically done in an outpatient setting and doesn’t require anesthesia. The vein specialist injects the medical-grade adhesive into the diseased saphenous vein to seal its walls shut, turning it into a hardened tissue eventually reabsorbed by the body. The accumulated blood reroutes into healthier leg veins.
Ambulatory Phlebectomy
Ambulatory phlebectomy is a minimally-invasive procedure that involves removing the veins through small incisions. The vein physician makes small incisions on the skin’s surface and uses a hook-like device to extract the superficial varicose veins.
Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy is a minimally-invasive procedure that involves injecting a solution into the veins. This sclerosant solution damages the spider veins and turns them into hardened scar tissues. Over time, the scar tissues are dissolved by the body, and they fade away from the skin. This procedure is only for small varicose veins and spider veins.
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Can you repair varicose veins naturally?
Some natural remedies and lifestyle changes can temporarily improve the appearance of your legs and alleviate the symptoms of vein disease — regular exercise, compression stockings, and elevating your legs while sitting down. But these lifestyle changes can only provide temporary relief — they can’t treat varicose veins. The only way to treat varicose veins is through minimally invasive varicose vein treatments.
Do varicose veins go away?
Varicose veins can’t go away naturally. If you don’t treat varicose veins, the continued accumulation of blood in leg veins will worsen the symptoms, eventually leading to leg ulcers, deep vein thrombosis, and other complications. The only way to remove varicose veins is with minimally invasive procedures, such as ambulatory phlebectomy.
What happens if varicose veins are left untreated?
If you have varicose veins and leave them untreated, blood can pool in the veins and cause them to rupture. This can lead to serious health problems, like ulcers, blood clots, and inflammation. The longer you leave varicose veins untreated, the worst the symptoms become.
What is the main cause of varicose veins?
The main cause of varicose veins is having weak valves in the veins. These valves are responsible for making sure that blood flows in the right direction, towards the heart. When they are weak, blood can flow backwards and pool in the veins, causing them to become enlarged and twisted. This condition is known as chronic venous insufficiency, and it directly contributes to the formation of spider veins and varicose veins.
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