I've had spider veins ever since I had my daughter 6yrs ago and since I'm on my feet alot they are getting worse. I tried the vit K cream otc and it didn't do anything. Is there anything I can do besides sclerotherapy to rid myself of them? I'm VERY curious to hear from those who had the surgery and what it cost. I hate wearing pants when its 100+ outside. Thanks all
The walls of the viens are made out of collagen. Vit C and copper both help build collagen. High cortisol levels increase spider veins, and i think it reduces copper as well (still researching that one).
Yes Sclerotherapy is about the only way. I just had an appointment at a vascular surgeon and he advised me that since I had varicose veins, I have to have my leg numbed and then the veins pulled out. I plan to go back to school for nursing so I'm hopeful that my insurance decides to finally approve it before then since I will be on my feet.
Anyways, I have heard so many good things about sclerotherapy. I've heard it works wonders! I honestly don't know from any experience but just from rumors.
Here is my suggestion though and I'm only saying this because I have 3 kids and been to a vascular surgeon a few times. If you plan to have any more children, do NOT do this. Sclerotherapy is not usually covered under your insurance due to the term of "cosmetic". Don't waste your money. Now, if you are done having kids, and have the money to spend, by all means go ahead and do the sclerotherapy. But in my opinion spider veins aren't horrible. I thought they were after I had my first child and then after the 2nd and 3rd.....forget the spider veins. It was all varicose and they are PAINFUL! I hate them and my insurance is denying the surgery for them.
Oh and there are NO creams to help them. All I have heard is get yourself a nice tan. That's about the only non-surgery way to reduce the appearance of them. Good luck.
I believe they have laser treatments for spider veins...I was also going to look into that. Otherwise, the injections are the only thing I know that really works. The creams don't work as far as I know...they just say "reduced the appearance of veins" which can mean almost anything. The other thing is spray on tan...that can make them less noticeable.
I had the sclerotherapy done on one leg for varicose veins after I had my first child. They do numb your leg but I still felt some stinging pain and discomfort while they were doing it. It worked as far as getting rid of the bumpy veins, but you can see the tiny little incision marks where they go in. Hopefully those will fade over time. Because the one leg was so varicose and painful, my insurance paid for it....
I plan on doing the other leg after I am done having children.
