Spider Veins Removal Specialist in Brooklyn, NY and Bronx, NY

Thin, red veins, interwoven like a spider web, are called spider veins. They’re most often visible on your face or your legs (and sometimes in both places), causing embarrassment or a decline in your self-esteem. Spider veins are usually caused by conditions beyond your control. While they’re not dangerous in and of themselves, they can be symptoms of a more serious underlying condition. Seek an accurate diagnosis and effective spider veins treatment from a local expert like Dr. George Bolotin at the Astra Vein Treatment Center in Brooklyn, New York and Bronx, New York. You don’t need to hide your face or cover legs again. Call the practice for an initial consultation. Spider veins are treatable.

What Are Spider Veins?

Spider veins are tiny clusters of red lines that resemble a spider’s web. They’re most common on your legs or face. Spider veins — known in medical circles as telangiectasia — are considered unsightly. They may make you feel self-conscious about the appearance of your skin. Spider veins sometimes occur as a symptom of an underlying autoimmune disease, such as scleroderma or liver disease.

Spider veins and varicose veins are sometimes confused for one another, but they are very different. They look different, and they’re caused by different conditions. Spider veins:

• Are always much smaller than varicose veins
• Never bulge; in other words, they appear flush with your skin
• Are usually red or sometimes purple
• Usually don’t cause any other accompanying symptoms

In contrast, varicose veins have significant differences in their appearance and in the symptoms that accompany them. Varicose veins:

• Appear blue or purple, like reticular veins
• Swell under your skin
• Look like twisted ropes under the skin
• Usually show up on your legs, not on your face
• Can cause leg tiredness, swelling or itching

Fair-skinned women experience spider veins more often than men, but the condition can affect men and women across ethnicities, including African American women. So if you suffer from spider veins, seek a vein specialist in Brooklyn and Bronx like Dr. George Bolotin at the Astra Vein Treatment Center.

What Causes Spider Veins?

While the causes of spider veins aren’t fully understood, it’s thought they may be attributable to hormones, since women get them more than men and pregnancy can be a factor. It’s also possible that spider veins run in your family. Other possible causes include:

• Excessive sunlight
• Genetics
• Rosacea
• Corticosteroid use on your skin
• Hormone changes, including during pregnancy, your menstrual cycle or hormone pills

The best spider vein doctor in Brooklyn and Bronx, Dr. Bolotin at the Astra Vein Treatment Center, can diagnose your vein disorder.  He’s an experienced Interventional Radiologist who focuses on vein abnormalities. Proper treatment can begin only after an accurate diagnosis. Visit Dr. Bolotin to learn how to get rid of the spider veins on your face or legs efficiently.

What Spider Vein Treatments Are Effective?

In most cases, spider veins are treatable, although it’s usually not medically necessary to do so. That means spider veins treatment is considered cosmetic. Most spider vein treatments work permanently for the location treated, but they do not prevent spider veins from showing up in other locations. Dr. Bolotin recommends the most appropriate, least invasive treatment for your particular case of spider veins, such as:

• Sclerotherapy for spider veins. Perhaps the best-known spider veins removal treatment, sclerotherapy destroys the visible veins from within. Your vein doctor in Brooklyn and Bronx injects a chemical solution into the spider veins. The chemical causes the vein walls to stick together, closing off the vein, which then turns into scar tissue. Surrounding healthy veins take over and the vein fades from sight.
• Endovenous laser ablation. Although this outpatient procedure is often less effective than sclerotherapy, it’s sometimes the recommended treatment. It involves the application of laser light energy directly to the veins from the exterior. The treatment triggers blood clots in the vein, causing the body to reabsorb the damaged vessels. As a result, your spider veins gradually fade and disappear.
• Endovenous radiofrequency ablation. This procedure works in a similar way to the endovenous laser ablation, only instead of laser light, it uses radiofrequency sound waves to achieve the same result. Both of these procedures require no cut or incisions in your skin.

Once treated, regardless of which procedure the best spider vein doctor in Brooklyn and Bronx recommends, the offending veins disappear over the course of several months. Dr. Bolotin may recommend a follow-up visit at that time.

During the months following your treatment, you don’t need to do anything special for your recovery. Movement helps your circulation, and basic protection from the sun and other elements protect your skin, keeping it looking as young as possible. As an expert Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Bolotin can diagnose and address your spider veins so you no longer need to feel self-conscious about them. Contact the Astra Vein Treatment Center today for a consultation.