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Compression Stockings
Knee-high, thigh-high in length or a panty hose type stocking that can help alleviate the swelling and pain associated with varicose veins.
Laser Therapy
A treatment which effectively eliminates hair-thin spider veins without injection sclerotherapy.
Phlebectomy
An outpatient procedure which entails microextraction to remove varicose veins that are close to the surface of the skin through very tiny micro-incisions.
Sclerotherapy
Treatment for spider veins which involves injecting a solution or detergent into the affected veins using a fine needle, causing them to clump together or clot and become less apparent.
Spider Veins
Often occurring along with varicose veins because of increased venous pressure, these tiny vessels are quite common and medically harmless.
Varicose Veins
Weakened and dilated veins, sometimes with ineffective valves, that have permanently lost their elasticity and the ability to carry blood from the legs back up to the heart against the force of gravity. |
