What causes thread veins and is there a cure for them
The Britsh Red Cross runs a skin camouflage treatment service and has centres around the country, used by patients with port wine birth marks, burns, scarring and thread veins.
Laser therapy can be helpful, but specific lasers must be used (e.g Pulsed Dye Laser), and the doctor using laser therapy should be highly experienced in it's use. Treatment may be painful and can cause bruising to the treated area for 7 to 14 days. In the right hands laser therapy is effective, but treatment is not freely available in all areas of the UK.
Sclerotherapy is used to treat larger purple thread veins in the legs. It involves injecting a powerful irritant chemical directly into the affected veins, through tiny needles. This causes inflammation within the walls of the affected vein, causing it to collapse. With larger veins, the patient may have to wear a tight 'compression' bandage to keep the vein collapsed after the injection. If the sclerosing chemical escapes outside the affected vein small ulcers may develop, so it is important to choose a specialist with good experience of this technique.
As prevention is better than cure, the chances of developing thread veins and varicose veins can be reduced by exercising regularly, keeping slim, avoid standing for long periods of time, taking up yoga (especially the inverted postures, but check with your GP first), wearing support tights, resting with your 'feet up' and avoiding the triggers listed under Rosacea above.
About 20% of women in their twenties have significant thread veins, and it is important that they take steps to prevent their condition or treat it early. It is always easier to treat any medical condition in it's early stages.
hi i got this tip from one of my Friends it really works first of all you need to take 2 spoons of apple cider vinegar 2spoons of honey and add hot water have this 2 times a day and rub witch hazel on them every morning and before you go to bed i had load on my legs and most of them have gone i have been doing it for about 6 weeks
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