Almost 50% of women suffer from varicose veins or spider veins, and most wonder how they can be prevented/treated. There can be many factors causing varicose veins like fluctuation in hormones, high-heeled shoes, occupation or obesity. Today, I have a few tips for diminishing the appearance of spider and varicose veins from New York City’s top vein specialist, Dr. Luis Navarro of the Vein Treatment Center. He also explains the newest non-invasive treatments available to fix existing veins.
1. Though staying active is important to maintain good health, many question the correlation between running and varicose veins. But it’s actually important to keep those legs moving… walking, running, cycling and swimming are beneficial for good circulation in legs and keep deoxygenated blood flowing towards the heart, reducing pressure and blood pooling.
2. Any type of exercise that strengthens the “second heart” – the muscles of the calf and foot – is beneficial and can help prevent spider/varicose veins. Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, 3 times a week.
3. If you already have varicose veins, or if they run in your family – wear compression stockings. Compression stockings act like an added layer of muscle, aiding the performance of the “second heart” and venous circulation.
4. Birth control pills can constrict blood vessels and can weaken vein valves and vein walls.
5. If you are standing/sitting for long periods of time, try to rotate your ankles/feet whenever possible, walk for a few minutes every hour, and point and flex your toes to promote leg vein circulation. Flexing calves muscles frequently is also a good exercise to do at your desk on long car/plane trips to keep up circulation. When you get home, raise your feet 6 to 12 inches above your heart whenever possible to assist circulation.
6. Try to maintain a healthy weight which helps eliminate excess pressure on your legs that might cause veins to surface.
7. Avoid long hot baths or relaxing in a hot tub for too long. Keep it to a minimum as the excessive heat from hot tubs can actually increase vein swelling and lead to blood pooling.
Spider and small varicose veins can be treated with sclerotherapy – a painless injection treatment. During treatment, a mild chemical solution is injected into the vein that is causing the issue. The sclerosing agent irritates the walls of the vessel, causing it to collapse. The body then reabsorbs the vein and blood is re-routed to a healthy vein, restoring proper venous circulation in the area. For large varicose veins, surgery is not performed anymore. We use in office Endovenous Laser Abliation (EVLA), in which a laser fiber is used to close the main vein from the inside under local anesthesia and no down time.
Hope you find these tips useful!
Great tips. People don’t realize how varicose veins can impact your life. I felt so unconfident when I had mine. I got them treated at USA Vein Clinics, and now I feel much better. I can even wear that sexy red dress again without being ashamed of my legs.
You have birth control pills listen as one of the causes. My wife doesn’t take pills, but she does have an IUD. Is that better, or is she still just as susceptible to this kind of illness? http://www.veinexpert.com/spider-veins.php
Blood pooling freaks me out. It’s a serious issue and it can happen if you don’t exercise correctly, or if you don’t exercise at all. I heard about it while I was training with my personal trainer Tony. He explained that proper cool down was essential to making things work well with the vascular systems.
Thanks for the advice on treating varicose veins. I will have to remember these tips, especially the one about not sitting for too long. I try to get up and walk around every half hour at my work for that reason.
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Harshleen, tip number two about exercise seems like it might be one that gets forgotten by some people. Being able to exercise while pregnant sounds like it might help you stay more healthy for the baby. I have a cousin who is pregnant with her third child and this might be some good advice for her to consider. http://www.floridaaesthetics.com/laser-vascular-treatment/
I wish someone had told me to exercise more during my pregnancies! I really do love my children but I wish they hadn’t given me the gift of varicose veins. I’ll have to look into laser treatments. Of course, I’ll talk to a specialist about the best option and I’ll do what they think is best, but the words “chemical solution” don’t quite make me jump up and down in excitement.
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This was a really interesting read! I’ve been working hard on staying more active, but I’ve fallen out of my rhythm! So this is inspiring to be more active again to help my tiny veins.
After pregnancy varicose veins are seen in women very often. It causes many complications like blood clotting in which affected leg may swell considerably that needs urgent medical attention. Prevention is always better than cure but Vein laser treatment is the best way to get rid of it permanently.
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