I swear, every time I look at the bottom of my legs, especially where my lower leg and foot meet eachother, I notice more and more spider veins. Sure, they may only be visible to me, or someone who sticks there face up right to them, or maybe to one of those zoom in lenses that they use to capture celebrity’s microscopic flaws, but hey I don’ t have to worry about that one! The thing is, I’d be lying if I said they didn’t bother me. Spider veins are something I’ve always associated with getting older. It just means that your little veins and capillaries are losing their resilience and giving out, to me at least.
They represent years of working on my feet in the waitressing field. Before I became pretty much a full time office worker, I had lots of jobs that kept me on my feet for hours at a time. Waitressing is one of the best ways to stay in shape and get your exercise, but man it wrecks havoc on your legs and your feet, and the pressure results in you blowing out some of your veins because your poor legs and feet have to carry your body weight all day long.
But spider veins don’t only occur on your legs. No sir, they can occur in a much more visible place than that unfortunately – your face! Those with rosacea seem to be especially susceptible to spider veins on their face. However, there are treatments nowadays that can zap away those little surface spider veins in seconds. Seems like we have an answer for pretty much every beauty worry these days, huh?
There is a particular laser that is useful for helping to clear these unsightly little veins away, called a V beam laser. It actually targets that specific spider vein, heats it up, and in a few visits, supposedly you should notice that the spider vein is almost entirely gone from the area. Your body expels that former vein after it is heated and rendered useless, so you actually remove it yourself, through your body’s natural processes. I don’t know whether that’s interesting or slightly gross.
The comfort level of spider vein treatments with lasers is compared to the snap of a hot rubber band, so it’s pretty quick, but many patients do report feeling some form of discomfort. As with any other treatment like this, it really depends on your pain threshold and ability to endure discomfort.
