Help!! Thread veins are so ugly

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I have a few on my leg, at least I think they are thread veins (see pic)? What causes them and is there anything that can be done?

Scelerotherapy (sp?). I had it at the McIndoe Centre.

It causes bruising so you get it done in October to be ready for Summer. The vein breaks down and reabsorbs.

Thanks, anyone else got input please?

I had mine lasered and it didn’t make a difference. I would go with sclerotherapy if your considering treatment

i had sclerotherapy and it made them worse. i avoid dresses now for that reason.

You probably don't want to hear this but I've had both sclerotherapy and laser treatment. Sclerotherapy made it worse in some parts and laser treatment didn't work. I now just use Sally Hansen leg make up if I'm wearing a skirt.

Schlerotherapy! I have it every year or other year, as I get more and more

It does work for me

Oh no - sounds like the results are variable! How much is sclerotherapy?

Oh I have these. What causes them? I am sure I got them after pregnancy.
Will my plasma pen work on them or are they too deep?

I was left with permanent bruising after schlerotherapy, the areas looked worse afterwards and the laser didn’t work at all. I’ve just given up now.

A few hundred? That was a while back.

For those that say they had permanent bruising I am interested to know more. How long ago was it done? I had one wiggly vein on my shin that I had done that took I would say 3 or 4 years to completelty reabsorb after it was done. Maybe it was because it was on the bone, or a different type to the spiders web ones.

The spiders web ones on my fleshy inner calf absorbed over 6 months or so. They have come back though. I am thinking of going back but need to find out more as am now on medication that as a side effect can affect blood clotting. Need to find out if that affects healing time.

I would say mine were apparently not the worst they had seen.

You have to wear compression stockings for quite a while afterwards although she said not to bother in my case as they were not that bad.

Interested to read about alternatives.