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What are Varicose Veins and Spider Veins and What Causes Them?

Varicose veins are dilated veins near the surface of the skin that occur secondary to weakened valves and veins in your legs. In veins, there are one-way valves that keep blood flowing from your legs back up to your heart. When the valves are not functioning properly, blood collects in the veins in your legs […]

Using RF for Treatment of Facial Veins

Small but prominent periocular veins may be difficult to treat using foam sclerotherapy if there is not a communication with the superficial temporal venous system.1064 laser, injection, or phlebectomy have been described. In this case, the Vein Gogh  with the Bristle needle, was used at the lowest power settings. At 10 days there has been […]

Aneurysm Formation of intradermal Telangiectasia

    This large dilated spider complex is in actuality aneurysmal dilation on of spider veins intradermally. These spider veins are extremely difficult to treat due to the large amount of blood volume and the numerous vessels in close proximity to each other. I elected to resect this cluster of varices. Histology samples were obtained […]