Laser skin care at Anthem

SPIDER VEINS / LEG VEINS (Red and Blue)

Spider veins are distended, tortuous / twisted bulging "ropey" superficial veins of the leg that instead of conducting blood upward, back to the heart, conduct blood downward, in a reversed fashion, back to the foot.
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BEFORE treatment
The Treatment End Point is fine veins may blanch, larger veins are thicker and may blanch or turn grayish and flatten. You should not see a refill/rebound after the vessel is depressed. The onset of surrounding erythema and edema occurs in a few minutes. It is important to select the right handpieces; smaller superficial veins require smaller spot size, and larger deeper veins require a larger spot size. Erythema (reddening) can last a few days, some smaller superficial vessels can form a cat scratch scab over vein patch, and larger veins will take a few weeks to fade. The expected outcome is resolution in one to three treatments. Vessels may take 8 weeks to fade.
AFTER treatment
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Dr. Clemenger, MD, OBGYN, thanks his son Kenneth for designing this page about his laser treatments of acne at Laser Skin Care at Anthem which was last updated November 27, 2004.