How can you prevent thread veins?!


Question: How can you prevent thread veins!?
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Thread veins are tiny veins just under the skin that have become dilated!.
This occurs as a result of pressure e!.g!. in pregnancy, and in response to the presence of varicose veins!. Thread veins often appear for the first time in pregnancy (as do varicose veins) and although they may be less obvious after delivery, they do not disappear!. There seems to be a genetic factor involved in the development of thread veins!.
It is true that they are harmless!. When tiny veins such as these become dilated it has no significant effect upon the functioning of the rest of the venous system!.
Thread veins on the legs and face can reduce the quality of many sufferers lives, as they try to hide their thread veins by wearing trousers, or disguise their codition with heavy make up!. Attempts to make the veins less obvious by sunbathing may actually make the condition worse! Many sufferers will also use 'fake' tans to try and conceal the veins!.
The current standard 'medical' treatment of thread veins encompasses camouflage make up, laser treatments and sclerotherapy!.
The Britsh Red Cross runs a skin camouflage treatment service and has centres around the country, used by patients with port wine birth marks, burns, scarring and thread veins!.
Laser therapy can be helpful, but specific lasers must be used (e!.g Pulsed Dye Laser), and the doctor using laser therapy should be highly experienced in it's use!. Treatment may be painful and can cause bruising to the treated area for 7 to 14 days!. In the right hands laser therapy is effective, but treatment is not freely available in all areas of the UK!.
Sclerotherapy is used to treat larger purple thread veins in the legs!. It involves injecting a powerful irritant chemical directly into the affected veins, through tiny needles!. This causes inflammation within the walls of the affected vein, causing it to collapse!. With larger veins, the patient may have to wear a tight 'compression' bandage to keep the vein collapsed after the injection!. If the sclerosing chemical escapes outside the affected vein small ulcers may develop, so it is important to choose a specialist with good experience of this technique!.
As prevention is better than cure, the chances of developing thread veins and varicose veins can be reduced by exercising regularly, keeping slim, avoid standing for long periods of time, taking up yoga (especially the inverted postures, but check with your GP first), wearing support tights, resting with your 'feet up' and avoiding the triggers listed under Rosacea above!.
About 20% of women in their twenties have significant thread veins, and it is important that they take steps to prevent their condition or treat it early!. It is always easier to treat any medical condition in it's early stages!.
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