New Year, New You: Spider Vein Treatments

If you suffer from Spider Veins, you know how painful they can be. If you’re sick of dealing with the aching and cramping that goes along with Spider Veins, start the new year off right with spider vein treatments at Pacific Vein Care and Blue Sky Med Spa. Our treatments will help reduce the symptoms that go along with spider veins.

What are Spider Veins?

Spider veins are red, purple, and blue vessels that twist and turn, and are easily visible through the skin.

What Causes Spider Veins?

There are a number of factors that can cause spider veins, including:

• Heredity
• Occupations that involve a lot of standing, such as nurses, hair stylists, teachers, or factory workers
• Obesity
• Hormonal influences of pregnancy, puberty, and menopause
• The use of birth control pills
• History of blood clots

Symptoms of Spider Veins

Many people who suffer from spider veins complain about aching or cramping pains in their legs. Other common symptoms include tiredness, restlessness, burning, throbbing, tingling, or heaviness in the legs. Pain from spider veins can usually be relieved by elevating your legs, or wearing support stockings.

Treatment Options

One popular treatment option for those with spider veins is sclerotherapy, which is a treatment that was developed in the 1950s and 1960s. It involves the use of an extremely fine needs to inject tiny amounts of a dilute solution directly into the spider veins. The solution causes the lining of the vein to swell, eventually sealing off the blood vessels and preventing blood flow. At Pacific Vein Care, we use polidocanol as our sclerosant of choice because it’s painless and effective.

Prior to treatment, a complete medical history is take and a thorough examination is made in order to determine, among other things, how long the problem has existed, are there any ongoing causative factors, and if there are any associated symptoms. If your spider veins are found in conjunction with varicose veins, treatment for the varicose veins may be recommended before Sclerotherapy is undertaken.

After your treatment, you are required to wear compression stocking for up to 14 days. Benefits and expected results include:

• Gets rid of spider veins
• Normalizes skin blood flow
• No incisions or scars
• Does not interfere with normal activities
• Safe, virtually painless, in-office treatment
• Only takes about 30 minutes

If you suffer from spider veins, and think you can benefit from treatment here at Pacific Vein Care, give us a call at 815-669-4224 to set up an appointment!

Don’t Forget About Dad This Father’s Day

It’s officially June and that means beautiful weather, fun in the sun and plenty of summer recreation. With all of the excitement that summer brings, it can be easy to forget that the June 19^th is Father’s Day.  This is an important day to celebrate all that dads do for us.  Often times, shopping for the perfect Father’s Day gift can be a challenge. If you’re seeing Father’s Day ads for the usual mugs, ties, and fishing gear and feeling stumped, Pacific Vein Care can help!

                

Does your dad suffer from varicose veins and spider veins?  Give the gift of good health with a gift card towards Pacific Vein Care or Blue Sky MedSpa!  While many people think of varicose and spider veins as being a problem for only women, the condition is just as common in men.  Varicose veins, also known as varicosities, are twisted, enlarged veins near the surface of the skin that overfill with blood.  Symptoms come in many forms but the most common include swelling, itchiness, numbness, throbbing, and pain near the veins. 

Varicose veins can affect men of all ages but the risk increases with age.  While this condition is typically inherited, it can also be caused by obesity, prolonged standing or trauma.  Many men who experience varicose veins try to avoid the issue but treatment options are fast, easy and effectively work for both men and women.  At Pacific Vein Care, we offer a number of vascular treatment services including ambulatory phlebectomy, compression therapy, endovenus ablation, and sclerotherapy.

Like many conditions, varicose veins will progress without treatment.  If the man in your life is suffering from vascular issues, stop into Pacific Vein Care and pick up a gift card he will actually use!  We offer the latest in revolutionary treatment techniques that provide real results for varicose veins, leg swelling and pain related to vein reflux disease.  Father’s Day is right around the corner – hurry in and pick up the gift of good health at Pacific Vein Care!

Blue Sky Med Spa; For Your Cosmetic Needs

When a vein clinic and med spa come together, something beautiful happens.  At Pacific Vein Care, we offer revolutionary vein treatment to help you eliminate varicose veins and spider veins.  Our sister company, Blue Sky Med Spa, offers a vast array of services to help you look the best that you can from head to toe.  Based on your expectations and desires, Pacific Vein Care and Blue Sky Med Spa can help you find your best version to help you feel good and look good.

At Pacific Vein Care, we are happy to treat your varicose veins and spider veins to help improve the health and appearance of your legs.  Where our treatments stop, Blue Sky Med Spa cosmetic services begin!  We serve a range of symptoms with the finest treatment.  Are you suffering from acne, rosacea, stretch marks, scars, muscle pain, nail fungus, unwanted hair and more?  Do you want kissable lips, full eyelashes or neck rejuvenation?  Blue Sky Med Spa can help!  We offer facial treatments, micro-needling, medical chemical peels, injectables, lasering, spider vein treatments and massage therapy through advanced aesthetic and aerolase laser treatments.  Our products are the best in the market targeted to your specific needs.

We are committed to serving our patients with genuine respect and care.  At Pacific Vein Care, we are grateful for the trust that our patients have put in us.  We hope that our patients will give Blue Sky Med Spa an opportunity to help them achieve the look they have always been looking for.  Because when you feel good, you look good!

For more information on Pacific Vein Care or Blue Sky Med Spa services, visit our site or call 815-759-2368.