Varicose veins are veins that become enlarged and twisted and more often than not appear in the legs of men and women. Varicose veins usually occur after sitting or standing for long periods of time because the blood sits or gets stuck in the veins of the legs and festers there. This makes the veins become enlarged and visible because the blood adds color to them. Symptoms of varicose veins are aching, heavy legs (especially at night and after exercising), ankle swelling, spider veins in the affected leg, a bluish skin color near the affected area, redness, dryness, itchiness, scratches to the area take longer to heal and bleed more than others, restless leg syndrome and white scar-like patches appear near the ankle. Vein treatment can help to relieve a patient of these symptoms and the vein problems altogether.

Vein treatment for varicose veins and spider veins can include one or more of the following procedures. They are sclerotherapy, laser and pulsed light treatments, vein ligation, ambulatory phlebectomy, laser and pulsed light treatments, and vein stripping. All of these procedures are offered by the majority of cosmetic doctors across the country today and all of them help in the treatment and removal of varicose and spider veins. Many people that suffer from vein problems suffer in two ways; they suffer physically because these vein problems can be very painful to the legs and they suffer emotionally because having these vein problems can weigh on the patient's self conscious because they are unsightly problems.

Having sclerotherapy performed involves an injection of drugs into the affected areas of the legs.
This treatment does not include surgery at all. There are no surgical procedures involved in this type of vein treatment. The solution that is injected into the body helps the varicose or spider veins disappear from sight and keeps them from returning in the future. Laser and pulsed light treatments are now being used as a compliment to sclerotherapy treatments offered by doctors. Laser and pulsed light treatments help to eliminate smaller veins that injections might not be able to treat. Vein ligation is a surgery that makes an incision above the problem vein so that the vein can be tied off; ultimately preventing any further blood flow to that vein. This surgery will, over time, help the varicose or spider vein disappear.