Spider veins can be blue, purple, or red and may appear in the form of thin lines, webs, or branches. People sometimes also refer to them as thread veins.
A range of treatments can remove spider veins or reduce their appearance.
In this article, we discuss the causes of spider veins and how they differ from varicose veins. We also cover the treatment and prevention of spider veins.
In the legs, spider veins can occur when the valves inside the veins stop working properly.
Veins carry blood back to the heart. To prevent blood from flowing backward, they contain a one-way valve that closes once the blood passes through it.
If this valve weakens or becomes damaged, the blood may struggle to flow in the correct direction, and it can begin to pool inside the vein. Over time, this can cause a bulge in the vein that branches out, resulting in spider veins.
Spider veins on the face are often the result of tiny blood vessels bursting. Increased pressure or sun damage can cause this to occur.
Spider veins are really small superficial veins that are in the outer layer of skin between the dermis and epidermis, so you can see them. Varicose veins are larger veins that are deeper in the body. “You won’t see them as a discoloration, you’ll see them when they get so stretched out that they kind of bulge.
Symptoms
Depending on their severity, varicose veins can cause a variety of symptoms. These may include:
pain
itching
bleeding
swelling of the legs or ankles
an achy or heavy feeling in the legs
Varicose veins may also increase a person's risk of blood clots and circulation problems.
Technological Theory
The target substance of vascular disease treatment is oxyhemoglobin in red blood cell in blood vessel. Wavelength affects laser’s depth of penetration. Under 1200nm, the longer the wavelength, the deeper laser can penetrate. Thus, laser wavelength is usually longer in vascular disease treatment so as to give consideration to target tissues’ selective absorption and penetrability. Besides, laser penetrates the epidermis melanin barrier and reaches targeted blood vessels. Short wavelength laser light will be competitively absorbed by epidermis melanin, which will cause epidermis injury and form cicatrix. 980nm Diode 980nm Laser Therapy system takes advantage of 980nm wavelength laser, penetrating epidermis and reaching blood vessels. Based on selective photothermolysis theory, oxyhemoglobin absorbs laser energy and produces thermal energy and spreads to vascular endothelial cells through conduction mechanism. In consequence, blood vessel wall is damaged and facial vascular will be treated.
The major targeted chromophore in facial vascular treatment is oxyhemoglobin that existing in red blood cell in vessels. According to the curve of laser absorption by targeted substance (right picture), oxyhemoglobin shows a much higher absorption interval in 900nm-1000nm. Thus 980nm semi-conductor laser has the ideal treatment effects for facial vascular removal.
Clinical Indications
Facial vascular
Angiotelectasis
5 Contraindications
In clinical treatment, patients with following conditions are not allowed to take treatment
unless the impacting factors are eliminated:
Patient having history of photosensitive disease or taking photosensitizer in one year;
Patient with cicatricial physics;
Patient exposed to sun in a month;
Patient in pregnancy or suckling period;
Patient with high blood pressure and severe heart disease;
Diabetes, AIDS, SLE or epileptic patients, or patients have taken treatments with
glucocorticoid;
Patient with herpes simplex medical history;
Patient having opened wound in treatment area.
Technical Parameters
Laser Type Diode laser
Laser Wavelength 980nm
Laser Classification Class 4
Electric Safety Classification Type B ClassⅠ
Laser Model Pulser
Laser Power 16W Max. or 10W Max.
Laser Energy 0.1-11.4J or 0.1-6.6J
Pulse Width 10-650ms
Pulse Frequency 1Hz-10Hz
Spot Size φ0.2mm
Beam Delivery Fiber of 200µm, SMA 905 connector
LCD screen 8 inch
Aiming Beam 650 nm, <5mW
Power supply 110-240VAC,50-60Hz, 200VA
Fuse Protector F3A,250VAC
Dimensions (Length ×Width ×Height) 325mm×470mm×230mm
Net Weight 8Kg
Beijing Sincoheren Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd.