Watch Your Spider Veins Fade Away

Post Sponsored by Clark Memorial Hospital Vein Center  Concealing your spider veins may be a pain, but permanently removing them is simple and painless. Marla Beeler, APRN with the Clark Physician Group Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Center, talks about the benefits of sclerotherapy — a vein removal treatment she uses on her clients. Q: What is Sclerotherapy? A: “It is a procedure that removes unsightly spider veins.” Q: How does it work? A: “We use a very small needle to inject a medicine called asclera into the vein. It scars the vein so the body [...]

By |2018-06-21T16:50:52-04:00February 1, 2018|Past Sponsored|

Why and How She Had Her Spider Veins Removed

By Tiffany White  Post Sponsored by Clark Memorial Hospital Vein Center  Alicia Smith says she had no reservations about trying the treatment and has been pleased with the results. Photo by Melissa Donald Alicia Smith, 35, enjoys wearing dresses, skirts, and shorts, but when spider veins appeared on both of her legs in 2012 after she had a baby, she tried to hide them. “They started burning and itching, and I didn’t like how they looked. I wore stockings for a while, but that didn’t seem to help at all,” she says. Alicia tried sclerotherapy [...]

By |2018-06-21T16:50:59-04:00December 27, 2017|Past Sponsored|