Varicose veins are swollen veins that can bulge near the surface of the skin.

Spider veins are those small blue, red or purplish looking vessels that are close to the surface of the skin and often cause individuals embarrassment and some discomfort.

Varicose veins are veins which are abnormally and irregularly swollen.

Spider veins are like varicose veins but they are much smaller. They often began as small capillaries that are blue or red squiggles on the skin.

Varicose veins and spider veins will affect close to 40 million Americans, mostly women. Sclerotherapy is a medical procedure which is used to treat these varicose veins and spider veins through a use of sodium chloride directly injected into the vein.

Varicose veins are unsightly and uncomfortable. They affect both men and women and appear to have a genetic predisposition.

The first sign of a varicose vein is swelling along the path the vein takes down the leg. These varicose veins are result of damaged one way valves that helped push the blood through the veins and on to the heart.

Varicose veins develop when the one-way valve system that helps to move blood from the lower extremities to the heart is damaged.

There are two different types of veins inside the leg. There are superficial veins, which sit just below the skin and are easily seen on the surface.

Spider veins tend to get worse over time, so the sooner you treat them, the less complicated the treatment will be. The most effective treatments for spider veins are Sclerotherapy and Laser treatment. Using IPL or YAG laser technology, DermaEnvy Skincare uses a spectrum of light directed onto the skin. This concentrated pulse of light heats the vein walls and damages them, so they shrink and disappear.