Many factors contribute to the development of telangiectatic facial veins and leg veins. Age, heredity, pathological conditions, occupations that require long periods of standing and pregnancy can all contribute to development venous disease. A successfull vascular treatment is dependent upon comprehensive history including presenting complaint, active symptoms, history of vascular disease, and general health and occupation history. Varicose vein treatment may require a combination of Laser based technology and sclerotherapy to adequately address the client's needs. Any successful vascular treatment is dependent on the treatment provider being able to successfully locate facial veins, legs veins and any reticular feeder veins that are often associated with the superficial telangiectasias.
There are several tools that can aid the visualization of the superficial venous system:
Syris V600 headlamp uses cross polarization technology allows the user
to see approximately 1mm below the skin's surface.
The new Venoscope® II transilluminator utilizes an array of high intensity LED lights to transilluminate the patient’s subcutaneous tissue thereby highlighting the veins which absorb the light rather that reflecting it.
| The VeinViewer by Luminetx® uses a combination of near-infrared light and patented technologies to image vascular structures, thus allowing physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to clearly see accessible vasculature | |
| directly on the surface of the skin. | |
