Removal of spider veins at home
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Of all parts of the body, the person pays most attention to his head, and in particular to the person. And this is understandable, because a person is the first thing that we value each other before even one word is said. It is clear that any unaesthetic changes on the face (coals, pimples, translucent spiders from small capillaries, etc.) lead us into a state of combat readiness. We are trying at all costs to "save" the face, by any means removing from it even the microscopic cause that caused such despair. And what to say about more serious reasons, such as spiders from capillaries or vascular asterisks. Removing vascular asterisks at home is a way to get rid of the problem with minimal costs. So, we can say that this method is available to almost everyone, and everyone can choose the appropriate method for solving the problem.
Where do the spider veins on the face and body come from?
Such unusual marks in the form of red "spiders" can appear not only on the face, but also on the chest, legs and some other parts of the body. "Spiders" is not just a pattern on the skin, it is the enlarged fine blood vessels that are visible through it, which are usually not visible through the skin. Overflowing blood vessels become larger and brighter, so we can see them on our bodies, which does not please us at all, because the spider veins can not only spoil our appearance, but also be a signal for serious pathology.
In medical terminology, the asterisks are called telangiectasias. Some people get such a defect, like dilated capillaries, by inheritance. Here we are not talking about vascular pathologies, it is rather an anomaly of the structure of small vessels, when their diameter is larger than necessary, so they are visible through the skin in the form of cobwebs that have a reddish or cyanotic tinge.
In principle, the expanded capillaries will not be visible. They "appear" when the blood flow increases, and hence the filling of blood vessels. This can occur under the influence of various factors:
- heat when visiting a sauna or a sauna, bathing under a hot shower, etc.)
- exposure to radiation and ultraviolet rays (in the sun or in the solarium),
- disruptions in the endocrine system causing a violation of the hormonal background (in pregnancy, menopause, adolescence, as a result of abortion, the use of various contraceptives - hormonal pills and spirals),
- stressful situations, intense excitement,
- high physical activity,
- reduced tonus of small vessels associated with a deficiency of vitamins P and C or overweight (which is more typical for obesity, in which the load on the body is excessive)
- age changes.
In this case, the removal of vascular asterisks can be safely carried out at home, without fear that this symptom is something more terrible than the unaesthetic deficiency on the body.
But not always vascular asterisks can be considered only as a cosmetic defect, because the appearance on the body of reddish and bluish "spiders" may indicate serious violations in the body. For example, violations of the hormonal background, leading to malfunctions in the vascular system, can be observed in pathologies such as the ovarian cyst or uterine myoma. The appearance of vascular asterisks on the chest may be one of the symptoms of the initial stage of breast cancer.
If such asterisks appear on the abdomen, this may indicate liver or gallbladder pathologies, in which blood circulation in this part of the body is disrupted (cirrhosis, tumor processes, etc.). The bulging vascular networks on the legs indicate the development of varicose veins.
The formation of the foci of vascular asterisks is also observed with such a systemic disease of connective tissue as scleroderma, when seals arise on the skin that disrupt normal blood flow. In those places where an obstacle to the current of blood (condensation) is created, the vessels experience the maximum pressure, which causes them to stretch. Thus, a specific picture of their red "spiders" is formed.
It is clear that the appearance of vascular asterisks on the face and body can be expected with various cardiac and vascular diseases, for example, with clotting disorders, thrombolytic disease, hypertension (increased pressure). In the latter case, it is possible to observe not only asterisks from capillaries, but also microscopic hemorrhages, which indicate that pressure vessels not only expand, but also burst.
Are the formations such as vascular asterisks dangerous? No, they can be considered as a cosmetic defect caused by a decrease in vascular tone. Single "spiders" on the body rarely indicate a serious problem and can be easily corrected by procedures aimed at strengthening the vessels. But a large number of such defects is already a cause for concern, especially if we consider that they can be a symptom of many dangerous diseases. Therefore, before practicing the removal of vascular asterisks at home, you must first get a consultation with a doctor after going through the necessary for the diagnosis diagnosis. After removing the external manifestation of the disease does not contribute to its cure.
Alternative remedies for vascular asterisks
Further information is intended for those who are responsibly concerned with their health and pre-consulted the doctor about the causes of the appearance of vascular asterisks and the possibilities of home treatment of vascular pathology. We will talk about known methods of fighting vascular asterisks on different parts of the body, which are not only low-cost, but also safe enough to not complicate the situation. But you need to understand that the following external folk remedies for vascular asterisks can help get rid of an unaesthetic symptom, but do not affect blood coagulability, blood pressure, hormonal background, etc. These problems require a separate treatment, appointed by a specialist doctor.
So, what can you do if you have a red spider web on your face and body. Removal of spider veins at home, many sources recommend using the following means: apple cider vinegar, natural masks and compresses, essential oils and some other means. Let us consider them in more detail.
Apple cider vinegar from vascular sprouts was originally used to solve the problem of swollen vessels on the legs with varicose veins. But given the safety of this product, unlike table vinegar, it was also used to get rid of unsightly "cobweb" on the face, giving the cheeks an unusual blush.
How to use apple cider vinegar for medicinal purposes? It needs to be warmed to room temperature (cold can not be used, because it can cause a vasospasm and only aggravate the situation). Apple vinegar should be wiped the place of the appearance of "cobwebs". You can conduct the procedure several times a day.
If the spider veins appeared on the legs, apple cider vinegar is used for therapeutic massage. The movements of the fingers on the skin should be gentle, not delivering painful sensations, while you need to move along the limb upwards. This "apple" massage is recommended to be performed every day, because it improves blood circulation and tones the skin, strengthening small vessels on the surface. Duration of the procedure is about 5 minutes.
The safety of the treatment with apple cider vinegar is indicated by the fact that this same remedy alternative healers are recommended for the treatment of beginning varicose veins. And doctors suggest using vinegar from apples as preparation of the skin for application of medical creams used for varicose veins.
Apple cider vinegar is considered very effective. The lack of effect is usually associated with the acquisition of a poor-quality product. But the shelves of our shops are literally filled up with such "fake" vinegar with apple flavor. It's better to use homemade vinegar, actually cooked from apples.
There are a lot of recipes for making home-made apple cider vinegar. But we offer a simple ancient recipe, which is quite suitable for outdoor procedures. It is prepared from overripe fruits. Apples (3 kg) are washed, cleaned of seeds and inner films, cut into small pieces and additionally pounded with a wooden rolling pin. Finished raw materials should be transferred to enamel or glassware, add hot water (70-75 degrees), so that it was higher than the level of apples by 3-5 centimeters. Depending on the acid used apples, add 150-300 grams of sugar.
We put the dishes with the apple mixture in a warm, dark place for 2 weeks. During this time, we regularly mix the raw materials. When the composition is infused, pour it into glass jars, straining through 2-3 layers of gauze. At the top of the jars should be free space for fermentation.
After 2 weeks, vinegar is considered ready for use. It needs to be filtered once more and stored in a refrigerator, using as needed.
As you can see, in just 1 month you can cook natural apple cider vinegar, which is considered really healing. This vinegar is stored very well, so it is enough not only to treat vascular asterisks, but also for preventive procedures. For example, by adding 0.5 liters of warm water 1 tbsp. House apple cider vinegar and moisten the bath sponge in the composition, wipe it all over the body, leaving it to dry. Such a tonic and blood circulation improving massage will help prevent the occurrence of vascular defects on the skin.
Essential oils help from vascular asterisks because of their ability to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, restore their elasticity, which helps normalize blood flow and prevents rupture of capillaries. It is clear that such actions are not all the ethers. In the course of telangiectasias grape seed oil, roses, chamomile, rosemary, mint, geraniums have proved to be the best. You can also use oils of peanuts, jojoba, mandarin, grapefruit, cypress, sage, lemon and others.
From the vascular asterisks on the face apply softer ethers and oils with whitening effect: essential oils of lemon, roses, chamomile, grape seed, peanut, jojoba.
Lemon oil is a remedy for treating sensitive sensitive skin. It prevents the appearance of inflammatory foci on the skin of the face, strengthens small vessels under the skin due to the high content of vitamin C, whitens the skin of the face. But unlike other oils, it is not used in the form of masks and compresses, but applied a small amount to the inflammatory focus or the site of localization of the vascular network. In the oil, you can add a couple drops of pharmacy vitamin E, which increases the tone of the skin with makes it supple.
Rose oil has a wonderful rejuvenating effect, increasing skin tone and elasticity, favorably affecting the small vessels under the skin, giving the body a pleasant aroma. It can be added a few drops to your favorite face creams and used daily for cosmetic purposes.
Rosemary oil increases the tone of the skin and blood vessels, improves blood microcirculation, helps to remove various defects on the skin of the face. This oil can be added to water for washing, in cosmetic products (creams and face and body masks), used for easy massage of the skin. But we must remember that the ether of rosemary is not suitable for large hypertension and epilepsy.
Chamomile oil has a soothing, moisturizing and rejuvenating effect. Particularly useful is the thin dry skin, through which the capillaries show through. Camomile oil helps restore the water balance of the skin, increase its elasticity and elasticity. To remove vascular sprouts at home, chamomile oil is used in conjunction with jojoba and rose oils. All oils should be taken in equal proportions and applied daily to cleansed skin.
Grape seed oil is really a storehouse of vitamins and nutrients. High content of vitamins C and E helps strengthen the vessels, remove inflammation and flaking, rejuvenate the skin of the face. This oil is perfect for all skin types. It can be used in its purest form for cleaning and nourishing the skin, adding to any masks where oils are used, mixed with other aromatic oils. For example, for oily skin, a suitable option is a mixture of jojoba and grape seed oil (the proportions may be different).
Peanut oil from spider veins is recommended to be used in conjunction with jojoba oil. You can use the oils separately, mixing them with two parts of olive oil (or grape seed oil), or add to the face creams that you use before going out.
To treat vascular asterisks on the legs, cypress oil is most suitable, as well as a mixture of mint and rosemary oils. Cypress oil is applied to the cloth (moistened in cold water and wrung out) and applied to the affected area for 10 minutes. You can also massage the skin lightly. On the body, leave the oil for an hour.
In the same way, you can use a mixture of oils, taking them in equal proportions.
Below we present several useful complex formulations for the treatment of vascular asterisks based on essential oils of various plants:
- Take the rosehip oil (15 ml) and jojoba (2 times more). Add to them 10 drops of borage herb oil and a mixture of cypress oil, palmarosa and lemon (all the oil we take 4 drops). The resulting mixture should be well mixed and used twice a day, applying to the skin at the site of the appearance of vascular asterisks and slightly massaging into the skin. This recipe is especially effective if the cause of the skin defect is the inflammation of small vessels of the skin.
- Mix the oil of dogrose and borage (50 drops each), geranium oil (10 drops), cypress oil, lemon and rosemary (6 drops each). To the aromatic mixture adds 90 ml of any vegetable oil (preferably olive or sunflower oil) and mix well. The composition is used as a massage for strengthening the walls of blood vessels.
- Butter oil (30 drops), borage grass (20 drops), rose hips (14 drops), rose oil, geranium and neroli (6 drops each). The oils are mixed and used to treat vascular asterisks every day, applying the mixture to the affected areas.
Such complex formulations can be used on any part of the body. The main thing is that a person does not have allergies to the ethers of the plants used.
Masks and compresses from vascular asterisks can be done both with the use of aromatic oils, and with the use of other components that help in solving this problem.
The most popular is the mask of immature tomatoes. Green tomatoes need to be blurred to a mushy state (or grind in a blender). If the skin is used fat grease in its pure form, for dry - mixed with a small amount of olive oil (you can replace the grape seed oil). On the face, the agent is applied evenly and left for a quarter of an hour.
You can use not the mush, but the juice of green tomatoes. In this case, the juice is impregnated with a bandage folded in several layers (a tissue napkin or a cotton disc will also fit) and apply them to a place covered with vascular cobwebs for a couple of minutes in the form of a compress.
If the compositions do not use oil, after the procedure, the skin should be lubricated with a face cream. Apply compounds based on green tomatoes daily for 10 or more days before the disappearance of the red "spiders".
Useful for the removal of vascular asterisks at home will be not only grape bones, but also the fruits of the grapes themselves. Wash them cleanly rubbed into gruel and applied to the face for 25-30 minutes. This mask strengthens blood vessels, stimulates blood circulation, refreshes the skin and improves complexion.
Popular in the treatment of skin defects are also nourishing and whitening facials. For example, a mixture of lemon juice and strawberry paste, applied to the skin for 15-20 minutes, will help clarify the skin, make pigment spots less noticeable and get rid of couperose - the pathology of the circulation, which is manifested by the appearance of vascular asterisks.
Sea-buckthorn is another valuable product that can be used to strengthen blood vessels due to the high content of vitamins C, K, P, E, useful for the skin and blood capillaries in fruits. The berries of sea-buckthorn should be mashed in puree, mixed with the same amount of sour cream, yogurt or soft curd and mix well. The composition of an even layer is laid out on the face and leave for 30 minutes, after which it is washed off with cold water. You need to do this every week.
Another curative product, rich in vitamin C, is considered to be currant. It can be applied to the face in the form of a vitamin gruel prepared from berries, or mixed with sour cream, like sea buckthorn, which is useful for the treatment of dry skin.
In complex recipes with essential oils, rosehip oil also appeared, useful because of the high content of vitamin C, as well as other useful vitamins. It has a moisturizing and rejuvenating effect, while simultaneously removing swelling that prevents normal blood circulation in the tissues. Oil can be used instead of moisturizing cream, in the form of compresses, as part of creams and masks.
If there is no way to buy or make the rose hip oil itself, you can use its seeds. Using a coffee grinder, we grind them into powder and use them to prepare an effective mask for red spiders. We take ½ tablespoons. Powder of hips and homemade sour cream or yogurt, add to the composition of 5-6 drops of a mixture of essential oils of lemon and mint, mix and apply the composition on the face with an even layer. We keep the face mask for a quarter of an hour, wash it off with cold water and tone it with ice cubes (it's better if it's a frozen herbal broth or green tea). You can also wipe the skin with a slice of homemade cucumber or apply a light cucumber cream.
A lot of disputes on the Internet are being conducted around such a natural remedy that improves the condition of the skin, like a badyear. Some argue that the buckyard helps with vascular asterisks, you just need to dilute the powder in water to a mushy state and apply it to your face in the form of a mask for 15-20 minutes. The agent has a locally irritating effect, due to which there is an expansion of blood vessels and increased blood circulation at the site of application.
But are the properties of badyaga useful in couperose and a decrease in vascular tone? Without strengthening the blood vessels, the tuber can have the opposite effect, i.e. The dilated vessels will be even more visible against the background of light skin. But on the other hand, instructions on the use of badyaga in powder and in the form of a gel refer only to such contraindications as hypersensitivity to components and damage to the skin, and there is no mention of couperose or varicose veins. This leads to the following conclusion: before using a buckyard to remove vascular asterisks at home on the face, body or legs, it is better to consult a doctor.
Herbal Treatment
If you think well, you can remember not so many diseases in which herbal treatment would not be useful. There are in the list of medicinal herbs and such plants that have a therapeutic effect in vascular pathologies, for example, with the appearance of vascular asterisks on the body.
Some plants, such as aloe, can be found on your windowsill. It is better if it is a plant with "experience", in other words, whose age is more than 3 years. We tear off the juicy lower leaf of the plant and put it in the refrigerator for 7-10 days to accumulate useful properties. Aloe vascular sprouts are used as follows: skin of the face in the evening, we clean the infusion of green tea and rub it with a piece of aloe pulp, free from hard top crusts. The procedure is repeated every other day, ignoring the slight burning sensation. The course of treatment - 10-12 procedures.
Something to improve the condition of the facial skin with couperose can be found in the garden or country house. First of all, it is parsley, known for its bleaching properties and rich in vitamins C and E. For half a glass of boiling water we take 2 tablespoons. Shredded leaves and insist for exactly 20 minutes. Cooled infusion is mixed with two parts of homemade milk. Now you need to moisten a cool tissue cloth or cotton pad and apply it to the skin with swollen vessels for half an hour. Such compresses need to be done daily until the skin improves.
To remove vascular asterisks at home, you can use other herbs that need to be collected only in ecologically clean areas. For daily 15-minute compresses, freshly squeezed juice from fleshy burdock leaves can be used.
Fresh nettle is used in the form of infusion. Leaflets are poured with boiling water, insist, cool and filter the composition. Apply to wipe the skin of the face twice a day.
Alternative healers recommend wiping the skin in the places where the spider veins appear with a decoction of birch earrings (for 1 glass of water we take ½ cup of dry or fresh vegetable raw material). Ideally, the composition can be used for washing, which will strengthen the vessels of the face and prevent their fragility.
Another herb, incredibly useful for the appearance of swollen capillaries is the yarrow. We blend the fresh flowers of the plant into a gruel. Separately, we mix 1 tsp. Liquid honey, home-made cream and freshly squeezed lemon juice, add fresh egg yolk and 1 tsp to the composition. Gruel of yarrow. The resulting mixture is applied in the form of a mask on the flushed vessels and leave for 15 minutes, after which it is washed off with cool water.
From the dry grass yarrow can be prepared with infusion (for 1 tbsp boiling water we take 2 tablespoons of crushed vegetable raw materials and leave to infuse for 1 h), which is used for lotions. If at the time of infusion, add 1 tbsp. Homemade sour cream and 1 tsp. Potato starch, we get a therapeutic mask from the vascular asterisks.
To prevent the appearance of vascular asterisks on the face, it is recommended to tone the skin with ice cubes prepared from herbal infusion. The composition of the infusion includes natural green tea, chopped rose hips, chamomile flowers. All components must be mixed. For a glass of boiling water we take only 1 tsp. Of the plant compound, we insist for 10 minutes and cool it. Further, the natural tonic is poured into ice molds and placed in a freezer. Finished cubes need to be wiped face every day after washing.
Homeopathy with vascular asterisks
Homeopathy also very rarely stands aside from health problems. It can also help in the removal of vascular asterisks at home. The only thing that needs to be done is to go to the homeopathic doctor for the prescription of the medicine, because homeopathic remedies, unlike traditional medicines, are almost impossible to find independently without knowing the basics of homeopathy.
What drugs can doctors prescribe for couperose and varicose veins? Their great variety. Some drugs must be taken orally, so that they can help improve peripheral circulation and prevent the formation of blood clots. But there are also local medicines in the form of ointments, replacing traditional synthetic (heparin ointment, troxevasin, Stop-couperose, etc.) in the homeopathic medicine cabinet and natural remedies.
One of these popular ointments is the homeopathic ointment "Calendula". This cheap ointment, according to the instructions, is intended for the treatment of diaper rills and cracks in the skin, but, as practice has shown, it also significantly reduces the manifestations of such a cosmetic defect as the spider veins on the face.
Apply the ointment twice a day, applying it to the skin with bloated vessels a thin layer until the condition improves. It is undesirable to apply ointment to people who are intolerant of its components, resulting in allergic reactions.
Homeopathic ointment "Traumeel S", intended for the treatment of inflammatory-degenerative pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, has proved itself well in the treatment of vascular asterisks on the legs associated with varicose veins. And all thanks to the useful components contained in it: echinacea, calendula, St. John's wort, yarrow, aconite and other components.
Apply the ointment, applying it in a thick layer on the damaged places, usually twice a day. Contraindications to the use of ointment are only allergic reactions, due to increased sensitivity to individual components of the ointment. Homeopaths recommend the use of ointment in combination with the same drops and other homeopathic preparations for internal reception, all the same varicose veins are a serious pathology requiring the same treatment.
Apply to combat vascular networks on the legs and a cream called "Sophia, which is attributed to homeopathic remedies because of its composition. It is believed that it improves peripheral circulation and contributes to the narrowing of blood vessels without impairing blood flow. As part of the drug, we find vegetable oils, extracts of chamomile, dog rose, nettle, burdock, horse chestnut, aloe vera, vitamins, leech powder, etc. As you can see, many herbs that are part of the drug have an anti-suicidal effect, contribute to strengthening the vessels and getting rid of the spider veins.
The cream should be applied to the places where the vessels are visible, with light massaging movements 2 or 3 times a day for several weeks. The procedure lasts about 3 minutes.
There are no side effects in the cream, if allergic reactions in people with intolerance to the components of the homeopathic remedy are not taken into account.
In homeopathic pharmacies, you can also find a facial mask from kuperoza called "OTIFLAUERS MASK Anti-Age Mask", which includes 2 packets (a therapeutic composition plus an active solution). The contents of the bags are mixed and applied to the face for a quarter of an hour, after which they are washed off with cool water and applied to any face cream. There are no contraindications and side effects.
With varicose veins and couperose, homeopaths tend to prescribe medications such as Arnica and Aesculus hippocastanum (arnica and horse chestnut). But in homeopathy to specialized medicines it is customary to add constitutional means that take into account the peculiarities of the patient's organism and direct the action of special means in the right direction.
How not to hurt yourself
It is clear that the appearance of vascular asterisks on the face and body can visibly upset people. Especially if this person is a woman. After all, the weaker sex wants to look pretty and attractive, that women are ready to try on themselves any methods and means that can only be found on the pages of books and on the Internet.
The desire to improve your skin is not considered shameful or meaningless. Just before you apply any funds, you need to figure out if they will harm your appearance.
Among the methods and tools used to remove vascular asterisks at home, there are both quite safe (we wrote about them above), and very controversial. We'll talk about them now.
On the Internet, many people write about the benefits of treating varicose veins with the help of hirudotherapy, i.e. Applying from leech vascular asterisks. There is a lot of positive feedback about this treatment. But it is unlikely that such treatment refers to the category of habitual home procedures, even if the doctors of traditional medicine are not too rushing to prescribe hirudotherapy.
Yes, in the saliva of leeches there are many useful tools that promote blood thinning, stimulating blood flow with simultaneous narrowing of blood vessels and increasing their tone at the bite site, improving peripheral circulation. But treatment with leeches is not as safe as it is written about for advertising purposes.
It is necessary to understand that medicinal purposes are not used by swamp dwellers, but leeches grown specially in sterile conditions, which can not be bought in every pharmacy, and even then the risk to acquire a "swamp monster" remains even in this case. Hirudotherapy sessions are usually conducted by specially trained medical staff, who knows which pathologies and where to put leeches. You have such knowledge and sterile leeches, then there are no questions.
But it must be taken into account that hirudotherapy has not only indications but also contraindications. For example, such treatment is not performed in patients with low blood coagulability (hemophilia) because of the risk of bleeding, because the leech makes a hole in the skin and vessel through which the blood will bleed. Such procedures are not suitable for people with severe anemia, hypotension (low blood pressure), hemorrhagic diathesis, oncological pathologies, allergic reactions to leech saliva, mental disorders in the phase of exacerbation, etc. Hirudotherapy sessions are not performed during menstruation and during pregnancy.
Even if a person has a wealth of knowledge in the field of hirudotherapy, he has the necessary leeches in his stock, he has not found a single contraindication, but all the same one should be prepared for possible unpleasant consequences (side effects) of such treatment:
- the appearance of pigment spots in the places where leeches were located,
- bleeding marks from bites on the body,
- inflammation of the lymph nodes,
- allergic reactions and development of dermatitis,
- suppuration in the area of the bite,
- the formation of trophic ulcers with a predisposition to their appearance.
It turns out that in the fight against one cosmetic defect, you can get many others, but not so harmless. The treatment of varicose veins should be handled by a specialist doctor, and various home remedies can only facilitate therapy. As for couperose and other causes of the appearance of vascular asterisks, there is practically no information on their treatment with leeches.
Now let's talk about wraps, considered one of the most effective procedures for cellulite. But in most cases, the spider veins appear where there is already cellulite. At a young age, the appearance of vascular asterisks is rare, but the middle and older age, when the elasticity of the skin is not the same, and the problems with the vessels as a result of the overstrain of the legs appear, the red spiders become a big obstacle for many effective anti-cellulite procedures.
What is a wrap? This application to the problem areas of the skin of special formulations in the form of a mask, after which the body area is tightly wrapped with food film. Such procedures are usually performed on the body and limbs. But as for our legs, they can be defeated varicose veins and strewn with vascular asterisks. Is it possible to wrap in this situation?
The answer to this question will be ambiguous, because there are 2 types of procedures called "wrapping". Hot wraps mean the preliminary application of warm masks to the skin with a temperature of about 36-38 degrees, after which the skin is wrapped in a film (additional warming is possible). Such procedures are most effective for getting rid of cellulite, because they contribute to the rapid breakdown of fats. But you need to understand that by stimulating metabolic processes, they also increase blood circulation, and the heat slightly increases the viscosity of the blood. All this with varicose veins can provoke the appearance of new "spiders" and even the formation of blood clots. Thus, from hot wraps with vascular asterisks should be categorically discarded.
Cold wraps, the temperature of masks at which carrying out is close to room (that is not more than 30 degrees), it is possible to do with vascular asterisks, but with special care it is necessary to approach the choice of therapeutic compositions for the procedure. So, wraps with natural apple cider vinegar (1 part vinegar and 3 parts water, to which you can add a couple drops of essential oils of lemon, neroli, geranium, orange, yarrow, effective both to fight cellulite, and to remove vascular asterisks) will only benefit, helping to solve two problems at once.
As cold mixtures under the film, you can use:
- a mixture of the above-described essential oils,
- clay (previously diluted with water to the consistency of homemade sour cream, you can add thickened natural coffee or a few drops of essential oils),
- dirt (it's not about the slime that we see under the feet after a good rain, but about healing mud, most often it's mud from the Dead Sea, rich in useful minerals),
- laminaria (meaning not marinated or canned sea kale, and laminaria powder, which can be purchased in pharmacies, it is also diluted with water, can be mixed with clay),
- cocoa (cocoa powder is diluted with milk to the consistency of sour cream, you can add cinnamon, vanilla and essential oils for varicose and cellulite, this wrap is called chocolate),
- gruel from fresh medicinal herbs (parsley, nettle, yarrow, chamomile, dill) in combination with the Dead Sea mud.
On some sites you can find information about the benefits of honey wraps in varicose veins, yet honey is a valuable source of nutrients. But after reading reviews on this procedure, you can see that many women complain of an increase in the number of vascular asterisks after honey wraps. Perhaps the reason for the deterioration is still the fact that honey is a powerful allergen that can cause local inflammatory reactions. And if you consider that with varicose other equally useful compositions for wraps are allowed, is it worth risking by resorting to an unsafe procedure of honey wrap?
In any case, special preparation for wrapping should be discarded. This is not about pre-cleaning the skin (cleanliness is a guarantee of health and better penetration of medicinal compounds deep into the skin), but about thermal procedures. Usually, before wrapping of any kind, expansion of pores with the help of heat (sauna, sauna, hot shower, etc.) is recommended. Thermal procedures for varicose are contraindicated.
Now let's talk about another popular slimming procedure, such as anti-cellulite massage and whether it can be done with vascular sprouts. We must immediately say that there is much debate around this issue. Some doctors say that anti-cellulite massage in no way contributes to the appearance of telangiectasias, while others believe that such a massage with varicose and couperose can only do harm. Still, this is not a soft, relaxing massage, but a procedure that increases blood circulation and improves skin tone, but does not affect the tone of the vessels. Weak overcrowded vessels under mechanical influence can simply burst. This is confirmed by numerous complaints of women on the appearance after such a massage of the foci of vascular asterisks and subcutaneous hemorrhages.
With vascular cobwebs in general, you need to be cautious about any kind of massage. Even the procedures for applying medical formulations to the skin with foci of swollen vessels should be carried out gently, without rubbing and strong pressure on the tissue, by gentle massage movements.
The only type of massage that can have a therapeutic effect in varicose veins and some other conditions, accompanied by the appearance of a vascular network on the body, is lymph drainage massage. But again, it is not considered a home procedure. At least, it should be carried out by a specialist with a special medical education, familiar with the techniques of massaging with telangiectasias.
The course of lymphatic drainage massage most often includes twelve procedures that are performed not every day, but at a certain interval, which is set by the doctor. All massage movements go along the course of the lymph flow and are aimed at reducing stagnant phenomena in the lymphatic system and fighting with edematous syndrome, which breaks the blood circulation in small capillaries. Usually stasis of lymph is one of the causes of disruption of the venous valves on the lower limbs and leads to the development of varicose veins and thrombophlebitis.
But back to the problem of vascular asterisks on the face, the problem of removal of which at home was affected in our article. What procedures can help to safely get rid of them?
We recommend to supplement the treatment procedures with masks, compresses, washings, the use of homeopathic remedies, etc. Intake of vitamin preparations containing vitamins C, R, K, E, B and others, increase in the diet of foods with a high content of vitamins and trace elements, regular outdoor walks and gymnastics for the face, which increases the tone of the capillaries.
Let's consider some effective exercises of such gymnastics:
- Press your palms against your cheeks and make active movements up and down.
- Gaining air in his mouth, we strain one cheek, pushing it towards the other cheek. Repeat several times, inflating one or the other cheek.
- Straining the muscles of the neck and jaw with an effort to lift and lower the chin.
- Do "kisses", pulling your lips into a tube. Repeat several times.
Such exercises will help not only increase the elasticity of the vessels, but also improve the contour of the face, pull up the skin somewhat, make it more elastic and attractive.
Treat or warn?
It must be said that not always the efforts aimed at removing the spider veins at home can be crowned with success. The fact is that the above methods help to treat the investigation, but not the cause of the disease. If the reason lies in the hormonal imbalance, then completely get rid of the red "spiders" can only normalize the hormonal background, otherwise in a while they will again remind of themselves. The same applies to varicose veins, hypertension and other pathological causes of telangiectasia.
Alas, sometimes the removal of vascular formations is much easier than the treatment of the cause that caused their appearance. Usually, if alternative methods, homeopathy and traditional local treatment do not help, you can resort to hardware methods of combating the vascular network, which solve the problem fairly quickly and painlessly. But the treatment of pathological causes can drag on for many years, during which it is impossible to exclude the appearance of new foci of redness and cyanosis on the body.
So is not it easier to take care of the beauty of your face and body beforehand, taking measures to prevent the appearance of a red pattern on the skin? After all, all the known truth that the disease is easier to prevent than treat, has not yet been denied.
What should be done to reduce the risk of vascular network on the face and body:
- Protect your skin, protect it from severe cold and sunlight with clothing and special creams.
- A sharp change in temperature also adversely affects the condition of the vessels, so one should try to avoid such situations.
- With sensitive thin skin, you should avoid severe overheating when visiting a sauna or a bath, sunbathing under an active open sun; the abuse of such procedures will certainly lead to the appearance of an unhealthy blush.
- In cold weather, it is worthwhile to take care of all-round and safe heating, sitting next to the heater, we provoke overheating of a certain part of the body, the vessels on which will overflow and burst.
- Given the negative impact on the skin of the ultraviolet, you should try to be near the sources of its radiation (computers, TV, UV lamps, etc.).
- You need to protect not only your face, but also your legs and body. Large physical exertion, weight transfer, standing work, the habit of sitting on foot, walking on high heels or in uncomfortable shoes, excessive body weight - all this can cause varicose veins of the lower extremities. But a long stay in the sitting position, overeating, wearing uncomfortable tight clothes and tightly tight belts along with heavy physical labor can provoke varicose veins of the pelvis, stomach, testicles in men, etc. A significant role here can play stressful situations, nervous disorders, intoxications, bad habits (smoking and alcoholism), and, of course, hereditary predisposition. However, if you exclude all of the above factors, even against the background of predisposition, you can avoid the development of the disease.
- It is necessary to learn to control your feelings and emotions, this will help you more easily to deal with stressful situations, which usually causes great excitement and a rush of blood to your face.
- It is necessary to review your diet. Products with a high content of vitamins, cooked in a gentle way, which preserves the maximum of useful substances, should be in the first place. Oranges, lemons, grapefruit, schneet, apricots, cherries and cherries, black currants must be present on the table at any time of the year. If there are difficulties with providing the above fruits and berries, you can add fresh and sauerkraut, garlic, dog rose, carrots, green onions (can be grown even on the windowsill), sea kale, parsley, apples, green tea.
- As for favorite food preferences, it will be better to refuse from spicy and salty foods, limiting also the use of black tea and coffee. It is not necessary to dramatically change your diet and suffer from hunger and disgust for unusually "tasteless" dishes. This is done gradually so that the body gets used to a new healthy life.
- Probably, it is not worthwhile to dwell on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, because everyone knows that daily walks in the air, moderate physical activity, healthy food and refusal of alcohol and smoking will help to solve not only the issue of reducing the vascular tone, but also prevent many pathologies.
- As for the hormonal background, the work of the endocrine glands should be paid special attention, monitor the health of the endocrine system, passing regular preventive examinations at the endocrinologist. If there is a suspicion of a shift in the balance of hormones, you must definitely undergo specialized research and treatment. Women should be examined regularly by a gynecologist who will help prevent the development of pathologies in the reproductive system that cause vascular disorders in the pelvic organs. Men can be advised to visit a urologist or andrologist for the same purpose.
Very often, what at first glance seems difficult and impossible for a healthy person is very easily given to someone who has already experienced all the hardships of the disease and does not want a repetition of pain. This suggests that, if desired, a person can do much more for his health than he thinks. Performing at least most of the recommendations described above can be done so that the removal of vascular asterisks at home or in the conditions of specialized institutions is not needed, because such a problem simply does not arise. So everything is in our hands.