This video is a special news broadcast covering the occurrence and treatment of spider veins. Although the picture isn’t the clearest you can see the doctor performing treatments on spider veins in the patients’ legs. These treatments include a new light only process that doesn’t require any internal workings. The patients expressed that the procedure was very pain free. While the treatments are permanent, it is possible that spider veins develop in other areas of the legs.

The reasons that patients get spider veins are seemingly unknown. It is possible that they are caused by some level or heredity combined with long term damage to the legs.