Can Tanning Cover Spider Veins?

With warmer weather comes shorts and bathing suits — clothing that exposes skin on your legs and potentially your varicose veins. While sun and spray tanning can hide varicose veins, it can make them worse and ultimately more visible once the tan fades. 

Does Sun or Bed Tanning Help Hide Varicose Veins?

Extended sun exposure is harmful to varicose veins. Heat causes your veins to expand — including your already dilated varicose veins — causing a more significant amount of blood to pool in the veins. This is also why those with varicose veins should avoid hot tubs and other forms of prolonged heat exposure.

The sun can also break down your skin’s collagen — the protein that provides skin integrity, structure and healing. This can make varicose veins darker, turning them into a blue or purple hue and causing them to be more visible.

Can a Spray Tan Cover Spider Veins?

Because sun or bed tanning can cause more damage, you may turn to a spray tan option for that golden glow. A spray tan can hide varicose veins, but not well. In addition to spray tans, you may see remedies out there to hide varicose veins, such as self-tanning lotion or concealer. Remember, hiding varicose veins is a temporary cosmetic fix — it is much safer and more effective to treat the problem at the root.

Safe Varicose Vein Treatment at Central Florida Vein and Vascular Center

Central Florida Vein and Vascular Center provides treatments to minimize your varicose veins and boost your confidence in summer clothing. We offer our clients sclerotherapy, an effective treatment for spider and varicose veins. Sclerotherapy uses a very fine needle to inject a sclerosing agent into the damaged vein, sealing it and causing your body to absorb it.

We offer the following types of sclerotherapy, depending on the severity of your condition:

• Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy: This treatment uses an ultrasound device to guide foam injection, close up veins and redirect blood flow.
• Spider vein sclerotherapy: This is the most common and traditional form of sclerotherapy to diminish the appearance of spider veins.

• Veinlite sclerotherapy: As a unique approach to spider vein treatment, veinlite technology identifies and targets feeder vessels.

Contact the Experts Today

If you’re ready to take on the heat of the summer confidently, Central Florida Vein and Vascular Center is here to help you meet your goals. Contact us online to learn more!