Did you know that if you are fair skinned, you are more at risk for facial spider veins? As you certainly know, people with fair skin have a higher tendency for their skin to be more damaged by the sun than their darker skinned friends. Sun damage can cause a variety of harmful skin issues, the most immediately noticeable of which are sunburns. Repeated sunburns cause damage the skin, and skin damage caused by the sun can lead to facial spider veins. So yes, sunburns and spider veins can go hand in hand (sometimes). Spider veins can be completely unrelated to sun exposure, however, so if you have spider veins already, they may well not have been caused by too much fun in the sun. › Continue reading

You may be concerned that being in the sun this summer will cause varicose veins. Is it true that varicose veins can be caused by too much sun? Although exposure to the sun can be a factor in the formation of spider veins, especially in the face, vein doctors say there isn’t a lot of evidence backing up the theory that too much sun causes varicose veins. › Continue reading