How to Get Rid of Spider Veins Spider veins are also known as telangiectasias or angioectasias that are small dilated blood vessels. Spider veins are visible like thin red or blue lines on the skin’s surface or mucous membranes. Most commonly they are appeared on the legs, hands and face especially around the nose, cheeks and chin. These are just like weak or damaged valves in the veins. Several factors are there that may be responsible for this damage like poor blood circulation, heredity, age, blood clots, birth control pills, hormonal changes in the body, standing or sitting long periods of time, wearing too tight clothes, obesity, exposure to harmful ultraviolet (UV) sunrays and constipation. Usually the spider veins are harmless but at the same time they look really weird and cause symptoms like swelling, pain, rashes, and throbbing, itching as well as restless legs. At the same time they cause skin ulcers, bleeding, deep vein thrombosis and phlebitis. Spider