Can Vitamin K creams help my spider veins?

Millions of women have spider veins and the majority dislike them. Spider veins commonly occur on the face and outer thigh. While these skin lesions do not cause symptoms, they are not aesthetically pleasing. Some women only have a few spider veins, but a few unlucky women develop multiple spider veins.

Over the years, many treatments have been developed to get rid of spider veins. The latest is vitamin K creams. Vendors of these vitamin K creams claim that daily application of vitamin K ointments can help get rid of spider veins and prevent recurrence.

There are hundreds of vitamin K based creams on sale in health food stores and cosmetic shops. In each case, extravagant claims are made that by applying these creams on the skin, spider veins will disappear in a few days or weeks.

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin and generally taken by mouth or given by an injection. All Humans have large stores of vitamin K and do not need to take extra supplements on a daily basis. Vitamin K is readily obtained in the diet from numerous vegetables and legumes. In some individuals who have excess bleeding from disordered coagulation, vitamin K is often administered via an injection in a hospital setting. It is the rare physician who prescribes vitamin K as a supplement for an outpatient.

So do these vitamin K based creams actually work?