Spider veins, also known as telangiectasia, are visible, broken blood vessels that resemble purple, blue, or red branches or ...

Broken capillaries, also known as spider veins, are dilated red, purple or blue blood vessels that appear near the skin’s surface in a weblike pattern, usually on the legs or the face.

Varicose and spider veins: Varicose veins are enlarged veins that often twist and can bulge above the surface of the skin. They may be blue, red, or flesh-colored. Spider veins often look like webs.

A quarter of varicose vein sufferers are men, although Weiss notes that it is almost always women who seek help for spider veins. Spider veins, the more delicate red or blue tracings that can pop ...