Sclerotherapy

If you, like millions of other Americans, have varicose veins and you don't like them, you really should consider doing something about them. If you have some of the symptoms above, or if you simply don't like to wear shorts or swim wear because of your legs, do something about it.

Now with the advances in sclerotherapy, ultrasound guided sclerotherapy and laser you can get rid of varicose veins.

What is Sclerotherapy?

Sclerotherapy (the evaluation and treatment of varicose veins via the injection of a sclerosing chemical into the diseased veins) is a precise, highly technical cosmetic procedure.

The Procedure

Depending upon the degree of vein disease and patient symptoms, special instruments (a listening device called a Doppler, a duplex ultrasound machine which makes images of the veins deep in the legs) may be used to help the  determine exactly what is causing varicose veins and precisely where sclerotherapy injection should be placed to obtain the best results. Then, once the examination is completed, the physician makes a specific treatment plan of sclerotherapy injection therapy, compression stockings, and sometimes combined therapy involving sclerotherapy injections, ultrasound guided sclerotherapy and laser treatments.

The sclerotherapy injection procedure itself is done as follows: the physician, usually under magnification, systematically and according to his treatment plan injects a tiny amount of a special chemical called a sclerosing agent deep into the varicose veins. Special needles and syringes are used to insure a precise injection. When all veins that can be injected are treated, special dressings and a special stocking called a pressure gradient stocking are placed over the treated leg or legs. Post treatment instructions are given and the patient is sent home.

Patients are advised to take a brisk 15 to 20 minute walk immediately following sclerotherapy, and usually the patient can go right back to work with no interruption of their daily activity schedule.