Los Angeles Sclerotherapy doctors

	David Hansen, MD Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon 9201 W Sunset Blvd Ste. 612, Beverly Hills		13 answers
	Raffy Karamanoukian, MD Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon 1301 20th St St. Johns Medical Plaza - Suite 240, Santa Monica		13 answers
	Grant Stevens, MD Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon 4644 Lincoln Blvd #552, Marina Del Rey		7 answers
	Brian Dubow, MD Los Angeles Dermatologic Surgeon 8631 W. Third Street Suite 635, Los Angeles		7 answers
	Lisa Benest, MD Burbank Dermatologist 1624 W Olive Ave Ste B, Burbank		3 answers
	Harold J. Kaplan, MD Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon 23211 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 200, Torrance		2 answers
	Peter Goldman, MD Los Angeles Dermatologic Surgeon 8631 W. 3rd Street Suite 635, Los Angeles		2 answers

Recent Answers

What Are the Types of Sclerotherapy Options? What agents are used for different types of Sclerotherapy? Does everyone use the same strength solution, or does it depend on the severity of the varicose veins being treated?

A: Sclerotherapy and lasers

There are a few choices when it comes to using a solution for sclerotherapy. I have used them all, and they all do work. Depending on the size of the blood vessel, one can use more concentrated solutions. However, the risk of complications also can increase.

I have found that combining sclerotherapy with the Vbeam laser can really help get better results. Some tiny veins are too small to be injected and the laser gets rid of them in as few as one treatment!

Tanya Kormeili, MD

Los Angeles Dermatologist

A: Many options work

There are several options for the sclerotherapy solution, and in my experience, having used them all, they really do all work. The success lies more in the hands of the person doing the treatment rather than which solution is used. Sclerotherapy is useful for spider veins, but not the larger rope-like varicose veins.

Lisa Benest, MD

Burbank Dermatologist

A: Different sized varicose spider veins require different solutions and/or concentrations.

Foam sclerotherapy is what most docs use now and either asclera or sotradecal are the most common ones. Scleremo or glycerin is used for the tiniest of spider veins while hypertonic saline is not used much anymore. Expect to pay about $450-600 per session and usually 3 sessions are needed with each about 6 weeks apart. Sincerely,

David Hansen,MD

David Hansen, MD

Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon