Bellevue Sclerotherapy doctors

	Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS Seattle Plastic Surgeon 1135 116th Ave. NE Suite 630, Bellevue		4 answers
	Henri P. Gaboriau, MD Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon 22840 NE 8th St. #103, Sammamish
	Daniel Levy, MD Bellevue Dermatologic Surgeon 4455 148th Ave NE, Bellevue
	George Marosan, MD Bellevue Plastic Surgeon 11820 Northup Way Suite E190, Bellevue
	Sam Naficy, MD Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon 1110 112th Ave NE Suite 150, Bellevue

Recent Answers

Will Hand Sclerotherapy Affect my Hand Function?

A: Complications from hand sclerotherapy

This is an unusual procedure generally limited to other parts of the body. Also, hand veins tend to be bigger and sclerotherapy works better in smaller veins with slower blood flow going through them so the irritant has time to cause inflammation in the vein lining and then it scars down. If the injection misses the vein it can cause tissue loss, open wounds, scarring and thus possibly funtional problems. I would doubt that if you spoke to a hand surgeon, they would bless this idea.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Does Sclerotherapy Work on Tiny Facial Capillaries? Hello, I have very fair skin and lately have noticed that my capillaries are becoming increasingly noticeable. I have tried several types lasers to treat my facial veins (underlying my acne scars, surrounding the nose) to no avail.
In fact, lasers often leave additional scars and capillary matting. The bottom line is that lasers do not work as my capillaries seem to require an intensity that my skin cannot tolerate. Are there other options? Can sclerotherapy target tiny facial capillaries?

A: Using a cautery for facial capillaries

As Dr. Oppenheim has siad, I have also had success with stubborn facial capillaries using a Colorado needle point on a cautery set extremely low and just zapping them under 3.5X magnification.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Spider Vein Treatment Side-effects? which side effects from vein treatment are possible?

A: Mainly failure, recurrence, and hyperpigmentation

The worst things that could potentially happen from treating spider veins would probably be failure of treatment, recurrence of the spider veins, and especially hyperpigmentation.

Hyperpigmentation happens when the tiny thin walled veins burst from the treatment and blood leaks into the tissues causing a sizable bruise. As the body absorbs the bruise, the iron particles in the hemoglobin molecules linger in the tissues for months causing a brown stain. This usually resolves but very slowly.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon