How to know if person administering sclerotherapy is qualified?

How do you make sure that the person who will be administering sclerotherapy is qualified, well-practiced and knows what they are doing? What questions should I ask?

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A: Sclerotherpy is an excellent way to treat unwanted leg veins

Patricia Farris, MD

Ask how many procedures the doctor has performed make sure you are seeing either a board certified dermatologist, plastic surgeon or vascular surgeon. These specialities have the most experience perfoming this procedure.

A: Sclerotherapy Qualifications

Theodore Katz, MD

You should ask the physician what their background training is (that is emergency room, psychiatry, dentistry, gynecology, plastic surgery, etc).  Any physician can take a weekend course or shorter and do this procedure the next day.  More importantly what you want to ask is how many of these... more

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