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Saline Percentage on Spider Veins Treatment?
asked 3 years ago by Skyler123 in Jacksonville
Latest answer by Robert Swanson, MD
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Tags: spider veins
What percentage of saline is usually used to collapse spider veins?
1 answer to Saline Percentage on Spider Veins Treatment?
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Hypertonic saline for treatment of spider veins
Each doctor chooses the sclerotherapy solution that works best for him or her. I use 23.4% hypertonic saline (NaCl) for small spider veins that are actually in the surface of the skin and a chemical detergent called polidocanol for the larger reticular veins just under the skin that are the drivers of the spider veins.
The concentration of salt (NaCl) in the blood is only 0.9%, so 23..4% is really 'high test'.
Hypertonic saline disrupts the walls of the endothelial cells that line the...
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Robert Swanson, MD
Bay Area General Surgeon
Bay Area General Surgeon