How Many Sclerotherapy Treatments Are Needed for Spider angioma?

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Latest answer by Channing R. Barnett, MD
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Tags: effectiveness, frequency, quantity, spider veins

7 answers to How Many Sclerotherapy Treatments Are Needed for Spider angioma?

Treatment for Spider Angioma

Spider angioma of the face are best treated with light electrocautery (superficial burning of the blood vessels) or with laser treatments. I personally find light electrocautery to be much more effective than laser. Typically, 1-3 treatment sessions are required to achieve optimal, long-lasting results. Sclerotherapy (an injection technique where an irritating solution is injected into veins) is typically used for small- and medium-sized veins in the lower extremities and several... more

Channing R. Barnett, MD
New York Dermatologist

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Sclerotherapy

Sclerotherapy is not the treatment for spider angioma. In my opinion, the pulsed dye laser (PDL) would be the treatment of choice.

Deborah Sarnoff, MD
New York Dermatologic Surgeon

Spider Angiomas Respond Well To Electrocautery

For more than thirty years I have treated spider angiomas. When they occur on the face as isolated spots that blanch when pressed, they can be treated with simple electrocautery, which takes literally seconds to perform. In most cases, one treatment session is enough, although occasionally an additional treatment several weeks later might be needed. Electrocautery leaves a tiny, temporary wound that crusts and eventually heals completely.

Nelson L. Novick, MD
New York Dermatologic Surgeon

Three treatments about average for spider veins of the legs

While this varies across individuals and how many areas of spider veins they start with, three sessions is about average for the treatment of most patients we see with this issue. there is essentially no down time with these procedures.

Bruce K. Barach, MD
Schenectady Plastic Surgeon

Best treatment for Spider Angioma

SpIder Angioma of the face are best treated with one of several lasers or electrocautery, which depending on the size can take anywhere from one to three sessions. Sclerotherapy is usually used for the small to medium sized blood vessels found on the legs. The number of treatments also depend upon the size and number of vessels being treated

Ted Brezel, MD
Long Island Dermatologist

Treatments for spider angioma

If you are referring to a true spider angioma, electrocautery or lasers are the best choice. If you are referring to facial spider veins, these also can be safely and effectively treated with either lasers or electrocautery. These procedures are only mildly uncomfortable and take just seconds. For spider veins on the legs, sclerotherapy is still the gold standard and typically one to three treatments are needed.

Mitchell Schwartz, MD
South Burlington Dermatologic Surgeon

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Zero

If you developed them from pregnancy they will most likely vanish after 1-2 years. Similarly, they may disappear after birth control pills are eliminated. Otherwise, both electrodesiccation and laser therapy are very effective. Either the pulsed dye laser or a KPT 532 nm laser should resolve them. In two separate studies, by different investigators, the pulsed dye laser had a 97% efficacy rate and the KPT laser a 98%. Treatment by either modality can be done nearly... more

Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD
Virginia Beach Dermatologist

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