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Veins increased and worse on thighs and back of calves after sclerotherapy. (Photos)

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2 sessions of sclerotherapy (about a year apart) have made veins on my thigh & back of my calf much worse. They have spread downwards on my calf & I have been told that these will be impossible to remove by laser. I don’t want more sclerotherapy because the results have been so bad. I have a lot of broken veins which the person who performed the sclerotherapy told me were a mixture of spider & varicose. I’m 41.

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