I have spider veins on my arms/ shoulders / legs / trunk / face so basically everywhere you can imagine - I was wondering if these veins are able to be removed in the same way as leg veins if I decided to do this in the future? Can sclerotherapy be done on arm veins or lasers only? What about on the trunk? If the ones on my stomach get significantly worse I will want to remove them.
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I used to treat forehead veins with a combination of sclerotherapy and microphlebectomies. About 6 years ago I began using only sclerotherapy with equal excellent results to sclero/micro combination and thus, eliminating any need for small incisions. Sclerotherapy works well when done by s...
This vein is indeed the angular vein. It shares circulation with the eyes and drains into a portion of the brain. It is not safe to close this vessel with injection as it may result in blindness or other catastrophic injury. The only potential treatment would be surgical ligation by an...