I had Veinwave treatment for spider veins, which left me with awful hyperpigmentation marks that look worse than the thread veins. Although the doctor told me they would fade away in a few months, it's been over a year now, and I still have them. I've tried the fadeout cream (religiously for 4 months) but it hasn't made the slightest difference. Is there any kind of treatment that would rid me of these very unsightly marks?
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The 3 procedures used are sclerotherapy, phlebectomy (removal trough tiny incisions) and fillers. They can be used in combination or one after the other. If your veins are really large, Radiesse will not cover them and sclerotherapy is not effective enough and...
Sclerosing solutions used to obliterate spider veins and reticular veins can cause pigment deposition in the skin. Outcome often depends on proper compression therapy and the use of topical products.
How often does this occur? It has been observed in up to 1/3 of patients when hypertonic ...
This is a very common problem and best address by doing what is called an "ambulatory phlebectomy" where we take out the vein through very small nicks in the skin. The procedure is painless as we use freezing prior to the treatment.
It is very effective and the cosmetic...
