Vein ablation years ago - unsightly veins all over both legs. Can sclerotherpy fix this?

In our practice in Arizona, we regularly treat superficial veins on the backs of hands, with patients of all ages - from their 30s to 70s and 80s. With the newer foam techniques (sclerotherapy), it is less common to have to remove veins (phlebectomy) as opposed to just closing the dilated ones...

Hi il24, The photos look a bit blurry. But, sclerotherapy could potentially help this. You just need to keep compression on the area for a full week after sclerotherapy. You may also benefit from the piqo laser for the hyperpigmentation areas. Hope this helps! Dr. Kiripolsky

This vein is likely treatable with sclerotherapy. Definitely seek out an experienced phlebologist. With a history of cardiac defect, your doc may wish to use a liquid sclerosant rather than foam.

If the vessel in question is pulsatile, then it is likely an artery and not suitable for treatment. Unfortunately, it's hard to know based on the limited information provided. Pictures would be nice, but an in person evaluation is probably the most valuable with regards to trying to come up with...

Before you jump to sclerotherapy, which would permanently scar over the veins in the backs of the hands (rendering them useless, if, heaven forbid, they should ever in the future be needed for IVs or for injecting life saving medication)s consider the use of a robust HA volumizing filler, which,...

Hi Shreja, The only way to treat these is with a long pulsed Nd:YAG laser. This is not the same as a Q-switched or a picosecond Nd:YAG laser, so you have to find someone who has a ton of lasers and does a ton of laser procedures to locate one of these. A board-certified dermatologist who has...