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Longer term risks of hand vein sclerotherapy?

useris101May 6, 2018
If you treat the visible bulging veins on the hand/outer lower forearm, does this pose a real risk if you need an IV in the future? Also, technical question: If you inject only one vein that eventually branches off into 2, do you affect both veins? In other words, how far do the effects of sclerotherapy travel?

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