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No Change to Spider Veins After Treatments - Indianapolis, IN

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With summer coming, I decided to try spider vein...

bkhowrey
$400

With summer coming, I decided to try spider vein treatment to remove small veins on the front of my right leg. I had some very small veins on my upper thights, but they did not concern me as you can't see them when wearing shorts or skirts.

I made an appointment at Decatur Vein Center in Indianapolis and spent $400 for treatment and hose After 4 week, there was absolute no change. I signed a paper that said it could take up to 3 treatments and that I should have a mapping done, but that for spider veins it probably isn't needed. So now I'm being told I have to spend more money on something that may or may not work.

They are so encouraging in person that it the treatment should work, but it doesn't and now to MAYBE get any results, I will have to throw good money after bad. I also found out that the BBB does not take complains on medical procedures, so I'm stuck with no way to get resolution to my dilemna.

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Replies (30)

May 23, 2012

I'm sorry to hear you didn't get results after the first treatment like you were hoping. I have looked into having this done on the backs of my knees & was also told it could take more than one treatment. I totally understand the fear of wasting money on something that might not work, but since that seems to be an understood possibility maybe it would be worth doing another treatment or two??

If you do decide to do more let us know how it goes & if you see improvement or not.

May 23, 2012
Unfortunately I don't have another $400 for another treatment. I was really hoping I'd see some improvement, but no improvement really surprised me. Alas, another summer with my spider veins.
May 23, 2012

Yeah, I understand how that goes. :-/ Sorry to hear.

May 24, 2012
I recently went for my consultation and was told would have to strip both veins going down fronts of legs but b4 that in order for any insurance to cover this I would have to wear support hose for six wks by that time my next appt is july 2nd,I would have believed the doc except the walls were paper thin and I could here him telling the women next to me the same thing,reheared speach,so I went in for a 330 treatment to get rid of three small spider veins and now its a major surgery costing my insurance thousands.
May 24, 2012
Wow!! That's so wrong.
May 25, 2012
Yeah it seems so, but the way the dr. explained it was without getting rid of the main valve which is causing all the other spider veins and so on, your problems will keep coming back,so fortuneatly insurance covers it.So I suggest everybody do a little research on getting rid of those b4 ever paying a dime out of pocket for schlerotherapy,supposedly when you take out the middle vein all the other things dissapear and then you can get schlerotherapy for the ones that didnt.So actually the more I think and read Im thinking he is right saying dont waste your time bcuz they will just keep coming back w/out taking care of the main prob that is causing them.
May 6, 2013

My experience: I'm 52 years old. My 1st spider vein injections started at age 21 I was so young and wouldn't even shorts--Fantastic results -(out came the shorts and bathing suits) - then, about every 7 years (maintenance (diff. doctors) changes, locations, etc. Throughout the years the results have been different. It mostly depends on the doctor / experience / and type of solution used is very important, as I have discovered on my own. Keep a diary so you can refer back to type of solution that best works for you. For whatever reasons as the years pass your doctors and solution type will change. Now, for the main vein (valve) backflow, whatever, at age 50, I was told the same thing. Insurance paid (I had 1 backflow maybe 2 veins in just 1 leg) My spider veins were kept under control throughout the years by going every 5 - 7 years and having just (1) session of injections that included both legs. After being told that I needed vein ablation (to prevent and even improve the others) and the bonus was that insurance paid. Well, the worst results ever! I had my leg threaded (vein heated) followed by a few injections and within a year found myself getting vein injections again. Still poor results. It's in the solution. I am sorry to say that I didn't keep that diary throughout the years. But, I can tell you that my worst (no results) on my last 2 vein injections (the injections that followed the Heated Vein ablation) and the following year (injection only by another doctor and clinic) used the same solution (Sodium tetradecyl Sulfate) I know this now because I am getting ready to try again and I was able to track the solution name down from the last 2 sources used recently. (Bad results if no results at all) Sodium tetradecly Sulfate did not work for me. --- I wish I knew what the Doctor used back in the 80's when the results were fantastic.(1 - visit) And all of the other vein injections that followed through the years up until 2001, worked pretty good with 1 visit. I feel if you get good results (80% would be considered good) and then maintain every 5 - 7 years using the same solution type with a good experienced doctor, you will be happy you kept a diary.

September 23, 2013
I am much older than you and for years I had was injected with the saline injections. Several times over the years and at different vein clinics, I experienced ulcerations in the calf of my left leg. It took several months to heal. Upon my research on various sites I discovered that when you have ulcerations (sores) after injections, the injector did not place the solution directly in the vein which caused the problem. I also read about "Asclera" (Polidolconol) and there is less chance of ulcerations (I did not read this on the Asclera website). For many years now, I insist that they use Asclera, and I have had NO problems. I heal much quicker too! I have to go in one a year for maintenance injections...If I put it off, the veins get much worse. As I tell my friends, one broken vein bequeaths another, so you need to stay with a great reputable clinic, and a good maintenance plan which may be as much as once a year.
May 31, 2012
try vitamin k cream like (vita k and avon anew for spider veins). i've been using it for 6 months now and my spider veins are fading. i can wear shorts again and will continue using the vitamin k cream. you have to use it twice a day. results are not immediate so be patient with it.
September 17, 2013

You said vit. k cream works but how bad were your veins?

April 28, 2014
Good question. Do you have spider veins on your face? I am looking for help with those.
April 28, 2014
Do you have spider veins on your face like I do? Am wondering if the Avon Anew for spider veins would work on the face too. How soon before you started seeing results? I know you said you have been using it 6 months already but did you start seeing results earlier than 6 months? My daughters wedding is at the end of August so I have 4 months. Have been considering Vein Solutions but am scared.