Sclerotherapy: the Best Spider Vein Treatment
Spider veins are dense clusters of damaged blood vessels and broken capillaries on the legs. They look like spider webs expanding outwards from a central location. If you notice reddish or bluish veins that twist and turn underneath your skin’s surface, you may have spider veins. The presence of spider veins can lead to immense self-consciousness and social anxiety. If you have spider veins, you may want to hide your legs or avoid events that involve wearing dresses or shorts. But thanks to modern advancements in technologies and medical science, we can treat spider veins using minimally invasive procedures.
Sclerotherapy is widely considered the best spider vein treatment in Maryland. The sclerotherapy procedure involves injecting a sclerosant medicine into the unhealthy spider veins. The sclerosant medicine fuses the spider veins’ walls, turning them into hardened scar tissues that shrink and eventually get absorbed by the body, soon fading away from the skin’s surface. Spider vein removal with sclerotherapy is easy, painless, comfortable, and safe. The procedure concludes within 30 minutes and involves no downtime, allowing you to resume your daily activities and work immediately. But it’s worth highlighting that sclerotherapy only treats spider veins — not the underlying chronic venous insufficiency.
Spider veins aren’t dangerous, but they’re often symptomatic of chronic venous insufficiency, the root cause of most vein problems. Venous insufficiency is a medical condition wherein the collapse of vein valves leads to backward blood circulation and the accumulation of blood in leg veins, which eventually leads to vascular dilation and spider veins. If you have underlying vein disease, the vein doctor must treat the underlying vein disease before performing spider vein removal with sclerotherapy. Treating spider veins without addressing the root cause is pointless — the spider veins will inevitably return.
The Vein Clinics in Maryland specialize in comprehensive and minimally invasive spider vein treatments. Our board-certified vein doctors examine your leg veins, discuss your symptoms, and administer duplex ultrasound tests to determine if you have chronic venous insufficiency. If you have vein disease, the vein doctor performs a minimally invasive treatment to address the root cause of your vascular problems before removing the visible spider veins. Our comprehensive approach to vein treatment ensures long-lasting results, minimizing the risk of vein disease recurrence. Please schedule an appointment to explore your spider vein treatment options.
Before Spider Vein Treatment
Before your spider vein treatment with sclerotherapy, you must inform your vein doctor about your medical history. Please inform your vein doctor of all recent medical conditions, such as a history of blood clots or heart problems. You should also provide a list of all ongoing and recent medications and supplements, including blood thinners, iron supplements, herbal supplements, and more. If you have a history of vein problems, your vein doctor should be made aware of that as well. The day before your procedure, you must avoid shaving or applying lotion on your legs. Please wear loose-fitting clothes or shorts to your appointment because the vein doctor will need to access the part of your body with spider veins.
During Spider Vein Treatment
Our vein clinics in Maryland perform a highly personalized spider vein treatment after a thorough diagnosis and evaluation. The entire spider vein treatment journey includes an initial consultation, diagnosis, primary vein treatment, and the in-office sclerotherapy session.
Initial Consultation + Diagnosis
The vein doctor will examine your leg veins, discuss your symptoms, and review your medical history. Please inform your vein doctor of all possible symptoms of vein disease, such as restless leg syndrome, leg heaviness, leg pain, frequent leg cramps, and leg swelling. The vein doctor will also administer a duplex ultrasound test, which involves using ultrasound energy to visualize the blood flow in your leg veins and identify chronic venous insufficiency.
Primary Vein Treatments
If you have chronic venous insufficiency, the vein doctor may start your spider vein treatment with a preliminary procedure for the underlying problem. Radiofrequency ablation, laser ablation, and venaseal are some of the best vein treatments for chronic venous insufficiency. During these procedures, the vein doctor channels thermal energy, laser energy, or medical adhesives into the diseased saphenous vein to destroy the diseased vein, rerouting the accumulated blood into healthier leg veins.
In-Office Sclerotherapy Session
After treating chronic venous insufficiency, the vein doctor will proceed with your sclerotherapy for spider vein removal. The vein doctor will elevate your legs and inject a sclerosant medicine into the unhealthy spider veins — one injection per spider vein. The sclerosant medicine irritates the walls of the veins, making them swell shut and turn into scar tissues eventually metabolized by the body. The spider veins will soon fade away from the skin’s surface within a few weeks.
After Spider Vein Treatment
Sclerotherapy spider vein treatment is a minimally invasive procedure that concludes within 30 minutes with no downtime. You may experience mild redness, swelling, tenderness, and bruising around the treatment areas. The spider veins may look darker after the treatment, but that’s pretty normal. The affected spider veins will gradually fade away over 3 weeks. You can resume your daily activities and work immediately, but you should avoid direct sunlight and strenuous physical activities. You must also wear compression stockings for a few weeks to ensure optimal recovery. Some patients may need additional follow-up sessions to remove all the spider veins.
Visit Our Leg Vein Clinic in Maryland
The Vein Clinic in Maryland is one of the most reliable spider vein and varicose vein clinics in Maryland. Our vein specialists have advanced training in the latest minimally invasive procedures, so they’re uniquely capable of addressing the root cause of your problems. Please schedule an appointment to explore your vein treatment options.
