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Microsclerotherapy Vein Treatment
Microsclerotherapy is a leading technique to treat spider veins or thread veins across the legs and body.
Microsclerotherapy is a leading to treat spider veins or thread veins across the legs and body. These veins affect up to 88% of women and 79% of men during their lifetimes. It’s one of the most and ways to thread veins and involves injecting a specialised diluted liquid into thread veins to shrink and destroy them over time. Patients can have the treatment on a walk-in, walk-out basis and can leave the treatment clinic the very same day.
Microsclerotherapy destroys small thread veins or spider veins. These unsightly veins are tiny prominent veins of less than 1-2mm in diameter. They typically branch out in a spider-web-like pattern just below the surface of the skin. Medically known as "telangiectasia," these spider veins are minute blood vessels that live in the skin’s dermis. Thread veins occur when these blood become enlarged or dilated, resulting in their red, blue or purple appearance. uses a tiny needle to inject these veins with amounts of sclerosant, a liquid that them. This is the same chemical used in foam vein treatments, but in a more diluted form.
treats surface thread veins across the legs and body. For who have thread veins on the face, we recommend treatments like laser and IPL therapy. We also offer specific removal and treatments. Body areas above a patient’s heart are much better suited to like IPL, Regenlite or Cutera . However, when it comes to areas of thread veins below the heart, Microsclerotherapy is the most preferable option.
Microsclerotherapy is a safe, effective and minimally invasive with a great rate. On average, up to 80% of thread veins are less after 2-3 sessions spaced 6 weeks apart. As a thread veins treatment, it has a range of key benefits:
Due to the nature of thread veins, it is often difficult to the disappearance of each and every thread with just one . This is why we advise patients to expect results after having a few . After 2 or 3 treatment sessions, most patients will notice a 70 – 80% reduction. The best visible results tend to show from 2 to 3 months after your final treatment. After a detailed assessment, your consultant vascular will advise how many sessions you will need.
A typical microsclerotherapy a with a qualified surgeon followed by the treatment itself.
The consultation is a part of the microsclerotherapy . During this appointment, an experienced surgeon will assess the state of your thread veins using our . This 3D scanner gives our a live visual of the inner of your veins. It allows them to see how the blood is flowing your veins and the areas they need to treat to fix the . It is for the vascular to this so they can understand if there is an underlying cause for the of your thread veins.
Independent research has shown that approximately 9 out of 10 people (89%) who have thread veins on their legs may be having the wrong treatment conducted if they haven’t had a duplex scan. When duplex was utilised on patients who believed they only had spider veins or leg thread veins, research in Australia in 2001 revealed that in 89% of cases, veins were the skin.
This is why this scan is so important. By using it, we can whether additional deeper varicose veins are the inflamed thread veins. In such cases, we can recommend additional treatments to repair deeper varicose veins as well, like and EVLA.
This maximises results because if we do not fix any causes, then thread veins are likely to return.
The consultant will also explain the in detail during the consultation. This enables you to fully understand the details of the in addition to its expected results.
Once the has taken place, we treat the thread veins with chemical "sclerosant" . This tiny of an chemical substance into the thread veins that sit just below the skin’s . A very fine needle is used to do this, and we use a sclerosant that contains a small quantity of local to pain and discomfort.
The mixture is designed to the inner vein walls so that they become inflamed and sticky. This process causes the vein walls to stick together and close up, which blocks the vein channel to prevent any more blood and collecting within it. By flushing out blood from the affected vein and fresh blood from entering the channel, the thread vein will in an instant.
While it can be challenging to 100% visible of thread veins, we take a approach at The Private Clinic to visibly reduce the while treating the underlying causes. This gives our patients the best chances of success, with the vast majority of our patients seeing visual results between 2 to 3 months after their final thread vein treatment.
Your clinician will immediately apply pressure to the veins to prevent blood from flowing back into them. Compression bandages and tape will also be applied to safely secure the treated veins and keep the blood out. Compression stockings will also aid the healing .
and should be worn continuously for a minimum of 21 days and nights. This is to encourage adequate healing and recovery. During this crucial phase, your body will turn the dying vein into scar tissue, at which point, blood will no longer enter back into it. By wearing compression stockings, this restorative process can take place without interruption.
If a patient removes the protective stockings before this time, blood may flow back into treated veins, blood clots and brown stains. This skin discolouration may fade over time, but it can sometimes be permanent. This is why we strongly advise our patients to follow this aftercare guidance strictly.
As with all medical procedures, there is a risk of side and potential complications. In addition to skin discolouration, the treated area may feel sore and itchy for a few days after treatment. However, can use over-the-counter to minimise these side effects should they occur. It is also completely normal for bruising to happen at the site. If your area is large and the surgeon needs to inject multiple thread veins in one treatment session, then the bruising may be extensive and may take several weeks to completely .
In some instances, treated thread veins may also appear worse or darker after the injection, but this often fades over time, leaving patients with and visibly skin once the matures. Most of the we see have minimal side and enjoy radically improved results after 2 or 3 .
As one of the UK’s thread vein providers, we have an outstanding for standards and excellent patient results. At The Clinic, we carry over 7,000 vein removal treatments each year, including . Our surgeons are some of the most experienced and knowledgeable in the business, having pioneered the UK’s treatments for over 40 years. So when you have a performed by us, you will be in the best of hands. Our have also verified this in our 5-Star Trustpilot ratings while giving us a 98% patient satisfaction score.
To find out more about our Microsclerotherapy treatments, or any of our , complete our online and we will get in touch. Alternatively, you can call us directly on . We have medical that are easily accessible across the country, with clinic in , , and .
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