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Sclerotherapy
Indication
Type 1 e Type 2
Place for the procedure
Clinic
Rest after the procedure
There is not
Time for the procedure
10 to 20 minutes
Return to the regular activities
immediately
Return to Professionals Activities
immediately
Return to Sport Activities
1 Day
Sun Restrictions
Yes
Cost
Low Cost
The sclerotherapy is a treatment designed to the elimination of the telangiectasies(spider veins). A very concentrated liquid, called sclerosant, is injected through micro needles that are extremely thin, inside the vases. This liquid causes an alteration in the cell of the vase making it disappear. When the liquid continues in the circulation and reaches the larger vases, it is diluted by the blood and it loses the concentration and, therefore, the effect.
This treatment is indicated only for the spiders veins , because if the liquid be applied in larger vases, it can cause stains and serious complications. There is a wide range of substances that can be used and one of the most used is the glucose, due to the patient's great tolerability and because it does not cause any allergy.
To avoid complications, it is not convenient to apply great volumes of sclerosant at a time. That's why the treatment should be made by sessions. In each session, a certain sclerosant volume that is well accepted by the patient is injected.
The treatments that promise to correct everything in only one day are not suitable, because they increase the risk of complications. The sclerotherapy should not be used in vases of larger caliber.
Sclerotherapy, when correctly used in the small vases only, is very efficient and doesn't cause any problems. It doesn't cause much pain. It should always be done by specialist doctors, avoiding complications of the treatment that may happen when the treatment is applied by not trained personnel.
More recently, we began to use a new method in our clinic, Cryosclerotherapy , that was shown advantageous. Cryosclerotherapy showed in researches that it presents faster results, with less pain, with similar costs and with less complications than the sclerotherapy .