MICRO SCLEROTHERAPY
Microsclerotherapy is a leading technique to treat spider veins or thread veins across the legs and body. These veins affect over 30% of people during their lifetimes and are more common in men than women. It’s one of the most popular and effective ways to eliminate surface thread veins and involves injecting a specialised diluted liquid into thread veins to shrink and destroy them over time.
What is Microsclerotherapy?
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 superficial blood vessels become enlarged or dilated, resulting in their red, blue or purple appearance. Microsclerotherapy uses a tiny needle to inject these veins with diluted amounts of sclerosant, a specialised liquid that destroys them. This is the same chemical used in traditional foam sclerotherapy vein treatments, but in a more diluted form.
What veins can Microsclerotherapy treat?
Microsclerotherapy treats surface thread veins across the legs and body.
Benefits of Microsclerotherapy
Microsclerotherapy is a safe, effective and minimally invasive procedure with a great success rate. On average, 80% of patients are happy with their microsclerotherapy results after 2-3 sessions spaced 6 weeks apart. As a leading thread veins treatment, it has a range of key benefits:
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Walk-in, walk-out procedure
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Minimal inflammation and discomfort
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Fast healing and recovery time
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Quick treatment taking 20 – 40 minutes
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Patients can return to normal activities the very same day
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Optimal results after 2-3 treatment sessions, with 6 weeks in between each session
How many Microsclerotherapy sessions will I need?
Due to the nature of thread veins, it is often difficult to achieve the complete disappearance of each and every thread with just one microsclerotherapy treatment. This is why we advise patients to expect optimal treatment results after having a few sessions. After 2 or 3 treatment sessions, most patients will notice a 70 – 80% visible reduction. The best visible results tend to show from 2 to 3 months after your final treatment.
