Who is a Good Candidate For Sclerotherapy? - Before After Sclerotherapy (Spider Vein)
Sclerotherapy is used to correct blood vessel malformations. People develop varicose veins which stick out on their legs and hands. Millions of women are bothered about the spidery veins on their legs, calves, thighs and other places.
It is estimated that more than half of adult females have this problem. The veins have a spidery look and are often blue in color. They are small clusters of red, blue or purple veins. Sometimes pregnancy affects women and they have veins which stand out. Pregnancy related spidery or varicose veins normally disappear with delivery and lactation. Though these veins are part of the venous blood circulation, they are not an essential part of it. Hence they can be removed without causing any loss to the blood circulation.
These spidery and varicose veins can occur at any time and to people of any age. They spoil the appearance of a person’s legs and hands and give it an old weary look. They affect mostly women though even men may sometimes be affected with it. But the veins are hidden in the hair growth in men and hence they do not need to go for any procedure to correct this.
To correct this, sclerotherapy is used. Generally women in the age group of thirty to sixty go in for sclerotherapy as it is at this time that veins become prominent and unsightly. In some women spidery veins become visible at a very young age. By injecting a sclerosing solution into the veins, they collapse and fade from view. Spider veins also cause aching, burning, swelling and night cramps which can be cured by sclerotherapy. Pregnant ladies and lactating mothers should not go in for sclerotherapy as the sclerosing solution might affect the baby or the milk.
Telangierctasias or spider veins are small thin veins which lie close to the surface of the skin. Hereditary, pregnancy, hormonal shift, weight gain, occupations or activities that require long hours of standing or sitting and use of certain medications contribute to the formation of spidery veins.
Spider veins can be of one of the following thee types. They may surface as true spiders with a group of veins radiating outward from a dark, central point. They can be arborising and will resemble tiny branch-like shapes or they may be simple and linear appearing as thin separate lines. Linear spider veins generally appear on the inner knee while the arborising pattern often appears on the outer thigh in a cartwheel distribution.
