Tag: sclerotherapy

Potential Downsides of Sclerotherapy

Modern sclerotherapy techniques are highly effective in reducing or eliminating unsightly varicose veins, reticular veins and spider veins. But any therapy presents potential drawbacks or risks to some patients, and here at the Vein Institute of New Jersey with eight (8) convenient locations, in Clifton, Landing , Livingston, Morristown, Princeton, Rockaway, Shrewsbury and Westfield., we […]

Benefits of Sclerotherapy

Sclerotherapy may not be a new way to eliminate varicose veins and spider veins, but as we blogged about recently, the persistence of this therapy is a testament to its success as a treatment for spider veins. Better instruments and improved therapeutic agents keep sclerotherapy as a proven and effective treatment for spider and varicose […]

What is Foam Sclerotherapy?

Foam Sclerotherapy is another method for treating spider veins. Instead of a liquid drug being injected into the vein, of the same liquid is mixed with air before it is injected into the vein. The advantage is that the “bubble” of medicine that is created has a larger surface area, which makes for a better […]

Is Sclerotherapy an Advanced Procedure?

In recent blogs we’ve highlighted some of the new, minimally invasive treatment modalities that can safely and quickly eliminate varicose veins, spider veinslike to put the spotlight on a therapy that’s far from new, yet is still highly effective. It’s sclerotherapy. We’ve blogged about this procedure before. It’s among the most popular methods for treating […]