Hand and Arm Vein Sclerotherapy

The veins on our hands get bigger when we get older. With age, the tone of our skin diminishes and fat on the back of our hands fades. Veins are more visible with exercise and with hot weather. These factors together make the veins protrude more.

WHY DO VEINS GET BIGGER?

• With age the tone of our skin diminishes.
• With age (post-menopausal), fat on the back of our hands fades.
• Veins are more visible with exercise and with hot weather.
• Chronic intake of some medications can make your skin thinner.

Together these facts make the veins protrude more giving away more than most of us would like about our age.

Here at The British Vein Institute we can treat these veins with foam sclerotherapy

This injection technique eliminates these veins successfully without surgery. A foam sclerosant is injected into the undesirable veins which blocks them off. The body then re-absorbs the veins.

Pros

• No anaesthetic
• No Hospital admission
• No scan
• Inexpensive
• Minimal discomfort
• Done in the clinic

Cons

• Compression gloves need to be worn for a minimum of 1 week following injection of veins.
• Some trapped blood may remain in the veins but can be removed with a needle.
• More than one treatment session is required – typically 3 sessions.
• An excellent cosmetic outcome is achieved but the final result takes a few weeks to achieve.