What is "sclerotherapy"?

What is "sclerotherapy"?

Steve Fallek (Plastic Surgeon and Medical Director, Face Focus Medical Spa) gives expert video advice on: Who can get spider veins?; Who should not receive sclerotherapy?; Will all my spider veins be removed in one sclerotherapy session? and more...

Sclerotherapy is the medical term for injection or removal of unsightly veins. Those are the small blood vessels, predominantly in the leg area, but it also will refer to the sclerotherapy of the face and of the arms. Primarily, though, in the legs.