This development is based on the safer and newer techniques of sclerotherapy that have been developed to have effective results on veins on the face, chest and hands. The procedure used on these body parts make use of a less concentrated solution, that is able to work faster, have fewer side effects and less risk.
A research study was conducted that examined the veins in 14 patients with a total of 20 facial sites and treated with sclerotherapy. A detergent sclerosant was used in 4 of the 20 facial sites and a hypersomolar sclerosant used in the other 16. Patients showed a mean improvement of 70 percent with 11 of 20 sites showing a 90 percent to 100 percent improvement.
Seven of the patients in the study had their hands treated with the detergent sclerosant and this was followed up in a period of 1 – 6 years. These patients had a mean improvement of 97.8%.
Veins that were found on the chest of two patients were treated and after a follow-up of two years, the patients who were treated with the detergent sclerosant had a more than 50 % improvement. The patients who had the hyperosmolar sclerosant used showed 96% percent improvement.