How Much Does Vein Mapping Cost? Everything You Must Know About Vein Mapping

Sclerotherapy is a non-surgical and minimally invasive treatment for spider veins. Sclerotherapy involves injecting a sclerosant solution into spider veins to fuse their walls together, turning them into scar tissues eventually metabolized by the body. Sclerotherapy only involves a few careful injections — there are no major incisions or excisions. The procedure concludes within 30 to 60 minutes and involves no downtime.

Radiofrequency ablation and endovenous laser ablation are minimally invasive procedures for varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency. During an ablation therapy, the vein doctor makes a small incision on the skin’s surface to insert a specialized catheter into the diseased saphenous vein responsible for your vein problems. The catheter is driven under ultrasound guidance into the diseased vein, following which tumescent anesthesia is injected to protect the surrounding tissues. When activated, the catheter generates thermal energy or laser energy to collapse or destroy the diseased saphenous vein responsible for your vein problems, rerouting accumulated blood into healthier leg veins. This treatment addresses the root cause of varicose veins, ensuring safe and long-lasting results. Endovenous laser ablation is a non-surgical procedure that’s performed within the vein doctor’s office, and it concludes within an hour with no downtime, allowing you to resume your daily activities immediately. There are no harsh side effects or complications.

You must wear compression stockings after sclerotherapy and most other minimally invasive vein treatments. Compression stockings apply pressure on your leg veins to push the accumulated blood into healthier leg veins and prevent more blood from accumulating in the veins. You must wear compression stockings after sclerotherapy to facilitate optimal healing, prevent vein disease recurrence, and reduce swelling. If you don’t wear compression stockings after sclerotherapy, you have a high risk of harsh side effects and complications.

Sclerotherapy is an extremely safe and painless procedure with minimal post-treatment side effects and negligible risk of complications. The most common side effects of sclerotherapy include redness, swelling, discomfort, and irritation around the injection points. The spider veins will initially harden and look darker before fading away completely. Some of the possible long-term complications of sclerotherapy include system allergies, tissue necrosis, nerve injuries, and edema. But these problems only occur in rare situations, especially when performed by inexperienced vein doctors without sufficient experience and training.

You should elevate your legs above your heart’s level to facilitate optimal blood flow to the heart. When you raise your legs above the heart’s level, the blood in your veins flows towards the heart because of gravity, thus minimizing the risk of blood accumulation in leg veins. If you have a job that involves long periods of sitting or standing still, you can take short walking breaks to get the blood flowing in your veins.

The cost of ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy depends on your unique condition, the number of injections, and other factors. Sclerotherapy isn’t always covered by insurance plans, but our vein doctors may extend coverage to sclerotherapy if you also have underlying vein disease. We provide free insurance verification and a thorough breakdown of your sclerotherapy treatment cost before the procedure.