Vein Therapy

Varicose Veins

Abnormally enlarged veins that appear most often on the legs. They are typically blue, purple or skin-colored, and they appear as dilated, twisting and bulging vessels that may be raised above the surface of the skin.

Spider Veins

(Also called telangiectasias) Clusters of tiny blood vessels that develop close to the surface of the skin. They are often red, blue or purple, and they have the appearance of a spider web. They are commonly found on the face and legs.

Reticular Veins

Blue/green veins located just beneath the skin, reticular veins are larger than spider veins but do not protrude like varicose veins. These vein abnormalities can be caused by several factors, including prolonged sitting or standing, obesity, pregnancy, age, heredity and gender. About 50 to 55 percent of women and 40 to 45 percent of men in the United States suffer from some type of vein problem. Varicose veins affect half of people aged 50 and older.

Whether your veins are abnormally enlarged and bulging (varicose), spidery and clustered near the surface (spider), or blueish/green just beneath the skin (reticular), sclerotherapy may help you.

Sclerotherapy is designed to help shrink veins, collapsing them and allowing them to return to being absorbed in the body. This procedure helps remove abnormalities and may restore the look of your skin before any surfacing veins. 

The two most commonly used sclerosing agents are Polidocanol and Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate (STS). They are only used to address veins that are less than 3mm wide. Olympia compounds only Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate, at this time, in various strengths for varicose veins, spider veins and reticular veins.

Olympia also compounds glycerin and a combination of glycerin, lidocaine and epinephrine for sclerotherapy as well.

Sclerotherapy normally takes only a few minutes, and most patients can resume normal activity immediately.