What is the definition or description of: sclerotherapy?

Injections: Painless medicines like Asclera and sts are irritant solutions are injected into the veins using tiny needles (32 gauge)- this solution irritates and scars or thickens the endothelium layer of the vein so it can close with 2-3 sessions. When this thickening occurs, you no longer see blood through the skin.

Destruction of tissu: Destruction of tissue by injection of a medication/chemical that destroys that tissue. Most commonly and familiarly used for veins, where the cells lining the vein are destroyed by the sclerosant, allowing the body to 'digest' the veins away over time.

Sclerotherapy: Sclero means to harden. When veins are treated by sclerotherapy, they become hard. How this happens is by the chemical that is injected into the vein (sclerosant) causing the inner lining of the vein wall to become inflamed, as dr. W-k said. In response to the inflammation, the vein collapses, seals off, and hardens. In turn, the body absorbs the veins and it disappears.

Injections for veins: Sclerotherapy is a procedure whereby a solution is injected into a vein with a tiny needle to dissolve the vein. Injected solutions can be one of three types-detergents, irritants, or osmotic. The most commonly used agents are detergents such as polidocanol and sodium tetradecyl, irritants such as glycerine and osmotics such as hypertonic saline.

Define Sclerotherapy: Sclerotherapy is a medical procedure used to remove, close, & fade abnormal veins on the body. It is most commonly applied to leg veins but can be done anywhere on the body. Needles access the vein & a liquid sclerosant drug is injected which causes vessel destruction by inflammation, coagulation of blood, & narrowing of the blood vessel. The vessel hardens & disappears as the body absorbs it.