Who is suitable for foam sclerotherapy?
Most patients with small or moderate size varicose veins can be treated in this way. Those patients with very extensive large varicose veins are usually best treated surgically to obtain a more rapid result. Some patients with large veins lying close to the skin are better treated surgically since brown discoloration of the skin over the treated vein may occur. If there has been previous surgery to the veins of the leg this does not cause any difficulty in using foam sclerotherapy. In fact, it is often far easier to treat recurrent varicose veins by foam injections than by more surgery. If varicose veins recur some years after initial treatment then it is straightforward to use the same method foam sclerotherapy again.
