Reticular Veins are part of Empire Medical Training sclerotherapy training course schedule
Reticular veins are blood vessels that are over 2mm in diameter which a 30 gauge needle can safely enter into the vein without collapsing the vein. The reticular veins we can inject for cosmetic sclerotherapy need to be seen and thus above the fascia. In addition, bulging veins or veins with greater diameters tend to be high pressure veins and should not be attempted using the standard dilutions for sclerosants and require greater intervention. Cosmetic sclerotherapy allows for us to destroy reticular veins easily as we are able to directly inject FDA approved sclerosants (POL/STS) into the vein to achieve ultimate closure of the vein. The injection technique for successful injection of reticular veins is as follows:
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