At Charming Skins & Veins Clinic in Orland Park, Oak Brook, and Des Plaines, First for this procedure, you need to lie on your back with legs slightly elevated. Our expert doctor will use a fine needle to gently insert a solution into the suitable vein.

The solution, normally in a liquid form that work by irritating the lining of the vein, causing it to swell shut and it block the flow of blood. Some of solutions contain a local anesthetic called lidocaine.

Finally, the vein will become scar tissue and disappear.

Some people feel minor stinging or cramps when the needle is inserted into the vein. You may feel pain if the solution leaks from the vein into surrounding tissue.

Once the needle is withdrawn, the doctor applies compression and massages treated area to keep blood out of the injected vessel and scatter the solution.

The number of injections decides on the number and size of veins being treated.