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Micro-sclerotherapy involves an injection of solution through a very fine needle into the vein. The solution damages the vein causing it to be removed by the body's own defence mechanisms over a period of a few weeks.

A very fine needle is used to inject the solution and a number of injections are undertaken over the course of the session. The vein that has been injected immediately 'vanishes'. Over a period of a few hours the vein then is again visible and may take a few weeks to disappear entirely.

Further sessions are then undertaken at fortnightly intervals until all the veins have been treated. It is uncommon to require more than 3 to 5 sessions.