Effects of treatment

Is it safe to remove hand veins?

Prominent hand veins are normal veins - these are not varicose veins that are found in the legs. Their function is to carry blood back from the hands. However, there are many veins on the surface of the hands as well as deeper beneath the surface. Those on the surface can be safely removed or injected and destroyed without causing any significant problem. In the first week or two following treatment, especially following surgery, there is marked swelling of the fingers. This subsides after a about 2 weeks and does not return.

During surgical treatment the hand veins are removed. A number of adjacent structures lie nearby, including nerves. These may be damaged during the operation and the most common consequence of this is an area of numbness or pins and needles on the hand. This usually improves without treatment after several weeks.

Injection treatment is much less likely to cause damage to nerves. However, it is common to find that some blood is trapped in the veins after treatment, even when compression gloves have been worn for 2 weeks. Fortunately, any trapped blood is readily removed from the veins with a needle leaving an excellent result.

Contact us:

London Vein Institute: www.london-vein-institute.com   tel: 020 7224 2630

4 Upper Wimpole Street, London W1G 6LF.

enquiries@london-vein-institute.com

British Vein Institute: www.bvi.uk.com tel: 0800 7836106

Locations throughout the UK.

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