As we age, our hands can be the area that shows our age in the most dramatic way. Veins on the backs of our hands tend to bulge and protrude more with every passing year. This is due to thinning skin and loss of elasticity in both the skin and the vein wall. It is also directly related to declining collagen production with natural aging and loss of subcutaneous fat in the area.
Our providers bring their expertise and experience to improving the look of the veins on your hands. They typically use sclerotherapy.
Natural aging is usually why we are seeing more and more bulging veins on the backs of our hands, but there can actually be a variety of reasons this happens: 
The backs of our hands are always out there for everyone to see. It is not as if we spend much time in gloves here in Houston. They also show aging quite dramatically due to the way our skin thins on the backs of the hands. That means your hands can be showing your age, and probably then some.
When your provider removes these veins, the backs of your hands become much smoother younger looking.
If you have bulging, exposed veins on the backs of your hands, odds are you are a great candidate for treatment at Texas Vein & Wellness Institute. The only people not applicable for these treatments have active skin conditions or infections on the hand skin. As soon as the inflammation resolves, you can then have treatment to lessen the appearance of the veins.
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The main method for removing these unsightly hand veins is sclerotherapy. Amazingly, sclerotherapy was first developed to treat varicose veins back in the 1930s, but it remains the gold standard for closing off unwanted veins. You can read about this treatment in more detail on this page on our site: Sclerotherapy
Here’s a brief overview of how our providers perform sclerotherapy treatments:
In this simple treatment, your provider utilizes a sclerosant solution. The sclerosant is injected into the bulging vein and it irritates the vein walls, causing them to collapse inward. This closes off the vein. Any blood flowing through the vein is instantly redirected to an adjacent healthy vein.
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After these treatments for hand veins, we will have you wear compression gloves for 12 hours. This helps the body tighten down the skin in the area and begin the process of scavenging the now-unused vein. You can return to normal activity, but you will have to wait a day for strenuous activity.
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These are permanent treatments. The veins that are closed off will not once again begin handling blood. The body will scavenge and dispose of them.
You can develop new bulging veins, but for most people these treatments dramatically improve the appearance of their hands for the duration.
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These are typically larger veins, so they may not always go away with just a single sclerotherapy session. Larger veins may need from one to three treatments. But once the veins are gone, there is no need for more sessions.
This contrasts with using dermal fillers on the hands to hide the veins. These cosmetic treatments are temporary, your results only lasting as long as the dermal filler lasts. This is usually from just 6-9 months in the hands. At that point, you need to return and have another injection session. This continues for the duration, which is tedious.
Our simple procedures at Texas Vein & Wellness are a better solution to unsightly veins on the backs of your hands.
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