AARP
May 2015

The 'I Hate My Legs' Guide to Summer Styles
“Luis Navarro, M.D., director of the Vein Treatment Center in New York City, suggests Cryo-Sclerotherapy, a nonsurgical answer to spider veins and smaller varicose veins. He describes the procedure this way: 'Ice-cold blasts of air [minus-20 degrees Celsius] are applied to numb the legs and reduce inflammation; a solution is then injected that causes veins to collapse and get reabsorbed by the body.'”