Vein Treatment

Watch a live laser treatment of varicose veins.

EVLT eliminates unsightly varicose veins with no hospital stay, no scarring and no lengthy recovery or side effects. In less than an hour you can be free from bulging, twisted varicose veins and back to enjoying your everyday activities. EVLT is safe, fast, and effective. EVLT uses targeted laser energy to seal the vein shut and help you look and feel better fast. The EVLT® procedure is simple and effective. It takes less than an hour in a doctor’s office to eliminate varicose veins and get patients back to their everyday activities right away.

Live Operating room footage. Vascular surgeon uses laser to treat saphenous vein and phlebectomy for varicosities. Here are some explanation of before mentioned terms. The vascular surgeon is trained in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting all parts of the vascular system except that of the heart and brain. The saphenous veins serve as the principal veins running superficially (near the surface) up the leg. Phlebectomy is surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins. Varicosity – varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous.

Varicose veins are blood vessels which have become dilated, twisted, and swollen. Although they can occur anywhere in the body, they primarily affect the legs and feet. You can identify among the signals an itching, throbbing or burning feeling, which get acute at night after a hard day of work, especially if you have walked a lot or been standing up for long hours.As many as forty million Americans suffer from varicose or spider veins. About 50 to 55 percent of American women and 40 to 45 percent of American men suffer from some form of vein problem. Varicose veins affect one out of two people age 50 and older. Women generally experience varicose veins more frequently than men.

This short education video provides an understanding of how venous disease in the legs occurs and why. Venous disease of the leg can be effectively treated with support hose or compression stockings. In the U.S., 1 of 15 people has venous disease of the legs. Over 2 million workdays are lost in the U.S. each year because of venous disease. Healthy Legs is one of the leading online supplier of support hose, support stockings, support hosiery, and gradient compression hosiery.

Sclerotherapy is a highly successful treatment of spider and varicose veins. During the procedure, a sclerosing solution is injected into the vein through a very fine needle. A flushing of the vein occurs and then over a 4-6 week period the vein gradually disappears. Sclerotherapy has been amazingly free of side effects. There is a very low incidence of hyper-pigmentation of the skin at the site of the injection or at the site of the vein being treated. This pigmentation usually disappears over a period of time. Occasionally a small skin ulcer can appear at the sits of injection; however, this also will resolve over a period of time. It is possible to experience slight brusing at the sites of the injections.

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