Varicose veins laser treatment recovery time

Varicose veins are a health hazard. It affects about 15% of the global population, most of whom are women. Varicose veins also destroy the beauty of the legs. Varicose veins laser treatment is the new standard for varicose vein treatments, replacing vein stripping.

The traditional surgical method for the treatment of varicose veins is to ligate the great saphenous vein and peel off in sections, which is destructive to the blood vessel, painful, long recovery and bed rest, and high risk of anesthesia; there is also an intravenous injection of the great saphenous vein or calf varicose veins. Hardener method, but the effect is not good.

Intravenous Laser Minimally Invasive Therapy (EVLT) is to deliver a certain wavelength of laser light in the venous cavity through a laser fiber to produce “thermal peeling”, which causes damage to endothelial cells and vein walls, and then forms fibrosis, which makes the vascular cavity adhere and close. , Thereby curing varicose veins.

Your vein specialist will encourage you to walk for 30-60 minutes right after the procedure. You may see some bruising on your leg, but this should go away in about two weeks. During that time, you’ll probably need to avoid or limit many of your usual activities.

Look at similarities and differences between laser treatment before and after.