As summer winds down, you realize you spent far too much time trying to figure out how to hide the varicose veins on your legs. Since we enjoy warm temps year-round here in the Sunshine State, any time is a good time to explore getting rid of varicose veins so you can step out with confidence again.
And the good news is that there are more treatment options than ever before for the up to 30% of the general population who have varicose veins. And we offer them here at Soffer Health Institute.
As vascular experts, Dr. Ariel Soffer and our team have an in-depth understanding of vascular problems like varicose veins, and we know how to remove them from your legs quickly and safely.
Below, we review the different options we can use to free your legs from varicose veins.
One of the true workhorses at our practice is sclerotherapy, which is a minimally invasive technique in which we introduce an agent that shuts down your varicose vein.
For example, we offer Varithena®, which is an FDA-approved microfoam that has a fantastic track record of clearing away varicose veins of all sizes and shapes, both below and above the knee.
With Varithena, we simply inject the microfoam into your varicose vein. The microfoam spreads through the incompetent vein, displacing the blood and forcing it to find healthier vessels. When the microfoam encounters a competent vein, it breaks down, so the treatment won’t negatively impact your circulation. (Besides, varicose veins occur in your surface veins, which are only responsible for about 10% of the circulation in your legs.)
There are other forms of sclerotherapy, too. During your free vein evaluation, we can figure out whether sclerotherapy is right for your needs and which sclerosing agent will work best.
Another solution for varicose veins is endovenous ablation using laser or radiofrequency (RF) energy.
The best way to get rid of varicose veins is to find a way to force the vein out of commission, at which point your blood reroutes to more competent passageways and the blood vessels are reabsorbed by your body.
We discussed how sclerotherapy can do this, but we can also accomplish the same objective with laser or RF energy. For example, with endovenous ablation, we insert a thin tube into your varicose vein that releases a burst of RF energy into the blood vessel. This energy destroys the vein and, over the course of the following weeks, the varicose vein slowly fades from the surface of your skin.
In most cases, sclerotherapy and endovenous ablation are more than adequate for the majority of varicose veins. There are times, however, when we might need to surgically remove the vein, which can be the case with overly large varicose veins.
While we can’t say here what’s the best way to get rid of your varicose veins, give us a few minutes in person and we can outline a more specific plan.
To get started, please schedule your free vein evaluation by contacting one of our offices in Weston or Aventura, Florida.
