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. With EVLT® by Diomed you can show off your legs again. EVLT® uses targeted laser energy to seal the vein shut and help you look and feel better fast. Treatment in less than an hour. Can be performed in the doctor’s office.
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hi thanks fro uploading this i am 22 years old have 2 kid and one on the way and mine are like that bad want thm taking out they hurt so mutch
I just had this surgery 6 days ago my leg feels like theres a tight piano wire in there that pulls everytime I walk and although my viens are not as severe I still have the vericose vein
Your comment about the feeling of pulling piano wire in your leg is normal, actually a good sign of a successfull treatment, what you are feeling is your great saphenous vein knotting up and closing off completely, which is the aim of the procedure. you posted this 5 days ago, so by now the pulling sensation should have subsided. as for your remaining varicose veins, that is normal as well, the EVLT procedure treats the underlying cause of the varicose veins and diminishes the pressure….
…on these varicose veins. Depending on how well the vein wall of your varicose veins “bounce back” after the pressure has been released you will see your varicosities vanish completely or hardly at all, this is normal and differs from patient to patient. Depending on how big those remaining varicose veins are they can be followed up with either injection sclerotherapy for smaller vessels or ambulatory phlebectomy for the bigger ones. Ask your doctor on how he or she wants to proceed.
I am having this done next week but my doctor is having me put under general anestesia and i have to miss the following 2 days of work… is this normal? This contradicts what was said in the video.
also, how much scarring can i expect? I saw one online post that complained of brown spots and scarring months after surgery
Hello,
Yes, some physicians prefere general anestesia. this is normal. Normal scarring should be limited to the entry site, which is just a tiny skin nick and needle entry. You can expect that scar to be minimal or even disapear completely over time. I have never heard “Brown Spots” being associated with this procedure. This might be a reference to an adjunct treatment called scelrotherapy where discolorations can be possible. In any case, you should check those questions with your doctor too
Hello. I live in Spain, and I am searching for an EVLT Clinic for a woman here that’s 65 years old. I was wondering if you could help me find clinics here in Spain that use this procedure, as all of my internet searches keep pulling up nothing (maybe it has a different name in Spanish?) Also, will this still be a good procedure for her because of her age, or would she benefit more from another type of surgery for her vericose veins? Thanks a lot!
this is so you can get money back through your health fund currently Medicare only covers a small component of this procedure so majority of it would be out of pocket if you were to do it in a vein clinic this is how doctors get away with it, but unfortantly some dr cannot do this in hospital its not feesable.
I had this done yesterday and I was in pain through the entire procedure! It was horrible. I had 3 “nicks” and I lost count on how many local injections! I kept getting a horrible burning in my groin. I see in this video the woman walked normal right away, I am on day 2 and can barely put pressure down. Next varicose vein I get will be with me forever!
had a day surgery lots of bruising but its settling down but groin still hurts no numbness .the itchiness,swollen ankle is gone before and after surgery wear KOLOTEX SHEER RELIEF 60D KNEE HIGH OR PANTIHOSE they help before and after sugery . SO DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON MEDICAL STOCKINGS ITS NOT HELPING veins dont go away for good
If I have an EVLT surgeon in my saphenous vein,it’s gonna be sealed forever right? So, what if I need it for a bypass in the future? Eliminating this vein wont have secondary effects? Please let me know
The veins treated are diseased and would no longer be appropriate to use in bypass procedure. Elimination or ablation of thesuperficial vein does not usually affect blood return to the heart. This function can be sufficiently taken cared of by deeper veins.
I had this done in june of 2009 because I had A bad bulge vein in my left leg due to three pregnancys> well two weeks later I found out I was Pregnant again 7 months preg. and my legs are worser then ever the left is so bad I cant even get out of bed with out the stockings and the right leg is starting with little painful bulges of vein:-{{ I don’t know whats gonna happen after this baby comes out but what am I gonna do now??
does a varicose veins can cause separation to the US Military and how much the cost of the procedure if I have no medical insurance?
My husband had the sugery done under general anathetic. One week later is still in a lot of pain if he stands (in the inner thigh, groin area) its still early days. But worse than he expected.
If you are thinking of doing this DON’T!!!! It’s is the most painful experience ever. I had this done 5 weeks ago and my ankle is still swollen, have numbness and hypersensitive skin. I also cannot walk long distances (that’s more than 10 mins) otherwise the pain become so unbearable! It’s like being stabbed with a needle constantly type of pain! If i could go back knowing what i know now i would have not had it done. The pain is not worth it. The worse thing is that i dont know if my leg will ever recover and if this is the way of life now?!?!
I just wonder how painful is it? I also have a Varicose Vein and I’m planning to try that treatment but I’m afraid that it could be too painful.
I am having same problem as p123-uk. It has been 9 days when they were doing the procedure my ankle and foot felt like it was on fire he said I must have had a superfisal vein there he had never had this happen before now I feel like it is still on fire or an open wound inside my ankle and it is numb on the outside and it still swells like before.Going to call tomorrow but i am sure they would never admit that it went wrong just praying it doesn’t stay this way.
Hello, I have had 3 separate EVLT treatments which includes right and left gs veins and the right ls vein. 2 of the the procedures were moderately painful under local anesthetic. Recovery of both GS veins was about 2 weeks. When I say recovery i mean that there is no pain in the legs when I walk or use the bathroom after 2 weeks. i still have some tenderness in both legs when i press down. As for the lower leg, it’s only been about a week. The procedure was painful but recovery have been quicker with very little pain. One thing that was different with the lower leg is that i am experiencing numbness in my ankle and heel and the calf itches a lot. overall i think the procedures did what they were suppose to do.