Varicose Vein Laser Surgery: A More Technologically Advanced Procedure

Varicose vein laser surgery is an endovenous therapy that is also referred to as EVLT and which involves using radio frequency energy as well as beams of laser light. Such form of varicose veins surgery can easily be performed in a surgeon’s clinic and the whole procedure can be completed in about sixty minutes. Varicose vein laser surgery is a more technologically advanced treatment method than is say sclerotherapy.

When undergoing varicose vein laser surgery it is common to have a small sized catheter or even a laser fiber to be inserted into the varicose veins and the radio frequency energy or laser light that is transmitted into the vein will cause the varicose veins to shrink as well as shut off. This particular form of varicose vein laser surgery is also referred to s “no-surgery no-scar” method of painful varicose veins removal. Today, EVLT is considered the “gold standard” of all types of varicose veins removal treatment options.

There are several advantages to undergoing varicose vein laser surgery including the fact that lasers are very accurate and direct and so will not cause collateral damage. This form of surgery is also ideally suited for treating every different type of skin as well as different skin colors. What’s more, the American Academy of Dermatology considers varicose vein laser surgery to be the most effective treatment option and the one with least side effects.

Patients too benefit from undergoing varicose vein laser surgery because this form of varicose vein removal is very comfortable since no incisions need to be made and doctors won’t be inserting any needles into the skin either. Also as soon as the laser contacts the skin patients feel nothing more than a tiny pinch and, furthermore the skin is also soothed through cooling both prior to and after the use of varicose vein laser surgery.

Of course, following the varicose vein laser surgery there may be a bit of redness and some swelling of the skin though this will not last for more than a small number of days. You should also expect your skin to be slightly discolored for a couple of weeks, at most. The whole treatment lasts just twenty minutes at most and if your varicose veins were especially ugly and severe you may need to take between another two and five more treatments in order to completely get rid of the varicose veins.

With more advanced technologies becoming available, varicose vein surgery recovery involves nothing more than getting over the effects of the anesthesia and perhaps spending a night in a hospital.

There are in fact, more than a few types of lasers that may be used in varicose vein laser surgery and it is up to your doctor to decide on which the best type is for your particular case. The options include yellow light and green light lasers as well as intense pulsed lights.