Bay Area Vein Treatment doctors

	Steven H. Williams, MD San Francisco Plastic Surgeon 4000 Dublin Blvd Suite 300, Dublin		5 answers
	Robert Swanson, MD Bay Area General Surgeon 350 Bon Air Road suite 300, Greenbrae		5 answers
	Robert F. Gray, MD Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon 531 Main St., Pleasanton		1 answer
	Miguel Delgado, Jr., MD San Francisco Plastic Surgeon 450 Sutter Street Suite 2433, San Francisco
	Larry Fan, MD San Francisco Plastic Surgeon 77 Van Ness Avenue Suite 302, San Francisco

Recent Answers

Are Procedures to Remove Vericose Veins Covered by Most Insurance Providers? They do not bother me, aside from the fact that I hate having them on my legs. They've gotten really bad since I had a baby six months ago.

A: Most insurance will not cover "cosmetic" treatments.

Most insurance plans have specific exclusions for cosmetic procedures. Each plan may use different language, but the end result is the same. Unless you are having a lot of pain that interferes with your daily activities, your insurance plan will probably consider any treatment for varicose veins as cosmetic, and as such it will not be covered. It sounds as though you would not qualify for insurance reimbursement - regardless of how ugly they are.

Robert Swanson, MD

Bay Area General Surgeon

Broken Capillaries and Spider Veins Around the Nose red spider veins are starting to appear around my nose. I want to get rid of them!

A: Nd:Yag Laser Highly Effective for Treating Facial Capillaries

Thank you for your question.

Facial capillaries and spider veins around the nose and on the cheeks are common complaints that patients seek treatment for. In our San Francisco Bay Area practice we have had tremendous success reducing the appearance of these vessels with our Nd:Yag laser.

As with all capillary/vein treatments several sessions may be required to achieve optimal results and capillaries may return or new capillaries may form in the future that require maintenance treatments.

I hope this helps.

Steven H. Williams, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Unsuccessful Sclerotherapy. Another Option for Vein Treatment? I had sclerotherapy last year to try to remove a blue vein on my leg. It wasnt bulging out, was just visible under the skin. I pigmented after the treatment and a year later, I still have pigmentation and the vein is still there! As well, I have since developed a couple other small veins in the surrounding area. I feel like the injections made my leg worse. Because of the pigmenting, I am hesitant to have sclerotherapy done again. What are my other options to get rid of the veins for good?

A: A: Leg Vein Treatment Other Than Sclerotherapy

Thank you for your question.

You may be a good candidate for laser treatment for your leg veins. In our San Francisco Bay Area practice we frequently treat leg veins with laser and have a high patient satisfaction rate. Our laser is effective at treating broken capillaries and small spider veins to larger darker veins.

Laser treatment, like sclerotherapy, may require several treatments and may make veins look worse before they look better (usually for less than 4 weeks). Unfortunately both sclerotherapy and laser treatment run the risk of worsening the appearance and neither treatment guarantees the veins will be gone for good.

I hope this helps.

Steven H. Williams, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon