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Is It Safe to Have Varicose Vein Surgery Before Liposuction?
asked 1 year ago by Sans089 in belgium
Latest answer by Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Question viewed 105 times
Tags: combination, safety
The varicose veins arent seriously developed.
4 answers to Is It Safe to Have Varicose Vein Surgery Before Liposuction?
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Treating varicose veins and spider veins prior to liposuction
Varicose veins can be treated before or after your liposuction procedure, a protocol that I use in my Los Angeles plastic surgery practice. I would recommend varicose vein treatment prior to your liposuction, in most cases.
Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Vein Treatment
This must be assessed by your surgeon and he/she must discuss the case with your surgeon managing the veins.
Vivek Bansal, MD
Danville Plastic Surgeon
Danville Plastic Surgeon
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Varicose veins and surgery
That would depend on how you are treating the varicose veins. If treating the varicose veins by sclerotherapy or by endovascular laser or endovascular thermal method, then you need to delay the liposuction for 6 weeks and have an venous ultrasound to rule out the presence of a clot prior to liposuction.
Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Safety
I believe it is safer to have varicose vein surgery before liposuction because you will have less chance of hit the enlarged veins with the liposuction cannula when performing the lipo.
thus not inadvertently causing bleeding if puncturing one of these veins during lipo.
