Preventing and treating varicose veins?

I'm 30 and I haven't worn a skirt or shorts forever. I started to get varicose veins behind my knee at 20. Now, they're down to my calf. I had laser treatment done last January by a top doctor at NYU. It didn't help me. On my other leg, I am getting a blue small vein and its starting to bulge out a little. I don't know what to do. All winter long, I wore compression stockings. Now, it's warm and I can't wear them anymore. Any suggestions or vein treatments to keep the other leg from getting worse?

1 answer to “Preventing and treating varicose veins?”

A: Preventing Varicose Veins

Hratch Karamanoukian, MD

You need to be evaluated by a phlebologist who specializes in vein care and performs microphlebectomy, sclerotherapy and laser therapy for spider veins, etc. If you still have symptoms and continue to have varicose veins, reticular veins and spider veins, then you have had an incomplete treatment. This is... more

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