EVLT and compression stockings 14 days post op.

After doing an EVLT, we usually ask our patients to wear the stockings over night and then to wear them during the day for 5 days.  After five days I encourage them to wear the stockings for comfort as well as for any long car or plane trips.  If you stop wearing them at 14 days, it will have absolutely, positively, no impact on the success of your procedures. If you still have varicose veins three weeks after your ablation, stockings aren't going to do anything to get rid of them.  At that point you would need either a micro-phlebectomy or ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy to rid your legs of the bulging veins.

There are no specific studies demonstrating the ideal length of time to use stockings after EVLT. Most physicians including myself recommend 1 to 2 weeks. I think at this point you should be fine to stop using them.  I do however recommend to all my patients and will make the same recommendation to you to try to use them as much as tolerated for maintenance of health in your remaining veins. So perhaps not in the summer while is so hot, unless you are indoors in air conditioning. But attempt to use them when possible, especially when traveling or standing/sitting in place for extended periods of time.  

We require stockings for 2 weeks post-EVLT.  After that, it is strongly recommended to wear them especially at work but our patient's are no longer required to wear them.  I think you should be fine if you wear them at your discretion after the mandatory time placed by your doctor.  Best of luck

Your surgical outcome should be the same if you stop using compression hose 2-3 weeks post operatively.  However, the more you can manage to wear compression hose, the fewer vein issues you will have in the future.  I would recommend using a lower strength compression to improve the comfort.

You can stop wearing them at 24 hours after or after 1-2 weeks. No studies have been published which show better outcome with or without stockings after endovenous ablation.Hratch L Karamanoukian MD FACScertified vein specialist (ABVLM) and double board certified surgeon