How Do You Get Rid of Varicose Veins That Appear Months After Birth?

Varicose veins can appear throughout life. As women, pregnancy, hormonal replacements, oral contraceptives, heat, and activity level can all contribute to a worsening in appearance.   Sclerotherapy uses FDA approved solutions that are injected into the vein to improve the appearance of varicose veins.  Injections are relatively painless compared to lasers, and are very effective.  I would seek treatment with a Dermatologic Surgeon or Vascular surgeon who specializes in sclerotherapy.  Good luck.

One of the common causes of varicose veins is pregnancy and the more pregnancies, the greater the chances of developing varicose veins.  During pregnancy, the pressure of the enlarging uterus on the surrounding pelvic veins puts pressure on these veins and the back pressure causes weakening of the valves in various veins(usually the saphenous system or other branches). Weak valves are called refluxing valves.  This results in back up of venous blood leading to varicose veins. Many times, as is your case, the varicose veins took time to develop from the refluxing valves.  Usually following pregnancy, we like to wait at least 3 months before treating these veins are you are well beyond this.  The gold standard and state of the art to treat varicose veins is to first have a venous reflux sonogram to document and identify the refluxing veins.  The next step is to close the refluxing valves with either a laser or radiofrequency catheter followed by removing the varicose veins through 2mm micro incisions.  All of this is done under local anesthesia without any need for stitches.