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Patients have different tolerance levels and each needs to be treated individually according to their needs and desires and goals.Some patients experience great anxiety in anticipation of procedures and needle sticks. These patients are offered valium or other medications in an effort to calm or put them at ease.
One in 200 patients are given oral valium (5 mg) before ambulatory vein surgery, and1) only if they are driven to and from the office by a family member or friend; and2) if they are deemed to be very nervous at the time of initial consultation. Most patients do not need any type of anxiolytic or sedation in my practice.These medications are mostly for the convenience of surgeons who need more time to do the procedure "without interruption" from talkative patients.
I have several posts about VNUS Closure for you to read. In essence, VNUS FAST Closure treats venous reflux disease where leaky valves in the veins cause reflux of blood backwards into the legs, whether it originates in the groin into the greater saphenous vien or behind the leg into the short...
I am getting more and more inquiries concerning the treatment of foot veins. Although fillers can be used to try to hide the veins, this is an expensive, short term solution. I feel that the best treatment for veins would be either sclerotherapy, removal through small 2mm...
This is extremely rare, I use Ohmic every day and never had this sort of side effect. Maybe the feeding veins have not be completely occluded below the skin. I think time is your only chance. some lasers seem to be effective, like the ones used for tatoo removal.
The 3 procedures used are sclerotherapy, phlebectomy (removal trough tiny incisions) and fillers. They can be used in combination or one after the other. If your veins are really large, Radiesse will not cover them and sclerotherapy is not effective enough and...
Sclerosing solutions used to obliterate spider veins and reticular veins can cause pigment deposition in the skin. Outcome often depends on proper compression therapy and the use of topical products. How often does this occur? It has been observed in up to 1/3 of patients when hypertonic ...
This is a very common problem and best address by doing what is called an "ambulatory phlebectomy" where we take out the vein through very small nicks in the skin. The procedure is painless as we use freezing prior to the treatment. It is very effective and the cosmetic...
