What Can I Expect at the Spider Vein Center in TX?

4. You can expect an ultrasound diagnostic test to identify the root cause of your vein problems.

Chronic venous insufficiency is the root cause of most vein problems, including spider veins, varicose veins, leg heaviness, leg ulcers, leg swelling, and more. Treating spider veins without addressing the root cause is like painting over a stained wall instead of fixing the leaky pipes underneath — a wasted effort. Our vein doctors always perform thorough ultrasound diagnostic tests to visualize the blood flow in your leg veins, thereby determining if you have chronic venous insufficiency. This allows them to curate a comprehensive and personalized vein treatment plan that addresses your specific goals and requirements.

5. You can expect a collaborative approach to vein treatment planning.

The Varicose Vein and Spider Vein Center in TX believes your spider vein and varicose vein treatments should be planned collaboratively. Thanks to advanced medicine and technologies, vein problems can be treated using multiple techniques. As such, instead of following a cookie-cutter treatment plan, our vein experts discuss your options, explain their pros, cons, cost, and insurance coverage potential. Finally, they curate a personalized vein treatment plan based on your diagnosis, symptoms, medical history, cosmetic goals, and insurance coverage.

6. You can expect minimally invasive vein treatments for vein disease.

The Varicose Vein and Spider Vein Center in TX only provides minimally invasive vein treatments for chronic venous insufficiency. We completely avoid vascular surgeries because they’re needlessly complicated, risky, and involve long downtime. Comparatively, minimally invasive treatments are extremely safe and effective, and they cause minimal post-treatment discomfort. Most patients can resume their daily activities immediately after their spider vein and varicose vein treatments. Your vein treatment options include radiofrequency ablation, endovenous laser ablation, venaseal, and clarivein.

All minimally invasive vein treatments have the same goal, which they approach through different methods. The primary goal of all vein treatments is to destroy the diseased saphenous vein responsible for your vein problems. The accumulated blood automatically reroutes into healthier leg veins, thereby restoring effective blood circulation to the heart. Radiofrequency ablation and laser ablation do this by destroying the diseased vein with radiofrequency waves or laser energy; venaseal accomplishes this by sealing the diseased vein’s walls with medical-grade adhesive; clarivein combines mechanical pressure and sclerosant to damage and seal the diseased vein’s walls.

7. You can expect minimally invasive vein treatments for varicose veins and spider veins.

If you don’t have underlying chronic venous insufficiency, as determined through vascular imaging, or you’ve undergone your primary vein treatment, you become eligible for cosmetic treatments. Sclerotherapy and ambulatory phlebectomy are the leading vein treatments for superficial varicose veins and spider veins. Sclerotherapy involves injecting a medicine called sclerosant into the spider veins to make them shrink and fade away from the skin’s surface. Ambulatory phlebectomy involves making small incisions on the skin’s surface to extract the varicose veins.

8. You can expect an immediate resumption of work and normal activities.

Minimally invasive spider vein and varicose vein treatments are in-office and outpatient procedures that involve no downtime. After your vein treatment concludes, the vein doctor will discuss your post-treatment recovery guidelines. You’ll be asked to wear compression stockings for a few days and avoid heavy lifting. You will also have to walk frequently. But you can resume your daily activities and work immediately after the vein treatment. In fact, most patients seek vein treatments during their lunch break and get right back to work.