What are the treatment options for varicose veins in California?

When it comes to the treatment of spider veins and varicose veins, you have way too many options. You can choose between surgical options, minimally invasive options, and non-invasive options. Our centers for vein treatment in California generally favor minimally invasive spider vein and varicose vein treatments because they offer the ideal combination of safety, effectiveness, and convenience. Minimally invasive vein treatments have a nearly perfect success rate, and they involve no hospitalizations, downtime, recovery period, harsh side effects, or complications. Furthermore, they address the root cause of your varicose veins, thus ensuring long-lasting results without vein disease recurrence.

However, you also have numerous vein treatment options within the available minimally invasive techniques. Our vein doctors carefully examine your leg veins, discuss your goals and symptoms, review your medical history, and perform thorough ultrasound diagnostic scans. We identify the root cause of spider veins and varicose veins, which is usually chronic venous insufficiency, to curate personalized vein treatment plans. If you have vein disease, we start with minimally invasive treatments for underlying vein disease before progressing to spider vein and varicose vein removal. Our vein doctors in California will discuss all your vein treatment options to help you make an informed decision.

Below, we provide a detailed description of the available varicose vein treatments in California.

Endovenous radiofrequency ablation is the most effective minimally invasive procedure for chronic venous insufficiency. Radiofrequency ablation is performed as an in-office procedure under local anesthesia. The vein doctor administers local anesthesia and makes a small incision on the skin’s surface. The vein doctor inserts a catheter through the incision and into the diseased saphenous vein under ultrasound guidance. Once the catheter is lodged in place, the vein physician delivers tumescent anesthesia to protect the surrounding tissues. The catheter is finally activated to generate radiofrequency waves, which turn into thermal energy and destroy the diseased saphenous vein responsible for your vein problems. The accumulated blood reroutes into healthier leg veins, restoring effective blood circulation to the heart.

The VenaSeal Closure System is the latest minimally invasive treatment for chronic venous insufficiency, having received FDA approval in 2015. During the VenaSeal procedure, the vein doctor administers local anesthesia and makes a small incision on the skin’s surface. The incision serves as an entry point for a specialized catheter, which is driven into the diseased saphenous vein under ultrasound guidance. Once the catheter is lodged in place, the vein doctor injects a medical-grade adhesive into the diseased vein, thus sealing its walls shut. The diseased vein effectively turns into scar tissue, and the accumulated blood reroutes into healthier leg veins, restoring optimal blood circulation. The problematic vein is eventually absorbed by the body.

​ClariVein, also known as mechanochemical ablation, is one of the most effective minimally invasive treatments for large, twisted, and tortuous varicose veins. During the ClariVein procedure, the vein doctor administers local anesthesia and makes a small incision on the skin’s surface. The incision is an entry point for a specialized catheter with a rotating wire tip, which is inserted into the diseased saphenous vein under ultrasound guidance. Once lodged in place, the vein doctor activates the catheter, and the rotating wire destroys the diseased vein’s walls while delivering a sclerosant medicine to seal it shut. The accumulated blood reroutes into healthier leg veins, and the diseased vein is reabsorbed into the body.

Ambulatory phlebectomy, also known as microsurgery, is one of the most effective minimally invasive treatments for varicose veins. This is a purely cosmetic procedure that can remove superficial varicose veins from the skin’s surface, but it can’t treat underlying chronic venous insufficiency. As such, most vein doctors perform ambulatory phlebectomy after the primary vein treatment or if there’s no underlying chronic venous insufficiency. During the ambulatory phlebectomy procedure, the vein physician administers local anesthesia to ensure comfort. The vein doctor makes small incisions on the skin’s surface to manually extract the unwanted varicose veins. The incision marks gradually heal and fade away from the skin’s surface.

Sclerotherapy is widely considered to be the most effective spider vein treatment. This is generally considered to be a cosmetic treatment because it only removes spider veins without addressing the underlying vein disease. That’s why your vein doctor should offer sclerotherapy after the primary vein treatment or if you don’t have underlying vein disease. During sclerotherapy, the vein doctor carefully injects the sclerosant medicine into the spider veins on your skin. In some cases, the vein doctor may need ultrasound guidance for deeper spider veins. The sclerosant medicine fuses the spider veins’ walls, turning them into hardened scar tissues eventually absorbed by the body. The spider veins gradually fade away from the skin’s surface within three weeks.

Don’t ignore your symptoms

At Vein Treatment Clinic, we’ve got California fully covered with expert vein doctors and convenient clinics across the state.

Whether you’re in Huntington Beach, Irvine, National City, Newport Beach, Palo Alto, Poway, San Diego, San Jose, or Temecula, you’ll find advanced care at one of our clinics close to home.

Patients trust our Ivy League–trained, board-certified specialists for minimally invasive treatments that improve circulation, relieve pain, and restore confidence. In California, our team includes Dr. Farshid Etaee, Dr. Joshua Kindelan, Dr. Walter Lech, and Dr. Kimberly Mcfarland, dedicated vein experts you can rely on.

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