The Vein Doctor

Well the sun is out and it looks like summer is here at last. And a question I get asked a lot is now I’ve had my veins treated when can I get them out and get the sun on them?

Well let’s face it is one of the commonest reasons people have their veins treated in the 1st place. To make their legs look better and to show their legs off. Well there are 3 things you might want to consider.

The 1st is that after any vein treatment your legs will be a little sensitive to the sun. There … Continue reading »

One of the commonest questions I get asked by people who are having varicose vein treatment is “When can I start my exercise program?”

Walking really is the best exercise to perform after any form of varicose vein treatment or varicose vein surgery. It works the foot pump the calf pump and the thigh pump and it promotes the flow of blood in the veins from the leg back to the heart. And it also promotes the healing process. You really can’t do too much walking. Do as much as you can as early as you want.

With regard to running it … Continue reading »

One of the commonest questions I get asked both by doctors and nurse colleagues is what is sclerotherapy and how exactly does it work? Sclerotherapy is the injection of a prescription medicine directly into to a vein and this results in the permanent closure.

So it achieves the same as a surgical removal and the chemical injected into the vein is called a sclerosant. Sclerotherapy is really very versatile. It is the only single modality treatment that can be used for nearly any vein in the superficial venous system of the leg. Sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for thread veins … Continue reading »