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What are My Treatment Options for Leg Vein Removal?
Dr. Cutchen will choose the most appropriate treatment (or combination of treatments) based on your needs. He will also assess your overall leg vein function and determine whether larger, deeper veins require treatment.
Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy treats visible spider veins, which are typically cosmetic in nature. During sclerotherapy, Dr. Cutchen injects a sclerosing solution into the problem veins, irritating the veins’ walls, causing them to collapse, and redirecting blood flow. Your body will eventually absorb these treated veins over time.
Endovenous Laser Treatment
This gold standard treatment corrects problems with the Great Saphenous Vein, the vein that carries blood from the legs back to the heart, which is responsible for most of the painful bulging varicose veins that develop. Endovenous laser treatment is a definitive solution when valves in this vein weaken. It uses a thin fiber inside the vein to emit energy that collapses the vein walls. Your body will reroute blood flow around the treated vein.
Ambulatory Phlebectomy
Ambulatory phlebectomy effectively and immediately removes visible bulging varicose veins once Dr. Cutchen has treated the Greater Saphenous Vein with laser ablation. Dr. Cutchen inserts small hooked tools using tiny openings and pulls out the vein. This is a simple procedure that does not require any stitches.
Endovenous Chemical Ablation
Also known as ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, Endovenous Chemical Ablation is a treatment for the elimination of varicose veins that are not seen on the surface of the skin. Unlike sclerotherapy injections that are used to treat cosmetic spider veins, endovenous chemical ablation targets and eliminate larger varicose veins that are hidden from the naked eye and only seen by ultrasound.