Make a Splash Next Summer

Say goodbye to your varicose veins

Those twisted, purple and often painful veins. They can impact your self-confidence, limit your activity and, let’s face it, for many of us, it’s not our favorite fashion statement.

But varicose veins are more than just a cosmetic problem. Veins that run up and down your legs play a vital role in your circulation. When they work properly, these veins help promote blood flow to your heart. But as we age, the valves inside our leg veins begin to weaken, which can cause blood to pool inside the vein. When this happens, the veins bulge out from the skin creating varicose veins.

Most often, varicose veins affect older women — but they can happen in men, too. You don’t have to live with the discomfort. Grand View Health offers minimally invasive procedures that can make varicose veins and spider veins disappear, and fall is the very best time to begin treatment so you can be beach-ready next summer.

When you seek treatment for varicose veins, your doctor will likely first recommend conservative treatments that include exercise and wearing compression stockings (often an insurance pre-requisite.) However, if these treatments do not improve your varicose veins, you may benefit from one of the procedures offered at Grand View Health.

Treatment options by board-certified vascular surgeon Eric Olivero, MD include radiofrequency ablation, injection schlerotherapy, vein stripping, vein radiofrequncy ablation and ligation as two types of phlebectomy procedures. Dr. Olivero and his team will work with you to determine the best procedure and explain each technique in detail.

Learn more about your options and recovery time. Visit GVH.org/Veins.