Can laser treatment completely cure varicose veins?

No: There is no complete cure for varicose veins. Is a chronic recurrent disease. Best prevention is compression therapy. Laser, phlebectomy, sclerotherapy are used for specific forms of varicose veins.

Not completely: Endovenous laser ablation is one of the tools used now-a-days to treat varicose veins. Many patients that is all what they need and do well for many years. Other patients with more advanced vein disease need other additional treatment modalities to complete the treatment. However venous disease is for the most part a progressive condition and most patients will need more treatments after sometime.

Disagree: In our clinic we have treated over 4000 patients and rarely a single laser ablation of a saphenous vein achieves complete cure of the disease. Most patients will need in addition to sonographic evaluation either sclerotherapy, phlebectomy and most will require compression with stockings ( patients refuse to wear them).

No: There is no complete cure for varicose veins. Varicose veins are caused by a chronic genetically inherited disorder. Endovenous laser ablation treats the underlying cause but the disorder almost always returns at some point. Best prevention is compression therapy. Laser, phlebectomy, sclerotherapy are used for specific forms of varicose veins.

Sometimes: Since many people with varicose veins have an isolated genetic vein valve reflux problem involving their saphenous vein that results in all the varicose veins, the condition can often be cured by treating the saphenous vein w/ thermal ablation or surgery. Other individuals, though, have predisposition to multiple veins in their legs having problems, including perforators and surface branches.