Many Americans are turning to cosmetic surgeons for help with their varicose veins. But many patients find the treatment doesn't work end up still searching for an answer.
January 30, 2007 (Press Release) --
More then 80 million Americans cover their legs daily because of unsightly varicose veins, those inflicted are becoming so desperate for a treatment they allow untrained doctors and spa type establishments to make there varicose vein condition much worse.
Many doctors, surgeons, and medical spas advertise themselves as experts in varicose vein therapy and promise naïve patients total varicose vein removal.
Unfortunately many of the so-called cosmetic surgeons and experts don't deliver what they promise; leaving their patients heart broken, broke, or even forced to wear unattractive compression stockings possibly for life.
Many of these doctors actually use saline, a mixture of salt and sterile water, as a treatment for varicose veins and spider veins, therefore putting what constitutes salt directly into the vein. Some use a laser to try and "zap" the vein.
Dr. Sidney Kass, founder of the Twin Cities Vein and Laser Clinic in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, sees many of these patients after they realize their varicose vein therapy didn't work with other doctors or medical spas around the country.
"These methods are just not capable of treating the underlying damaged reticular veins that are the real source of the spider veins," Dr. Kass said. "This almost always requires specialized treatment that can see under the patient's skin.
Dr. Kass is a specialist in Phlebology, the field of medicine devoted to vein disease. Europe has acknowledged this specialty for more than 50 years, and is finally gaining much needed recognition in the United States. The American Medical Association now sanctions the Phlebology specialty field.
A phlebology specialist actually looks under the skin to find the root cause of varicose veins. For some patients, the cause is heredity--if your grandmother or mother wore compression stockings and long pants to hide her varicose veins, you are likely to painfully follow in her footsteps.
Mothers find the spider veins after a pregnancy. Other causes are obesity, injury, and standing or sitting for a prolonged period of time.
A phlebology specialist determines the best varicose vein treatment that will put the patient back in shorts and skirts. Sclerotherapy involves a solution injected into the varicose vein. A new foam sclerotherapy uses a special substance to treat veins more effectively and reducing the number of treatments.
The procedure only takes about 30 to 45 minutes. After the varicose veins or spider veins treatment, patients can do whatever they like. "I always tell my women patients, 'Yes, you can even go shopping after your procedure is done that same day,'" Dr. Kass said. "They always love to hear that."
Depending on a person's medical insurance plan, the varicose vein procedures with Dr. Kass are covered by most major medical insurances.
"My patients have 7 days a week personal access to me after surgery, and there truly shocked when I return there call at 10pm on a Saturday night to make sure th
Many doctors, surgeons, and medical spas advertise themselves as experts in varicose vein therapy and promise naïve patients total varicose vein removal.
Unfortunately many of the so-called cosmetic surgeons and experts don't deliver what they promise; leaving their patients heart broken, broke, or even forced to wear unattractive compression stockings possibly for life.
Many of these doctors actually use saline, a mixture of salt and sterile water, as a treatment for varicose veins and spider veins, therefore putting what constitutes salt directly into the vein. Some use a laser to try and "zap" the vein.
Dr. Sidney Kass, founder of the Twin Cities Vein and Laser Clinic in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, sees many of these patients after they realize their varicose vein therapy didn't work with other doctors or medical spas around the country.
"These methods are just not capable of treating the underlying damaged reticular veins that are the real source of the spider veins," Dr. Kass said. "This almost always requires specialized treatment that can see under the patient's skin.
Dr. Kass is a specialist in Phlebology, the field of medicine devoted to vein disease. Europe has acknowledged this specialty for more than 50 years, and is finally gaining much needed recognition in the United States. The American Medical Association now sanctions the Phlebology specialty field.
A phlebology specialist actually looks under the skin to find the root cause of varicose veins. For some patients, the cause is heredity--if your grandmother or mother wore compression stockings and long pants to hide her varicose veins, you are likely to painfully follow in her footsteps.
Mothers find the spider veins after a pregnancy. Other causes are obesity, injury, and standing or sitting for a prolonged period of time.
A phlebology specialist determines the best varicose vein treatment that will put the patient back in shorts and skirts. Sclerotherapy involves a solution injected into the varicose vein. A new foam sclerotherapy uses a special substance to treat veins more effectively and reducing the number of treatments.
The procedure only takes about 30 to 45 minutes. After the varicose veins or spider veins treatment, patients can do whatever they like. "I always tell my women patients, 'Yes, you can even go shopping after your procedure is done that same day,'" Dr. Kass said. "They always love to hear that."
Depending on a person's medical insurance plan, the varicose vein procedures with Dr. Kass are covered by most major medical insurances.
"My patients have 7 days a week personal access to me after surgery, and there truly shocked when I return there call at 10pm on a Saturday night to make sure th
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