What you need to know about the Vein Laser Therapy process

We will take a detailed history and carry out some diagnostic measures and vein mapping to identify the damaged veins.

Once we have discussed your motivations and treatment goals, we will devise a tailor-made treatment plan that addresses your unique problem.

First, we inject local anaesthetic fluid around the vein using ultrasound guidance. The local anaesthetic fluid numbs the vein and the surrounding tissue so that the whole procedure is pain-free.We then insert the laser catheter into the damaged vein using an ultrasound scan to guide it into the correct position.The laser is slowly pulled back through the vein, guided by the ultrasound scan and delivers short bursts of energy that heat-up the vein and seal it closed.

After treatment, your legs are instantly smoother and clearer. Better yet, you’ll experience instant relief from those painful symptoms.We can then plan some post-operative appointments to ensure everything is healing nicely and that we have achieved the desired results.On your first appointment, we will check to see if everything looks and feels okay. In 14 weeks, we will perform the vein mapping to assess the outcome and evaluate the results. We will then repeat this step at 28 weeks.If further treatment is required – for example if you require surgery on a perforator vein – we can take care of this after the 14 and 28-day evaluation and post-operative assessment.You’ll be skipping, running and dancing with more comfort and confidence in no time.

Optionally a Follow Up Plan at 3, 6 12 and 18 Months are offered to every patient.