Individuals who sport spider veins should seek appropriate medical corrective treatments such as surgeries to get rid of these small, irregular and unsightly purplish or bluish vessels. However, many of these patients lack a proper understanding of varicose veins or the surgical implications when they are recommended a varicose veins surgery by their attending physician.
Surgical procedures are always invasive with a high risk to health. These unsightly veins are caused by the abnormal blood flow in the opposite direction to create an incompetent valve in the leg vein systems.
Pros and Cons of Surgery
Although there may be various options in treating varicose veins, many doctors may recommend varicose veins surgery especially if they are non-vein specialists. Treating varicose veins is usually seen as a sideline of medical practice which not every medical practitioner is a trained or knowledgeable specialist. An inexperienced or inadequately informed physician may not have the right skills or tools to treat varicose veins effectively.
Varicose veins should not be treated flippantly as there may be complications even with a seemingly simple and straightforward procedure. It is not a matter of holding the syringe or using the scalpel to produce good results on varicose vein treatments.
Surgeries on treating varicose veins may not be effective on different types of spider veins which refer to the tying off and removal of larger veins. Such surgery is known as ligation and stripping which could be effective if no improvements from other treatments resulted and the intense symptoms persist to harass the patient.
Cutting and ligation of unwanted vein always carry a degree of risk which include severing the vein of its proper function and cutting the wrong vein. The root of the problem may not be resolved through surgery without the proper evaluation and understanding of the spider veins.
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