Recent Articles About Vein Health

Is There a Connection Between Diabetes and Venous Disease?

Many people believe that diabetes causes varicose veins and other venous diseases. The truth isn’t quite so straightforward. A number of

Everything You Need to Know about Restless Leg Syndrome

Restless leg syndrome is a common neurological disorder that causes an irresistible urge to move the legs. If you’re suffering

The Benefits of Interventional vs. Conservative Treatments for Varicose Vein Patients

If you’re struggling to manage your varicose veins, a proactive approach to treatment can help you find lasting relief. Varicose veins

An Overview of Lymphedema and Your Treatment Options

Lymphedema can result in debilitating swelling in any of your lymph nodes, but if you take a proactive approach to

Does Insurance Cover Vein Treatment?

Despite the fact that varicose veins can be both unsightly and uncomfortable, many sufferers never seek treatment for their condition. Treatment costs can keep patients out of their doctors’ offices, but unfortunately, this won’t help to solve the vein problem.

Greet Summer with Vein-Free Legs!

Are painful, unsightly varicose veins a major source of worry for you as the summer season approaches? Those bulging, twisting lines that frequently appear on the lower legs can cause significant embarrassment, particularly with shorts season right around the corner. This year, don’t dread summer. Instead, use this time to prepare for the season with a vein treatment that will eliminate those ugly veins and their painful symptoms. At Center for Vein Restoration, we are ready to help you find the procedure that will get you vein-free before the warm weather rolls in.

What is Vein Stripping?

Traditional vein stripping is a surgical process that requires general anesthesia and is usually performed in a hospital. Two or three incisions are made along the affected vein, from the groin to below the knee. The top of the vein is cut and clamped off. A thin wire “stripper” is threaded down through the vein, removing the vein by either collecting it in an umbrella-shaped head or fastening the vein to the wire and pulling it along as the wire travels down the leg.

Summer is Coming: Are Your Veins Ready?

It may seem hard to believe with snow still on the ground, but summer is just around the corner. As you begin dreaming about long, lazy days and sunshine, think about how your legs are going to look in those shorts and bathing suits. Are spider and varicose veins detracting from your appearance and making you self-conscious about donning your summer wardrobe? If your answer is yes, the good news is there is still plenty of time to treat those veins and achieve sleek, smooth legs for the upcoming season.

How to Prevent Varicose Veins

What You Need to Know about Veinwave

People suffering with the skin condition rosacea know all too well how difficult it is to get the embarrassing visible symptoms of the condition under control. Veinwave can effectively eliminate the veins that often appear on the faces of rosacea patients to produce a clearer complexion. The device has been widely used in Europe for this purpose and some physicians in the U.S. will use Veinwave as a successful rosacea treatment as well.