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Varicose Veins

Are you concerned with the way varicose veins make your legs look and feel?

If unsightly bulging varicose veins and leg pain keeps you from work or play, we understand. We get it if you are concerned about your bad veins and the way they make your legs look and the way your legs feel. You may have adjusted your ‘choice of styles’ to hide your legs. And your leg pain and fatigue may be keeping you from enjoying your work, family, friends, and hobbies. The good news is that you don’t have to settle for the status quo. You can enjoy Better Veins and a Better Life through ‘Comprehensive Vein Care®.’ We listen to your concerns, identify their root cause, and create a customized treatment plan to address your symptoms and cosmetic concerns. We offer the right procedure, for the right patient, at the right time – with VSS WOW service!

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What Are Varicose Veins?

The venous system is a combination of pipes ‘your veins’, pumps ‘the calf muscles’ and one-way ‘vein’ check valves. When the system works efficiently your veins carry blood up your leg veins toward your heart even in the face of gravity.

Varicose Leg veins develop in the superficial leg veins when the venous system fails. The most common source of failure is with your one-way vein check valves. If they do not function properly, blood pools (reflux) within the affected veins. The pooling of blood results in bulging varicose veins. Over time, reflux leads to progressive varicose vein development and symptoms. Varicose veins include reticular varicose veins (1-3 mm) and bulging varicose veins (3mm or >).

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What are the Symptoms of Varicose Veins?

Varicose vein symptoms can be vague and can easily be missed by the patient and their doctors. Among these symptoms are heaviness, tired achy legs, leg swelling, throbbing/burning/itching, night leg cramps, and Restless Legs. The two most common reasons for patients with varicose veins to go to the ER is a bleeding varicose vein and blood clots. Delayed care can lead to skin changes and venous ulcers. You may be surprised to learn that you can have ‘hidden vein disease’ with vein reflux and symptoms without visible varicose veins.

As the leader in Comprehensive Vein Care®, VSS can get to the bottom of your concerns about your leg health. Having served more than 30,000 patients since 1997 at VSS, veins are not just one thing we do, they are the only thing we do.®
What are your Risks of Developing Varicose Veins?

Risks of developing varicose veins:

Age: As you age, your veins grow weaker and more susceptible to vein disease.
Genetics: Genetics is the number one contributing factor for developing vein disease.
Obesity: Anything that puts excessive pressure on the veins, such as obesity, can cause vein disease.
Gender: Women are more likely to develop vein disease than men.
Lifestyle: People with careers that result in sitting or standing for long periods of time can have a higher chance of developing varicose veins.
Pregnancy: Pregnancy increases your risk of developing varicose veins.

BETTER VEINS. BETTER LIFE.® PLAN

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What Results Should I Expect?

Like most patients, your satisfaction is based on the relief of your symptoms and improvement in the appearance of your legs following your vein procedures. The severity of your vein problems and the procedure selected to correct them determines how quickly you’ll see results. With our VSS Better Veins. Better Life.® plan, most patients report immediate and dramatic improvement in both the symptoms and appearance of their legs.

Many things set VSS apart, but one of the most important is our approach to vein care. Unlike many other vein centers, we do not subscribe to a ‘wait and see’ attitude when treating your vein problems. Rather we prefer to treat the underlying cause of your vein problems, your visible bulging varicose veins and your cosmetic spider veins with a systematic plan that works.

Your customized plan treats the saphenous reflux (if needed) and the bulging varicose veins in the first wave of treatments. In 4-6 weeks you can begin your series of cosmetic sclerotherapy treatments for spider veins if present.

If you have saphenous vein reflux, it is corrected with an endovenous procedure and the venous blood flow is rerouted to healthy veins and symptoms improve quickly. We prefer ambulatory phlebectomy over the other options for bulging symptomatic varicose veins (‘wait and see’ and sclerotherapy). With this approach, your bulging veins and associated symptoms are gone at the end of your procedure.

Don’t fall for the line that nothing can or should be done about your bulging veins and leg pain. At VSS, our Better Veins. Better Life.® plan is a game-changer. Thousands of others just like you love the results and you can, too.

Is There Any Downtime?

For each treatment option, you’ll receive comprehensive aftercare instructions specific to your condition and your procedure. Most patients return to normal day to day activities within 24-48 hours. Compression hose may be required. We request patients limit weight lifting, swimming or running for 7-10 days after most procedures.

Dr. Kenneth Harper, the director and founder of Vein Specialists of the South, focuses on office-based vein care with a quick return to normal activities. Dr. Harper was the first to perform the Endovenous Radiofrequency closure in the state of Georgia and has performed more than 18,000 vein treatments since the clinic’s opening in 1997. Get Better Veins for Life® with Vein Specialists of the South.

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Since 1997, Vein Specialists of the South has helped thousands of patients like you with varicose veins, spider veins, and leg swelling. Dr. Kenneth Harper is a leader in vein health is a Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and the American Vein and Lymphatic Medicine. Terri Harper, MSN, FNP-C, is a renowned educator in the field of cosmetic sclerotherapy. Our dedicated nurse injectors have been trained by the best.

At Vein Specialists of the South, we have a passion for veins – big and small. We’ve helped over 30,000 people get Better Veins for Life®. Call today to schedule an appointment with the VSS team, where ‘Veins Aren’t Just One Thing We Do, They Are the Only Thing We Do.®’

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