Until about 15 years ago, one of the main ways to treat varicose veins was through surgery called vascular stripping — a process that is as brutal as it sounds. The process involves making an incision ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Summertime is here and it's time to show off more skin. But many women don't want to bare their legs because of unsightly and painful varicose veins. Now there's an outpatient ...

Medically reviewed by Danielle McNeil, D.P.M Varicose vein treatments decrease symptoms, prevent complications such as leg pain, blood clots, or sores (ulcers), and sometimes eliminate them. For some ...

People with varicose veins could get relief from a new surgical procedure developed by Aurora physicians. The new outpatient surgery uses Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy, or TIPP, to remove ...

Many people don't like to expose their legs because of varicose veins. They are not only unsightly, but can be painful. Surgery used to be the answer, but a newer option is less invasive. Ben Britt, ...

TARZANA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Varicose veins can be more than just unsightly, they can be very painful. Health officials say varicose veins affect 50 percent of women and 40 percent of men.

Since her early 20s, Marga Reddy suffered with from varicose veins. The 58-year-old Hingham nurse says she watched her legs worsened until recently when they began to ache every day. Three years ago, ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — By the time Teri Moreno began to consider surgery for her varicose veins, her ankle had swelled to 12 inches in circumference. She wouldn’t have believed it either. But her husband ...

Her faulty valves are preventing blood from circulating. The result: painful varicose veins. "My leg felt was very heavy and very painful. I had a lot of fatigue," said MacKenzie. To treat this, ...