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Symptomatic vein conditions that we treat here at Lumiere Laser Vein Center include
varicose veins, spider veins, and reticular veins, as well as venous ulcerations from
advanced vein disease.
The facility was designed to make patients at ease, to be comfortable, as well as their
families while they wait for them.
What also differentiates Lumiere Laser & Vein Center is that I am a board-certified general
and vascular surgeon with 20 years of experience in both arterial, as well as venous disease.
That brings a lot of experience to the table for patients with challenging problems that
may not be able to handled appropriately at other facilities.
We have lasers that can do the endovenous; endovenous meaning that the laser's actually
position inside the vein to close the vein. We have processes where we can apply laser
energy to other types of veins, such as spider veins or reticular veins to close them, as
well as processes such as radio frequency treatments, including a vein-go device for
spider veins of the legs and face.
Patients with symptomatic venous disease or symptomatic varicose veins can have a variety
of different symptoms. They vary from fatigue, to pain, to edema, to aching, to even itching.
The symptoms sometimes are not very clear, and oftentimes, patients are allowed to go
on with varicose veins that are symptomatic because that they're not obvious. Sometimes,
their primary care doctor is unaware of some of the symptoms that they may have. When a
patient has any type of leg symptoms, they could be due to varicose veins, and they should
be evaluated.
The treatments are virtually painless; there is some local anesthesia that must be injected.
The laser energy that we apply today leaves the patient virtually without any pain after
the procedure, so they can resume normal activity almost immediately. Patients that have truly
symptomatic varicose veins, or medical varicose veins, tell me that it changes their lives
after we treat them. Some of these patients can now ride bikes, they can swim, they can
run; whereas before, they weren't able to do this due to discomfort.
One of the reasons I'm so passionate about what we do here at Lumiere Laser & Vein Center
is that it really does alter people's lives and improves their health. I can think of
one gentleman who actually limped for 17 years. He was unable to hunt, he was unable to ride
motorcycles, he was unable to ride a bicycle or run. He was able to resume all those activities
after he finished his treatments here at Lumiere, and it changed his life. It changes everyone's
lives. It changes my life.
What makes Lumiere Laser & Vein Center different is it's medical treatment in a spa-like setting.
It's a beautiful facility. There's nothing clinical about this. It's not a sterile hospital-like
situation or clinic. At Lumiere Laser & Vein Center, we understand that it's an arduous
process to go through this treatment and get insurance approval. It's our goal to make
that as easy as possible for the patient. All you have to do is call, and we'll handle
everything after that.