After Treatment

Do varicose veins recur after treatment?

The biggest reason why varicose veins reoccur after treatment is the body's predisposition to varicose vein formation. Whichever of the existing treatment methods is applied, the vascular structure will never change. For this reason alone, there is always a risk of varicose veins reappearing after treatment. With the treatment method you choose, the structure of your veins may not be changed, but the rate of recurrence of varicose veins can be changed.

The treated veins are either removed or closed while being treated. The risk of recurrence in the veins in question is generally low. If the causes of varicose veins are constantly in your life, then varicose veins may develop over time in your veins that appear normal while being treated.

What are the reasons for the recurrence of varicose veins?

1- One of the biggest reasons for the risk of recurrence of varicose veins is actually due to the lack of adequate clinical tests before treatment. Applying treatment determined according to this examination to superficially examined veins may be a short-term solution, but varicose veins may reoccur. For this reason, adequate clinical examinations and examinations must be carried out correctly in advance.

2- Another reason for the recurrence of varicose veins is, unfortunately, incomplete, faulty or incorrect treatment or surgery. Improper removal of the long leg vein, not fully exposing the veins in the groin area, incomplete removal of the veins are risks that increase the recurrence of varicose veins after surgery. Likewise, in foam therapy, intravenous laser or radio frequency application, starting the treatment too far below the junction may cause recurrence.

3- Applying sclerotherapy or other methods to the patient requiring surgery: Applying treatment only to side branch varicose veins in patients with valve insufficiency at the junction of deep and superficial veins or in the long leg vein may cause varicose veins again.

4- Constitutional predisposition and new vascular formation: Even if adequate treatment is given in some patients, the formation of new vascular formation cannot be stopped due to constitutional predisposition.

Continuation of risk factors that cause varicose veins after surgery or other treatments and failure to change lifestyle will lead to recurrence.

If the above factors are eliminated and treated correctly and the risk factors that cause varicose veins are eliminated, the rate of recurrence of varicose veins after treatment decreases significantly.