What is the process I can expect and what is the recovery time?
Step 1: Get a formal consultation. We will examine you and do a history and physical examination. We will educate you about venous disease as well as formulate which combination of therapies is right for you. Step 2: Get an ultrasound done of your legs. This tells us if you have venous reflux (the flow of blood backwards in your veins that causes varicose and spider veins). This takes about 15 -20 minutes per leg. Step 3: Review ultrasound reading & set up treatments: If you have insurance, we will start the process of pre-authorization for EVLA and phlebectomy if you are a candidate. In the mean time, certain insurers require a trial of compression stockings first (it never resolves the cause). However it is a step that is required by the insurance companies—not us. Do the insurance companies have any way of knowing you actually wore the stockings? No. If you are paying cash there is no need to wait for pre-authorization and we may start treatments as soon as you like. Step 4: Treatme
