What is the VeinGogh and how does it fit into the grand scheme of vein treatments?
The VeinGogh (virtually identical to the VeinWave device) delivers a small electric current at the end of a miniscule needle. Because both the needle and current are tiny, patients experience much less pain than when they receive laser treatment for the same vein. The VeinGogh is especially effective on tiny facial veins — the kind that appear on the side of the nose, in the nose, on the upper eyelid, and everywhere following face lifts (N.B. forehead veins and most veins under the eye are best injected). The device can also be used for leg veins, but usually only when sclerotherapy fails to eliminate the very smallest veins because they are either too small to be injected or because they are just plain stubborn. Most leg spider veins respond best to injections.
