Yes to both activities. The local anaesthetic is only placed around the vein and not into the leg muscles so walking and driving are unaffected.

Yes, they can however varicose veins are very unlikely to occur if they are treated correctly in the first place and there is a suitable time for ongoing surveillance (1 – 2 years). Spider veins will almost always return to some extent for the same reason that they occurred in the first place – genetics!

Yes, we reassure you that our Phlebologists are expert at removing your leg veins (spider or varicose veins).

No, the veins have no nerve sensation so you do not feel the passage of the laser fibre.

There are two options: If you are having your veins treated as an outpatient, no you do not need a carer and you can drive yourself home If you are having your veins treated as in inpatient under twilight sedation (so you don’t feel any needles), and accessing private health rebates, you will need a

No. All procedures performed at Vein Doctors Group are walk-in, walk-out procedures with no downtime required.  Whether carried out at one of our specialist clinics or our private hospital, there is no downtime, loss of work time or disruption to your everyday activities. Even after twilight sedation in our private hospital at Miami on the

No. Although in expert hands saline may be effective for smaller spider veins it is not as effective for the larger reticular veins or varicose veins. For this reason, our Phlebologists use either Fibrovein or Polidocanol depending on the situation.

You do feel the local anaesthetic injections but these are usually rated 2 out of a pain scale of 1-10 so they are just a little bit uncomfortable. You do not feel any discomfort while the vein is being lasered because the local anaesthetic numbs the area.

In most cases, yes. However, for spider veins, the “feeding” veins are not deep. They are visible as larger, blue-green veins on the surface (reticular veins) similar to normal veins often visible along the arm. Many doctors performing sclerotherapy as a sideline either ignore or avoid treating these reticular veins and hence the results are less than

The veins that have been treated effectively will not return but other previously normal leg veins can deteriorate over time.