VenaSeal is a minimally invasive treatment for varicose veins, which involves the use of a medical-grade adhesive. VenaSeal seals varicose veins, alleviating discomfort and bulging. After treatment, your body redirects blood flow to healthier routes and begins breaking down the treated vessel.
End Your Struggle With Varicose Veins
End Your Struggle With Varicose Veins
Varicose veins can cause swelling, heaviness, and visible bulging veins that affect your daily comfort. At Florida Lakes Vein Center, we offer VenaSeal in Fort Myers to treat these problematic veins without surgery or long downtime.
With VenaSeal, we can improve blood circulation and close varicose veins to support a more active and comfortable lifestyle. Our experts help you reclaim your confidence with this innovative, nonsurgical approach.
With VenaSeal, we can improve blood circulation and close varicose veins to support a more active and comfortable lifestyle. Our experts help you reclaim your confidence with this innovative, nonsurgical approach.
Varicose veins can cause swelling, heaviness, and visible bulging veins that affect your daily comfort. At Florida Lakes Vein Center, we offer VenaSeal in Fort Myers to treat these problematic veins without surgery or long downtime.
Varicose veins can cause swelling, heaviness, and visible bulging veins that affect your daily comfort. At Florida Lakes Vein Center, we offer VenaSeal in Fort Myers to treat these problematic veins without surgery or long downtime.
VenaSeal Overview
Number of Treatments:
1
Appointment Length:
20 to 30 minutes
Driver Required?
No
Downtime:
None
Compression Time:
24 to 48 hours
Anesthetic?
None required, topical available
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How VenaSeal Works
When you receive VenaSeal in Fort Myers, our specialists use a medical adhesive to close varicose veins and reroute blood flow.
Your provider begins by identifying the damaged veins with ultrasound technology. Then they use a syringe to administer a small amount of vein “superglue” at various points of the vessels to efficiently close them off. Once the veins close, blood flow redirects through healthier nearby veins.
After your session, your body gradually absorbs the treated veins. This process can reduce pressure in the leg, minimize your symptoms, and improve the appearance of the visible veins.
Is VenaSeal Right for Your Varicose Veins?
VenaSeal can treat varicose veins that develop due to poor blood flow or damage in affected vessels.
When valves inside a vein stop working properly, blood can flow backward and collect in the leg. This condition, known as venous reflux, can contribute to bulging veins, swelling, aching, heaviness, throbbing, and other symptoms.
To explore your candidacy for VenaSeal, our team in Fort Myers evaluates your symptoms and uses ultrasound technology to map blood movement through areas of concern. This helps us determine the appropriate treatment.
VenaSeal Treatment Steps
The overall VenaSeal process follows a few simple steps:
- You start by discussing symptoms with your vein specialist, including any visible veins, aching, or swelling, so they can identify potential problem areas.
- Then, your provider uses vein ultrasound to evaluate the damaged veins if necessary.
- They inject the VenaSeal, a specialized medical-grade adhesive, at specific points along each damaged vein.
- The VenaSeal solution seals the vein walls shut, stopping blood flow and rerouting circulation to healthier vessels without damage or pooling.
- Over time, your body forms scar tissue around the treated vein, allowing your body to reabsorb it. This minimizes the bulging appearance and any discomfort caused by the poor blood flow.
- After VenaSeal treatment, you can experience relief from uncomfortable symptoms or related vein concerns.
Who Is a Candidate for VenaSeal?
In Fort Myers, our team uses VenaSeal to treat adults with varicose veins that cause uncomfortable symptoms. Often, these symptoms affect daily activities and quality of life.
Consider visiting us for an evaluation if you experience:
- Raised or bulging varicose veins
- Aching or throbbing legs
- Leg heaviness or fatigue
- Swelling around the legs or ankles
- Discomfort that worsens after sitting or standing
- Skin changes
Your medical history, vein anatomy, symptoms, and ultrasound findings all help your provider determine whether VenaSeal fits your needs.
However, VenaSeal is not the right approach for every patient. If you have certain medical conditions, active infections, inflammation, or a known sensitivity to medical adhesives, we might not recommend this treatment.
Your provider reviews these factors before creating your treatment plan.
The Difference Between VenaSeal and Varithena
Alongside VenaSeal, we also offer Varithena. Both of these solutions treat varicose veins, but they work differently. Many times, our providers choose to combine Varithena and VenaSeal in Fort Myers.
Why We Often Combine Treatments
Since VenaSeal consists of a medical adhesive, the formula stays in the body after injection, keeping the veins sealed shut. That makes it effective for large or deep veins that need high-intensity correction
On the other hand, the Varithena formula is an irritating microfoam, which quickly collapses the veins and dissipates from the body. This offers an ideal method for smaller or highly visible veins.
Some patients have a deeper problem vein contributing to unhealthy blood flow, along with more visible varicose veins closer to the skin. Combining treatments allows our team to address different parts of this vein problem, giving our patients optimal relief and circulation.
Our team at Florida Lakes Vein Center uses your symptoms, medical history, ultrasound findings, and vein anatomy to recommend the option that makes the most sense for you.
VenaSeal FAQs
Insurance coverage depends on the medical necessity of treating the vein, as well as what your insurance covers specifically. Since varicose veins can lead to further complications, many insurance companies do cover the cost of treatment.
To determine the medical necessity, we use venous ultrasounds to view the size of your vein and how well blood flows through it. This analysis can support insurance coverage.
No. Most patients return to daily activities after VenaSeal. In Fort Myers, your provider wraps your leg in a compression bandage after treatment, which you should keep on for 24 to 48 hours.
In addition, we recommend:
- Taking short walks to enhance circulation
- Avoiding baths, saunas, pools, and hot tubs
- Keeping the treated area protected from the sun
- Avoiding prolonged sitting or standing
- Taking anti-inflammatory medications as directed
After VenaSeal, you might experience a mild reaction to treatment. Our providers let you know that this is a normal part of healing and should be expected. These symptoms should subside on their own.
After your VenaSeal treatment, you might experience:
- Redness
- Warmth
- Swelling
- Bruising
- Itching
- Tenderness
- A pulling sensation
- Localized pain
For any of these side effects, you can take anti-inflammatory medications as directed. Within the first 48 hours after your appointment, you can use ice to soothe the area. After the first 48 hours, you can use a moist, warm compress.
If you have any questions about post-care, reach out to our team.
Most patients tolerate VenaSeal injections well, and often report feeling a slight pressure, a small pinch, or mild discomfort during the procedure.
Because VenaSeal does not use heat, we do not require numbing injections along the vein, but we can use a topical anesthetic if needed.
When scheduling treatment for VenaSeal in Fort Myers, our patients only need one appointment for the targeted vein. This makes VenaSeal an effective treatment that suits many lifestyles, and with no downtime, you can enhance your vascular health and get back to doing things you love quickly.
After VenaSeal closes the problem vein, blood gets redirected through healthier veins that can move it back toward the heart without pooling or discomfort.
The treated vein remains closed and gradually breaks down or becomes scar tissue as the body responds to the treatment. Your provider may use follow-up imaging to monitor the treated area and your circulation after your appointment for VenaSeal in Fort Myers.
The right treatment depends on your:
- Symptoms
- Vein anatomy
- Medical history
- Ultrasound findings
During your initial new patient appointment, we discuss everything we need to know about your current situation and health history. Then, we use ultrasound technology to evaluate the size, location, and degree of reflux in the vein to inform our treatment choice.
When administered correctly by an expert, VenaSeal permanently closes the treated problem vein.
However, treating one damaged vein does not prevent new varicose veins from developing elsewhere in the future. Factors such as genetics, age, pregnancy, and ongoing vein disease can affect other veins over time.
Our team might recommend follow-up care if you notice new swelling, aching, heaviness, or visible veins after treatment. A new evaluation can determine whether another vein has developed unhealthy blood flow and needs treatment with VenaSeal in Fort Myers.
About Florida Lakes Vein Center
Florida Lakes Vein Center helps patients find relief from varicose veins, spider veins, venous ulcers, and other circulation concerns.
Led by Dr. T.C. Lackey II, our team focuses on patient education, high-quality treatments, and long-term vein health. Dr. Lackey is a certified Varithena and VenaSeal trainer, which reflects our practice’s strong focus on leading vein treatments and expert technique.
Discover if VenaSeal Is Right for You
To see if VenaSeal can support your vascular health, use our vein screening tool and get expert recommendations from our team.
