My doctor told me that having varicose veins is a progressive vein disease so it is normal to see new ones popping up. A new vein has popped out right where there was an incision.
You should consider Sclerotherapy as an alternative to (Micro)Phebectomy. When veins are treated by Sclerotherapy, the entire length of the vein is targeted along with tributaries - they should all respond and disappear. (Micro)Phlebectomy involves surgically removing only segments of the varicose veins - those segments of veins are left behind may appear on the skin, and progress.
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There is no timeline to your question. Yes, it's progressive, but this is generally over years.
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Varicose veins may present in clusters. Varicosities may recur or persist over time.
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This can be progression, recurrence or incomplete treatment. A detailed Duplex ultrasound) of your leg veins should be performed by a certified vascular testing center.
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May have been missed at the original operation.
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May be a local tributary or a perforator vein with high pressures
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It is possible to have new veins to show up on skin after phlebectomy. However, typically, it does not happen immediately after the procedure. If new varicose veins start showing after phlebectomy, it is best to do another ultrasound to see if a source of these new varicosities can be identified before doing another procedure. After carefully mapping the venous system and treating the right veins, chances of recurrence can be reduced substantially.
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If microphlebectomy is the only procedure that was performed, then your treatment was incomplete. Vein disease is an inherited disorder of your vein structure. Therefore, the likelihood that the removal of a couple of feet of vein structure addresses your vein issues is very low. The reason you see new veins popping up so quickly is because they never addressed the bulk of you vein issues. It is true that vein disease is progressive. This means that the more you have the faster you develop it. So taking out a couple of feet of vein structure our of yards of abnormal vein structure, really did nothing. You really need to have your entire leg addressed from inside out. This will make your legs feel better and look better, while at the same time slowing down the progression of your vein issues. One treatment does not cut it. Find a vein doc who treats the entire leg and not just a couple of visible ropey veins.
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You need a complete ultrasound of both legs laying down and standing by a qualified ultrasonographer looking to see where does your problem start and how severe is it. That will dictate how to treat it.
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If you have varicose veins, then you should have had a venous ultrasound with reflux evaluation before the microphlebectomies since varicose veins are usually do to malfunctioning valves of the saphenous system of veins. If the valves were abnormal then they should have been treated before the microphlebectomies. If you had a normal ultrasound then I find it hard to believe that new varicose veins have formed in the same location. See a vein specialist.
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