When blood circulates around the body, it travels from the heart to the legs through arteries, then returns to the heart through veins.
Inside these veins, a one-way valve helps blood return to the upper parts of the body. If these valves begin to leak, and no longer operate as they should, blood begins to pool in the legs due to the force of gravity. When blood collects in this way, the veins become enlarged, discoloured, and can cause aching in the affected areas – these are known as varicose veins.
There are two options to ‘ablate’ or close your varicose veins. They both aim to close the faulty pathway that isn’t draining your leg correctly and re-route the flow through your good veins to improve the drainage, or venous circulation. For patients, this improves blood flow and reduces the pain and swelling caused by varicose veins. As a leading varicose vein clinic Auckland citizens have come to trust, we at Palm Clinic are always looking at new procedures to provide the best treatment possible.