Laser Therapy for Leg Veins

Laser therapy for leg veins is one moment on a longer path. This page covers that moment and the ones around it.

The stage addressed here is the decision before treatment and the treatment day itself. Readers with spider veins can pair this page with the published guide to laser therapy for spider veins.

What happens during treatment

The American Academy of Dermatology says that during laser treatment, your dermatologist directs the laser light at the vein. That sentence defines the treatment moment. Plan your questions around it: what to settle before it, and what to review after it.

Where laser sits on the longer path

For the longer view, the American Academy of Dermatology's guide Leg veins: Why they appear and how dermatologists treat them is the broader read on leg veins and the dermatologist's role.

Questions to settle with your dermatologist

Ask what the clinician expects to see after treatment. Ask how they will judge whether the vein responded. Ask what they would plan next if it did not.

Planning past the laser

Do not treat laser as the end of the story. Keep a dermatologist in the picture, so someone qualified looks at any change in your legs. The published list of vein treatments is where to look when you compare what could follow.