Skin burns blood clots nerve damage darkening of skin bleeding infections.
Venefit procedure side effects.
The venefit procedure utilizes radiofrequency rf energy to heat and contract the collagen found.
After having an abd and pelvic ct and.
Side effects can include medication allergy abnormal inflammatory response of the tissues surrounding the treatment site infections chronic pain injury to adjacent blood vessls injury to adjacent soft tissues or organs.
The venefit procedure previously known as the vnus closure procedure offers patients an efficient non surgical alternative for treating varicose veins to improve the skin s appearance and to reduce health risks related to large varicose veins.
All surgeries and procedures bring some risk.
Possible complications of include infection numbness skin burn perforation of blood vessels pulmonary embolism and thrombosis.
Vnus closure drs ruled out embolus essentially told me it did not have anything to do with the procedure.
Description of the venefit closurefast procedure.
Although rare we still like to discuss these potential side effects with patients before treatment.
Other less serious but potential risks include.
Symptoms such as leg aching cramping swelling itching and fatigue tend to resolve completely.
While most patients experience only minimal pain bruising and scarring from venefit more serious side effects occasionally happen.
Patients may expect a small amount of bruising that goes away after a few days or weeks.
Results of the procedure.
About 3 weeks later i started having pain in my right lower quadrant.
Cellulitis infection skin burn some blood loss bruising mild pain and numbness tingling in the treated area.
Swelling or aching in your legs after standing itching or tingling sensations redness swollen ropy looking veins and even open sores on your feet or ankles.
I wore the support hose for 2 weeks after.
The result is probably all too familiar to you.
Recovery from venefit is very fast with many patients resuming their normal activities the next day.
The cosmetic appearance of the leg veins improve but other therapies may be necessary to resolve the abnormal cosmetic appearance of the damaged veins.
I had a vnus closure procedure done mar 27.