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Byline: Gabriella Boston, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The beach and pool season is approaching fast, and many people are sweating in the gym in order to look their best in swim trunks and bikinis. The 25 to 50 million Americans with swollen, twisted varicose veins, however, can't exercise away a condition that can be both an eyesore and a pain.
Varicose veins are abnormally swollen and bulging veins, most often found in the legs. Faulty valves in the veins or weak vein walls cause the bulging.
"A large segment of the population wants to go to the beach or wear shorts during the summer, and they may feel embarrassed about varicose veins," says Dr. Kenneth Moresco, an interventional radiologist who treats varicose veins at Inova Alexandria Hospital. "It's like a skin deformity."
However, very few patients with varicose veins decide to have their faulty veins removed, Dr. Moresco says.
Some people don't have them removed because they think it's only natural to have aching legs at the end of the day. Others say they elect not to have them removed because they have heard horror stories about stripping, the traditional vein-removal method, which is known to be painful and requires weeks of recovery, Dr. Moresco says.
He and a few other local doctors now offer a less invasive treatment that takes 30 minutes and...
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