When you have varicose or spider veins, it may be difficult to get excited about a day at the beach or a new pair of shorts. Not only do these veins affect you personally, but they are also sometimes painful and can lead to other health problems. Non-surgical vein treatments are safe, affordable and convenient… Read More…
Reasons to Consider Varicose Vein Treatment
If you are one of the many people that have varicose veins, you have likely wondered about the best way to eliminate them. On the other hand, you may have settled on the idea that they are something that you will just learn to live with. If this is the case, however, you may want… Read More…
Rosen Vein Care Lectures: Sclerotherapy
Definitive treatment for spider veins involves injections. Some will claim that superficial lasers or radiofrequency generators can do the job…but, in my opinion…based on experience…I would recommend starting with sclerotherapy first and use those other modalities as a last resort or to treat veins too small to enter with a needle. Sclerotherapy Centuries old, the… Read More…
Rosen Vein Care Lectures: Varicose Vein Treatments Part 3: Clarivein®
Wow… a three-parter. Makes me think of “3-Peat”, which makes me think of the glory days of Da Bulls. I’d like to think of myself as the Michael Jordan of vein docs here in my arena at Rosen Vein Care, conveniently located in Northbrook. About the closest I’ll ever come to making a slam-dunk is… Read More…
Rosen Vein Lectures: Vein Treatments, Part 2
Long before my career as a vein doc performing varicose and spider vein treatments in the North suburbs of Chicago began, I worked a series of jobs and volunteered for many organizations around Chicagoland before and during my undergrad years: Lifeguard, delivering meals-on-wheels for the elderly, crisis hotline counselor, keyboardist in a band, operating room assistant…. Read More…
Rosen Vein Lectures: Treatment Options, part 1
As a Chicago native and a successful North Suburban transplant, I’m a vein doctor that has seen some pretty significant changes happen around Chicagoland over the years. But all of the political, socioeconomic and demographic changes pale by comparison to the significant technological breakthroughs that have rolled into town over the past decade.
RosenVeinLecture 104,Pt2: Why Bad Veins Happen To Good People
Venous Pathophysiology, Part 2 The whole of the Chicagoland area…including Northbrook where Rosen Vein Care is located…was once burdened by a sheet of glacial ice that oppressively flowed southward from Wisconsin. But hey…that’s just a theory. It’s not as if there was a video camera catching the evidence as it happened over hundreds of thousands… Read More…
Rosen Vein 104:Pathophysiology or “Veins Gone Wild!”,Part 1
Venous Pathophysiology, Part 1: The North Suburbs of Chicago seems an idyllic place. Great schools. Lovely parks. The beautiful state-of-the-art Rosen Vein Care office in The Professional Plaza at Northbrook Court. But despite all the local trappings and amenities, we live in an imperfect world. The second year of med school deals with learning about… Read More…
Rosen Vein Lecture 103:Leg Vein Physiology(How veins work)
Some people living in Chicago and the Chicagoland Suburbs who happen to suffer from varicose and spider veins take comfort in the fact that for 8-9 months out of the year it’s too cold to wear shorts…and therefore they can avoid wearing shorts along with everyone else around them. This just illustrates one of… Read More…
