Venous disease represents one of the most common medical problems. It often involves painful, bulging unsightly blue veins on the legs. Unfortunately, these problems won’t get better without treatment. Before searching for a Chicago vein clinic, let’s take a look at the two most common forms of superficial vein disease: spider veins and varicose veins…. Read More…
What is VenaSeal® Vein Treatment?
VenaSeal® is an effective treatment for chronic superficial venous insufficiency, the underlying cause of many varicose veins. VenaSeal® uses a state-of-the-art medical glue to seal those veins that have improper blood flow. It has been approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and is a safe, minimally-invasive procedure. The varicose vein treatment involves the insertion… Read More…
What’s In A Name for a Chicago Area Vein Doctor’s Practice?
For me, being a doctor is really a privilege. I go to work each day in my Chicago area clinic devoted to treating varicose and spider veins on the legs, looking forward to seeing patients and helping them have legs that feel and look better. I have to admit it, but I actually have fun… Read More…
Treating Varicose Veins with Foam Sclerotherapy
Varicose veins…those bulging, annoying and often painful veins… commonly appear on the legs. While you can’t wish them away or make them disappear with a lotion or cream…foam sclerotherapy might be an effective solution to finally and permanently rid your legs of varicose veins. How Can Foam Sclerotherapy Help You? Foam sclerotherapy is a popular… 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: 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…
