Thank you. My hat is off to both you and my daughter. LV is definitely not for the faint of heart. My daughter, Angel, has had three of the ablations done at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland California over the course of the summer. The last one was just done three weeks ago. I am happy to report she is doing extremely well. I shared your post with her and she typed this reply for me to share."Stripping is how they used to do it. Essentially, the goal in both procedures is the same....
To stop blood from flowing through inefficient veins, and cause it to reroute to veins that work better . That being said, how do we keep these efficient veins from going bad? The answer is compression while upright and elevation when you're sitting.
Only time will tell if the laser ablation has proven to reduce the reoccurrence of the ulcers. The only thing I know for sure, is that compression helped me heal and at this point, the stockings give me hope that I'll be able to continue standing behind the styling chair ."
All the best to you msmerry