We normally take copious care in all the details of booking our holidays and far flung adventures, but have you given any thought to the health of your veins during your flight?

In the past it has been tricky for phlebologists and health professionals to define vein disorders because of the range and severity of symptoms.

On February 23rd – 24th in Sydney, Dr Peter Paraskevas attended the BioBridge Asia-Pacific Conference 2018 “Generation Regeneration”.

From 4th to 8th February, the Australasian College of Phlebology hosted the XVIII UIP World Congress of Phlebology in Melbourne.

We’ve welcomed the new year and our wonderful Aussie summer is well underway. The shorts, skirts, and summer dresses are out in force, perhaps exposing varicose veins again.

Many women first notice varicose veins while pregnant and may experience symptoms like muscle cramps at night, heaviness in the legs, aching, swelling, pain, or even itching and dermatitis in the legs.

At the recent Australasian College Cosmetic Surgeon’s Workshop in Basic Sclerotherapy, our own Dr Peter Paraskevas presented a morning of lectures and an afternoon of patient cases.

It’s a myth that varicose veins are only a cosmetic concern. Varicose veins left untreated can lead to complications which are very real health concerns.

If you’ve considered having your problem varicose or spider veins treated, you may have read that all the treatments result in the vein being essentially blocked off and removed, causing blood to be rerouted elsewhere.