But a new procedure, available for the first time in North Texas, can help. Hours everyday on her feet helped aggravate a condition Tammy Castillo had long suffered with, varicose veins. Traditionally, varicose veins are entirely removed from the leg. It is often a painful surgery with recovery time lasting more than a month. But a new procedure uses radio frequency to get rid of varicose veins.
Doctors insert a catheter into the vein.
Radio frequency heat then collapses the vein from within. The results are, veins essentially vanish. Dallas vascular surgeon Human Kakish finds it a better alternative to vein stripping. Castillo had the Closure procedure done a few weeks ago. Her scars are expected to fade and the huge veins in her legs are gone.