Time to pain-free activities varies among individuals but usually occurs within a few months. Check back with your treating doctor if you don't feel steady, gradual improvement.

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You should return to the treating physician for an evaluation. He/She can run tests (ultrasound and physical exam) to determine the source of your pain.

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Sometimes it may take up to 6 months for the pain to completely resolve following laser surgery. Everyone is different, so some people will have no pain after the procedure and some might have pain for that full 6 months. As long as you are having follow up appointments with your physician and everything looks good, then it is just normal discomfort.

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Every patient tolerates pain and heals at a different rate. Without knowing the exact nature of your pain, I can't really say if it's to be expected. There are some studies that suggest the laser vein ablation can cause more post-procedural pain, swelling, and bruising. However, despite that, laser and radiofrequency ablation have equal long-term efficacy in terms of vein closure success. In my experience, some people complain of a tightness along the inner thigh if they had the great saphenous vein treated. A chord may also be felt in the treated area, which is the remnant of the ablated vein. Both of those issues will go away in time, but it may take many months. The body will soften the ablated vein in time. Stretching may help.

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Try wrapping the sore area before you run, for this could lessen or eliminate the pain you experience. Compression helps in this regard while the healing process takes place and prevents reopening of the vein.

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What you are experiencing is not unusual following laser vein surgery. It sounds like the pain and discomfort will gradually improve over the next month or two. Still, you should discuss this with your treating physician and ask to be evaluated.

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I have seen this complaint before and it is unusual but not uncommon. Most of the time post-laser healing occurs in about 2 weeks. I have found that with the new l470 wavelength lasers, the post-op discomfort is at a minimum as opposed to the older 800, 860 and 940 wavelength lasers. It would be nice to know what type of laser was used. It would be extremely rare for this problem to go on over 3 months. You should certainly follow up with your treating physician. Heat and anti-inflammatories may help.

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