John: YEAH.
STILL A CLASSIC.
WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING808".
THE VEIN AND SKIN CENTER OF
HAWAII IS HELPING US TO BE MORE
AWARE OF VEIN HEALTH AND TREM.
John: SO MUCH TO KNOW ABOUT
VEIN CARE.
AND DR. CHUNG HAS THE TECHNOLOGY
AND EXPERTISE.
VEIN AND SKIN CENTER OF HAWAII
JUST OFF THE KAPIOLANI
BOULEVARD.
WE'RE JOINED BY DR. CHUNG.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US ON "LIVING 808."
VEIN HEALTH VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S MORE OF A HEALTH ISSUE NOW.
A LOT OF PATIENTS DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS SOMETHING
THAT CAN BE A MEDICAL CAUSE.
EVERYBODY HAS VEINS.
John: WE'LL TRY TO GET BACK
TO THAT LATER.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO BREAK.
AND WE'LL COM BACK WITH MUCH,
MUCH MORE.
IT'S NATIONAL BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH.
HAWAII TELLS US ABOUT A NEW
FACILITY.
LATER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO
THE VEIN AND SKIN CENTER OF
HAWAII.
VEIN AVEIN AND SKIN CENTER OF HAWAII
OFF THE KAPIOLANI BOULEVARD.
WE'RE JOINED BY DR. CHUNG.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON
"LIVING 808."
VEIN HEALTH VERY IMPORTANT.
YES.
IT'S MORE OF A HEALTH ISSUE NOW.
A LOT OF PATIENTS DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS SOMETHING
THAT CAN BE A MEDICAL CAUSE.
EVERYBODY HAS VEINS ON THEIR
LEGS.
WHEN THEY START NOTICING BULGING
VEINS OR SPIDER VEIN OR THEY
COMPLAIN OF PAIN IN THEIR LEG.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE TIPOFFS,
THAT IT MIGHT BE MEDICALLY
SPIDER VEIN AND VARICOSE VEIN.
WHAT ARE VARICOSE VEIN.
CIRCULATION IN THE LEGS.
IT'S ABNORMAL.
NOT CIRCULATING TO YOUR HEART
VERY WILLIAM.
AND -- VERY WELL.
AND THEY CAN FEEL HEAVY, THAT HE
CAN CRAMP AND ACHE.
AS LONG TERM NEG LATE OF THIS
CONDITION CAN IS RESULT IN
HAVING SKIN ULCERS DEVELOP AND
CAUSING INABILITY TO WALK.
JUST YOUR DAILY CHORES AT HOME.
John: YOU CAN SEE VARICOSE
VEIN.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE BULGING.
HOW DO YOU TREAT THAT?
SO WHAT WE PURSUE IS THE
PATIENT COMES IN.
AFTER CONSULTATION, AFTER WE
DISCUSS WHAT MIGHT BE THE CAUSE
FOR THIS, WE DECIDE WHETHER OR
NOT WE NEED TO DO AN ULTRASOUND.
IT WILL SHOW US HOW SIRINGATION
IS -- CIRCULATION IS.
AFTER THE ULTRASOUND, WE
WHAT IS NEEDED.
AND IT CAN RANGE FROM SIMPLE
INJECTION OR WE CAN DO A
PROCEDURE WHICH IS I PLACE A
LASER INSIDE THE DISEASE VEIN.
AND WE PRETTY MUCH GET RID OF IT
THAT WAY.
AND IT'S LIKE REROUTING THE
PLUMBING.
SO IT ALLOWS MORE EFFICIENT
AND FOR THE BULGING VEIN, WE CAN
REMOVE AND MAKE IT MORE
APPEALING AFTER.
AND HELP WITH THE FLOW AS WELL.
John: SO GREAT POINTS FOR
TREATMENT.
HOW WOULD SOMEBODY KNOW ABOUT
VEIN CARE?
WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT KNOWING
ABOUT THE VEIN CARE?
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD SAY
MAJORITY OF MY PATIENTS COME IN
BECAUSE THEY DO SEE VISIBLE
VEINS.
MMOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY HAVE PAIN
IN THEIR LEGS.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE BEEN
SITTING FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY START FEELING MY LEGS DON'T
FEEL GOOD.
THEY'RE SWELLING.
I HAVE TO PROP MY LEGS UP.
IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT USUALLY PATIENTS
COME IN BECAUSE THEIR LEGS DON'T
FEEL NORMAL ANYMORE.
I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE
RESULTS.
NO MORE LEG CRAMPS AT NIGHT AS
VEIN.
I LIKED IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING
WAS DONE HERE AT THE DOCTOR'S
OFFICE.
IT DIDN'T MAKE MORE THAN AN HOUR
FOR THE WHOLE PROCEDURE.
DOCTOR WAS VERY CALMING.
HE WALKED ME THROUGH THE WHOLE
THING.
TALKED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
PROCEDURE.
THAT REALLY NEEDS IT BECAUSE I
DID IT AND IT WAS FINK.
John: I KNOW WE'RE IN YOUR
OFFICE.
SOMEBODY STARTS TO SEE THE VEIN.
STARTS TO FEEL THE PAIN FROM THE
VEIN.
HOW DO THEY CHOOSE A DOCTOR?
WHAWHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?
MOST IMPORTANTLY IS WE DO GET
REFERRALS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IMPORTANT GO
TO OUR WEBSITE, LOOK AT OUR
CREDENTIALS.
DOCTORS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON
VEINS THAT HAVE PASSED EXAMS.
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO
LOOK AT.
I WOULD SAY THAT WHO DOES THE
ULTRASOUND IN THE OFFICE?
IS IT THE PHYSICIAN OR TEG
THINGTHINGS -- TECHNICIAN?
I DO ALL MY ALL TRA SOUNDS FOR
THE LAST TEN YEARS SO I KNOW
WHAT I'M TREATING.
IT'S CAS CASE BY CASE.
John: VI VEIN AND SKIN CENTER
OF HAWAII.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU.
John: SOME OF THE VIDEO
MIGHT BE GRAPHIC BUT WE WANT
ENTAILS.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PATIENTS
SAY IT'S WORTH IT.
IF YOU SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER,
AMAZING DIFFERENCE.
John: REALLY AMAZING.