No it does not hurt when performed by experienced vascular surgeons.

Enrico Ascher, M.D.
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Thank you for asking me. Laser treatment of varicose veins when used for ablation of incompetent veins doesn't hurt provided that appropriate local anesthesia is administered and a sedative can also be given if necessary. Different is the use of surface laser for treatment of spider veins, a procedure that can be performed using cooling technology and which then causes minimal or no discomfort during the procedure. I hope this answers your question.

Yes, all Surgery hurts.