This is just one of many patients who have traveled to the Joyce Vein & Aesthetic Institute in Punta Gorda, Florida. But you may wonder why a patient would travel such a distance from their home for vein treatment. Imagine suffering for many years with a leg ulcer that didn’t heal, even after extensive treatments by “vein treatment” physicians and wound care centers. Imagine living with constant agonizing pain and debilitating symptoms, spending your hard earned assets on wound care and treatment that doesn’t work and being unable to handle the duties of your job or enjoy your favorite activities, family and friends. This is actually what can and does happen to patients when they are mismanaged for their venous disease.
 
It is the primary reason why patients seeking venous leg ulcer treatment come [...]

This is a question that many patients with varicose veins don’t ask and don’t understand when they receive cosmetic varicose vein treatment.
Unfortunately, laser vein centers and doctors who have jumped on the bandwagon to offer cosmetic vein treatment will never tell you that this can happen. They are under no obligation to do so. Although they do a very good job at removing spider veins and varicose veins through laser treatment, they are not trained or equipped to diagnose and treat an underlying venous disease problem. 
 
How a vein treatment specialist is different from a cosmetic vein center and practitioner
A vein treatment specialist is a physician who is board certified in phlebology (venous disease).  When a patient comes in with varicose veins and complaints of leg [...]