The underlying cause of a venous ulcer, venous insufficiency, can now be cured. I suffered with the same ulcers for eight years just being managed with compression hose and going back and forwards to a wound clinic. I eventually went to a specialist vein clinic in London and had a full Endovenous Duplex Ultrasound Vein Mapping Scan to have the incompetent veins identified. I then had Endovenous Laser Ablation Therapy (EVLT) together with Transluminal Occlusion of Perforators, followed by the necessary eight week gap with Ultrasound Guided Foam Sclerotherapy. This was in 2018, was the best money I ever spent and I haven’t looked back since. No more of those horrendous compression stockings.