I AM SUFFERING FROM varicose VENOUS VEINS PROBLEMS AND ONE OR TWO ULCERS HAV erupted. ON DOING COLOUR doppler IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT THERE ARE 3 INCOMPETENTENT PERFORATORS 1) JUST ABOVE ANKLE, MEDIAL HOFFAS3. 4 MM 2) T2 perforation, IN THE CALF 2.7 MM 3) T 2 perforation WEAK JUST BELOW KNEE, 3 MM LEFT LOWER LIMB HOFFAS perforation, 1.7 MM, 2 INCHES ABOVE ANKLE 2) T 2 perforation, 6 INCHES ABOVE 2.1 MM WHEN THE WOUND/ULCER erupts PAIN IS THERE. I CLEAN THE SAME WITH DETTOL. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION & betadine SOLUTION. THEN APPLY BETADINE OINTMENT IS APPLIED ON THE WOUND/S. ONCE THE SOLUTION IS DRIED UP I APPLY vaseline WITH aloevera ON ALL PARTS EXCEPT ON THE WOUNDS AND ALLOW TO DRY THE vaseline. THEN I PUT A BANDAGE ON THE WOUNDS AND PUT CRAPE BANDAGE ON BOTH THE LEGS FROM ANKLE TO KNEE. COLOUR CHANGES ALREADY IS THERE AND SOME TIME SWELLING ALSO APPEAR. ONCE I TAKE DUE CARE THINGS ARE UNDER CONTROL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER ANY REMEDY OTHER THAN SURGERY. IS THERE ANY MEDICINE WITH PROVEN RECOVERY FOR THIS PROBLEM. IF SO PLEASE INFORM. REGARDS.