Dr. Charles Mok shifted his practice from cosmetic treatments like Botox and fillers to focus on advanced venous disease. He describes a severe case where a patient's leg swelled massively with skin discoloration and faced limb loss, with no surgical options available.
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We had kind of two businesses back then. We still do. We had our sort of looking better on the outside business, which was Botox and fillers and some cosmetic lasers. And these things just developed over time. There's nothing available 25 years ago. And it really came in. The first 10 years of my practice were skin tightening devices, laser devices, intense pulse lights came out. Then we had our sick leg business that we were really kind of passionate about both of them. Then we sort of segued into treating sicker legs. So what happened? I had a patient come in that had not just varicose veins, but he had a leg almost the size of a big elephant leg, all discolored, skin breakdown. He was at risk for losing the leg because he had advanced vein disease, and there was really no surgical option for him. He wasn't a candidate.