As the cold of winter fades, spring brings a fresh sense of renewal—and for many, it’s the first time in months they’ll be showing off their legs again.

legs fills you with dread ... They're also sometimes called 'spider veins' or 'broken veins', although the veins aren't infact broken but only slightly enlarged. The medical term for them is ...

Known as varicose veins, these blood vessels, which return blood from the legs to the heart, are actually a more superficial system. The real, working venous system for the legs lies deeper ...

Broken capillaries, also known as spider veins, are dilated red, purple or blue blood vessels that appear near the skin’s surface in a weblike pattern, usually on the legs or the face.

She explained that the veins in our legs must work against gravity to return ... and that leads to more fluid build-up, broken capillaries and varicose veins.” Compression stockings, also ...

Varicose veins occur when the one-way valves in the veins in your legs grow weak. This causes venous insufficiency or improper blood flow from your limbs upward to your heart. Blood then pools in ...

There’s a common belief that crossing your legs can lead to varicose veins: the enlarged, blue or purple veins that often develop just below the skin in our legs. Varicose veins are caused by ...