Timeless Beauty

If only compression stockings are as sexy as these. Image via Wikipedia Remember when I wrote that article on having large veins on the back of my hands ? Although there are many solutions for those large veins on one's hands, the solutions for varicose veins on one's legs may not be as simple. Some solutions may require surgery and hospitalization. Others may only need a special lotion and wearing special stockings, which you can easily buy online. Compression stockings online have different types: gradient and anti-embolism. Gradient compression stockings are worn by patients that can still walk, while anti-embolism compression stockings (or TED stockings) are worn by non-ambulatory patients. Both stockings are looser at the top than around the ankles to encourage blood circulation and to lessen pressure of blood in the veins. Compression stockings are mostly worn by medical patients, but you can also wear them if you have a problem with blood circulation as shown by b...

Image by Paul Garland via Flickr I think I need a quick hand job badly... Since my adolescence I have already noticed large veins sticking out under my skin on the backs of my hands. The rule that anyone can tell one's age from the back of his or her hands is wrong when applied to me. I already had these large veins since high school! They are as prominent now as they were before. Now I have aged, but I am not thin anymore. Yet, the large veins remain visible. They lose their size when I lift my hands and the blood rush back down my arms. Sometimes, it's fascinating to watch how the back of my hands change in appearance when I lift them up and then put them down in front of me. I searched around the web for some solutions, but most articles refer to anti aging treatments because they believe these veins only appear as we age. Bollocks! I have had them since I was ten! Some people had the same problem, but not because of aging. They were too thin or had lost fat on tha...