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[tainted_love___]

I had what I thought was a bruise on my leg that hadn't gone away, and still has been there for at least 5-6 weeks. My doctor looked at it, shined a light on it, and she told me it was varicose veins/spider veins. But I looked at pictures online, and it doesn't look anything like those. They are not lines or anything like that. It's just a round,

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[justmadabout]

I have a big spider veins covering my ankle that looks like bruising - from an old injury - like a bruise that never heals, and that's apparently spider veins. The bruise-look has spread and got a lot more noticeable with pregnancy, and the area still gets a bit swollen and feels bruised all the time. I think I hit my leg about 7 years ago.

I have a few smaller clusters that have appeared or got worse with pregnancy too. They pretty obviously look like capillaries except from a distance. I'm secretly hoping they might not look so bad when I've had the baby - and wish some of the supposedly miracle vein-away treatments were safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding. I'm just trying to ignore them and my vanity in the meantime.

Think positively, maybe it is a bruise that's taking a long time to disappear. Anaemia can do that.

[tainted_love___]

Thank you everyone for your answers!! :) Thankfully I only have the one so far. I bought Futuro support hose and my legs aren't achy at work anymore, so maybe this will help!