| Many women have those embarrassing purple, | | | | of the thigh, calf, or other part of your leg can |
| blue, or red squiggly lines running down their legs. | | | | often look like a spiderâs web. Some |
| They are called spider veins, and they often | | | | people also refer to them as |
| make women feel self-conscious about exposing | | | | âstarburstsâ because they |
| their legs. These unsightly marks often show up | | | | usually generate from a single point and branch |
| during pregnancy, when there is a tremendous | | | | out. |
| shift in hormones. But no one is immune really, | | | | These marks may go by different names, but |
| and even men can get them. | | | | they are caused by the same things--abnormal |
| Spider veins gained their name because of their | | | | blood flow and a weakening of the blood vessels |
| shape. The lines that appear just under the skin | | | | themselves. |