varicose veins

Anyone have bad varicose veins and have them improve with WLS?  I can't see mine through the fat but I imagine that after they will look terrible but perhaps feel better?

Would love to hear others stories...

THANKS!

-maggie

have been over weight for a long time and have  had varicose veins for just a long.had to have a vein stripping but in the 80"s.and now with the weight loss you can really see them. I'm not having any pain in my legs I saw a specialist for my veins and he has me wearing Jobst stocking for them and I had a ultra sound to check them out I will need surgery again at some time but with the weight loss and the jobst  I hope to not need any surgery on my legs soon. they look like ropes on my legs and my legs swell with out the jobst but I don't have leg pain and I walk two hours a day. and I move so much better with out the weight . the vein are not fun to look at but they would be there with or with out the weight loss so I'll Take the weight loss. and I think I'll have fewer problems with them with the weight gone. and as far as looks oh well good thing I not vein....LOL

I had bad varicose veins and they got worse in terms of how they looked after weight loss.  They didn't hurt worse though.  I had them stripped because they were nasty, nasty, terrible.  That surgery wasn't bad at all and it was covered by my insurance.

That's good to know, Lori because I've heard horror stories about how painful it can be.  Has anyone had the new laser surgery for them?  Just curious. 

Does the laser do the same thing as stripping?

Also thanks so much for sharing your stories.  I really appreciate it!