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A few hundred mg bioflavanoids found in whole raw oranges and most other fruit.

It can also be a sign of high estrogen, especially since it happened after pregnancy. But estrogen merely increases the stress against them while bioflavanoids makes them stronger. So the main thing is to get bioflavanoids.

So, from the way you make it sound, bioflavanoids help PREVENT varicose veins. In making them stronger, does it decrease their size?

I do not have varicose veins, but I have spider veins heavily in one spot on the outsides of my thighs. I believe that is stress related too, but I cannot help being on my feet so much I am hoping that my daily MSM will help with the blood circulation in my legs, and I have Vitamin K that I am hoping will help. I think that almost the same treatments apply to spider veins as do to vericose veins, so you may want to try Vitamin K lotion (I bought from the Vitamin Shoppe) and MSM with me, Ariel!