Although medical elastic stockings are one of the important means to prevent and treat varicose veins of the lower extremities, it must be clearly recognized that varicose veins of the lower extremities are irreversible. Many manufacturers' slogans such as radical cure and never recurrence are definitely false propaganda. At the same time, medical elastic stockings want to achieve the expected results not overnight, but a long-term process. Of course, you don’t have to wear it 24 hours a day, take it off at night and get up again the next day.
Like other treatments, medical elastic stockings also have their contraindications. Because medical elastic stockings add extra pressure to the lower extremities, patients with lower extremity atherosclerotic obliterans may aggravate the ischemic symptoms of lower extremities and severely lead to ischemic necrosis of the limbs; in addition, acute inflammation of the skin or active ulcers It also needs to be used with caution or as prescribed by a doctor.