Varicose veins are very swollen and raised above the surface of the skin. They are dark purple or blue in color, and can look like cords or very twisted and bulging. They are found most often on the backs of the calves or on the inside of the leg, anywhere from the groin to the ankle.
Spider veins are similar to varicose veins, but they are smaller, are often red or blue in color, and are closer to the surface of the skin than varicose veins. They can look like a tree branch or spider web with their short jagged lines. Spider veins can be found on both the legs and the face. They can cover either a very small or very large area of skin.
This advanced treatment lotion can not only strengthen vein walls, it helps boost circulation and can diminish the appearance of the veins. In addition to rutin, citrus bioflavonoid (Vitamin P) and grapeseed extract, we’ve added a potent hesperidins complex (a different form of Vitamin P). These ingredients have been clinically proven successful in the treatment of vascular degeneration. Robelyn Lab's has also included a special horse chestnut extract: very significant in promoting vein strength and integrity. This horse-chestnut extract contains 90% escin. It is the active ingredient in our formula to help aid circulation. It even helps combat the swelling of ankles and lower legs.
Aescin, the extract from the dried seeds of the horse-chestnut plant, strengthens blood vessel walls, helping to prevent veins from softening and bulging, says Joseph Pizzorno, Jr., Doctor of Naturopathy and founding president of Bastyr University of Naturopathic Medicine in Seattle. "Horse-chestnut seed extract also reduces inflammation associated with varicose veins and stimulates regeneration of damaged veins," he notes.
Vitamin P Flavonoids/Bioflavonoids
Most of the research on citrus bioflavonoids have used the flavonoid Rutin. Specifically, a combination of rutinosides called hydroxyethylrutosides (HER) has been used with impressive results. It has been used in the treatment of varicose veins, hemorrhoids, diabetic vascular disease, and diabetic retinopathy. One of the chief benefits of bioflavonoids is that they increase the blood flow through the small blood vessels. Mixed preparations of bioflavonoids are the most widely used and the cheapest, but are also the least active. Preparations containing pure rutin and hesperidin, or HER are the best.
Flavonoids/Bioflavonoids are accessory nutrients to form an ascorbic acid or Vitamin C complex. Rutin and hesperidin are part of this Vitamin P group and function synergistically with Vitamin C in regard to maintaining healthy capillaries, to help form collagen in connective tissue, and to help heal wounds. Rutin and Hesperidin share left/right-sided cell receptors and may be considered essential to human health. As a group with other polyphenols, flavonoids have been linked to reduced cardiovascular disease, cancer and osteoporosis.
de-mineralized water, glyceryl stearate, vegetable oil, myistyl stearate, hydrogenated oil, cetyl alcohol, citrus bioflavenoid complex, rutin (vitamin P), sodium ascorbate, lactic acid, polysorbate-20, grape seed extract, horse chestnut extract, soy protein, laneth - 10 acetate, methylparaben, propylparaben, xantham gum, diazolidinyl urea.
