i have these thick red spiderlike veins coming out from my thighs since i started doing squats. what are these? how do i get rid of them?

edit: i googled and i believe these are stretch marks..

This post has been edited by vetkin_gray: Nov 30 2010, 04:34 PM

It's called getting the pump. Or at least it should be what you're experiencing. And it also means you've got really low BF%.

Edit: Wait, red? Could be stretch marks, in that case. Veins aren't red.

This post has been edited by -Dan: Nov 29 2010, 07:24 PM

Pics or they never happened.

i hv green veins on my calfs...i dun think it's a case of low BF...i remember reading somewhere it's a medical condition......

i'm in office in long pants...odd to 'lift' up my pants for a pic of my hairy hairy legs...LoL

i have those too. cant b helped have learned to ignore them.

This post has been edited by LadyVanity: Nov 30 2010, 11:55 AM

i googled and i believe these are stretch marks..

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/getting-rid...-on-thighs.html

Sounds like stretch marks to me too

spider veins (dilated capillary veins) should look like these



vs stretchmarks



hope the pics help u to identify which problem you have... both are equally common in bodybuilding.

Meh, stretchmarks are such a depressing sight. Especially on your own body.

I have stretch mark all over my body , shoulder, chest, tummy, bicep

i think i have both spider veins and stretch marks on my thighs. the stretch marks are definitely more obvious though..

are they permanent? how do you get rid of them..

Should I stop doing squats? Since I only got them since I started doing squats.

This post has been edited by vetkin_gray: Dec 1 2010, 01:32 AM

the only thing u can do to get rid of them is to do cosmetic surgery. i have them on my upper arms and stomach. when i was 14yo my height only 165 but with 92kgs.. sigh

stretchmarks can be lightened up with vitamin E creams and such. i had lots of stretchmarks frm the days when i was obese but now they r much better n barely noticeable...

spider veins unfortunately the only way is by laser or cosmetic surgery.

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Added on December 1, 2010, 12:30 pmand noooooo dont stop doing squats!!! stretchmarks to me are a small problem. i get stretchmarks on my armpit-chest area sometimes but its really not too bad after awhile. i believe u shldnt stop training cos of something so trivial

This post has been edited by LadyVanity: Dec 1 2010, 12:30 PM

definitely dont stop training because of those minor probs.. if u r talking about a beach body its better to be smooth n clean look

Stretch-marks gained from lifting heavy and having muscular growth is badass..

+1

envy at u i believe u dont have these problems and you're one lucky person

Uh, what? I have stretch marks all over my back, so much so that it looks like I've been whipped. I have stretch marks around my thighs. And I have stretch marks just below my shoulders around my armpits.

that serious? i have some underarms and on stomach caused by last time too fat!!

i have spider veins from squats too =( tho they did disapear when i stopped bodyweight squatting awhile ago.tho mine are not as darkened as the ic provided above,more greenish tinge..can't be low BF% as my BMI is sllightly overweight or was iit bordering normal and overweight,but bottomline is im not lean at all.anyone knows why coz they onlly appear after i do squats/exert mmy thigh muscles for a period of time