DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 33-year-old waitress. I’m on my feet at work from 6 am to 3 pm six days a week. I’m in good health, have a yearly check up, get one cold a year, and have annual dental cleanings. I feel fine, though I should get more exercise. I’m 5’10” and 160 pounds. I have never smoked, don’t drink and have never used “substances”. My legs feel and look fine with no veins or capillaries showing and they are pretty shapely, if I do say so myself.

A woman about my age joined our wait staff about a year ago. She seems to be pretty much like me. She wears medical compression hosiery for prophylactic reasons and encouraged me to do so, too. She assured me that no matter how healthy I am and feel, I’d feel even better wearing them, given our common denominator of waitressing.
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