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Could purple veins be impaired blood flow due to the ruptured implant I had then? (Photos)

PIPsqueak121Sep 9, 2018
Hi, approx. 2-3 years after implant I noticed ugly purple veins creeping along the underside of my breasts. I had implants (PIP) in 2008 and had many problems healing, infection, etc. These awful looking creepers are around the scars and also in the region of a strawberry mark I've developed in the the last few years!?! My go said it was normal spider veins? Could it be impaired blood flow due to the ruptured implant I had then? Please tell me what could have caused them and what can be done?

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