Back in the days of the traveling circus, there was always a booth where a huckster would be shouting: Let me guess your age! If he came within five years, he took your money and you received a small consolation prize. It was later confirmed that these hucksters selected older women who were easy targets to lose their money because the tell-tale sign was the varicose and spider veins in the persons arms, hands and legs. Where to go for varicose vein treatments were not well known in those early days.