Malcolm in the Middle Actress Demands Varicose Veins Be Hidden
Jane Kaczmarek is a television actress who is best known for her role as Lois on the television show
Malcolm in the Middle. You may know who she is but did you know that she once had a problem with
varicose veins and that she demanded that everything possible be done to make sure that those veins did not show up on the show?
After having one of her children, she returned to the show before her body had completely bounced back from the pregnancy. She was still slightly overweight and body conscious because of it. She also had varicose veins caused by the pregnancy. You can imagine that she wasn't thrilled to find out that she would be in a bathing suit on set. She demanded that she be allowed to wear compression stockings under the suit and a sarong on top of it to keep the audience from seeing the problem.
In real life, of course, we don't have these luxuries. You can't wear compression stockings to go swimming without looking utterly ridiculous. But we do have choices available to us for the treatment of varicose veins so that we don't have to deal with this problem. Of course, in the case of pregnancy-induced varicose veins, there's a good chance that they'll go away on their own but you can always consult a doctor in case they don't.
Question of the Day: Was Jane Kaczmarek right in demanding that her TV audience not be allowed to see her varicose veins?photo link
