Prominent veins on your arms and hands are not a major health issue. Their function is simply to carry blood back from the hands to the heart. Large bulging veins on the backs of your hands occur because your skin relaxes and thins. There are a few reasons why the hand skin loses elasticity, but age is the most common one. This condition does not usually cause pain, but the veins do become more noticeable, and due to their bluish color they can change the overall coloration of hands.

Visible arm and hand veins are also very typical with athletes – it is quite normal for veins to bulge when you exercise, and if you have a low body fat percentage of 8% or less, you veins will naturally become more prominent. Veins which are about 4-5 millimeters in diameter and straight will not be problematic in most cases. Despite the fact that they’re harmless to health, extremely prominent arm veins might look sexy on a masculine body, but on a woman maybe not so much… What do you think?

Madonna

As the best-selling female recording artist of all time with over 300 million records sold worldwide, this ‘Queen of Pop’ has always had arms that a guy could envy her. Fortunately or unfortunately, with so much exercise – and we all know Madonna is addicted to it – and increasing age comes the price in the form of twisting arm veins.

Meg Ryan

There has been a lot of buzz lately about this When Harry Met Sally star and her plastic surgeries. Whether they’re true or not, Meg Ryan still keeps her body in great shape – but as she’s growing old, her arm veins are growing bigger.

Chris Hemsworth

The Australian actor best known for his portrayal of Thor in various Marvel Universe movies was named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine in 2014. We couldn’t but agree – Chris’s body is impeccable and even his arm veins make him somehow look even sexier…

Sylvester Stallone

The American actor became famous in the late 1970s for his role as Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series, as well as numerous other action movies. He always had to keep his body in great physical shape for his roles and even now at the age of almost 70, he looks amazing. But you can’t  cheat on time – Stallone’s skin is now definitely thinner and more relaxed than it used to be which makes his arm veins a little too obvious…