These socks are the best compression socks on the market! I buy 8 pair end of dec or first of july beciase they are half off. I recomend these socks to all my patients and if you were to ask one of them they would say I even print out the first page of the website with all the info. They would also tell you how much I harp on them to get them to wear them. I tell them the socks go on as soon as you wake up and before your feet hit the floor. They come off right before bed. I have been thanked many times for being a pain in the but and stuing on them untill they do. On a side note most people dont like wearing these compressoon socks because they cant get them on. Well...there is a trick. Before you put your sock on put baby powder on your leg and some in your sock and it will slide right on every time.