Hello Sue and thank you very much for the very detailed response! This was much more than I expected and very helpful! Everything makes sense, especially the horizontal bands where my socks are. I started the AmLactin after receiving your response.
The only thing that baffles me is how long I have had this… it’s been at least three years that I can recall and as I said, some days are worse than others but it’s always there.
A little more background: I was in the Marine Corps for 30 years and got out in Dec 2014. For all that time, whenever I wore boots I used ‘blousing bands’ which were basically cloth rubber bands at the top of my boots to hold my trouser legs closed there (to avoid bugs etc from getting up there). This was a required thing to do. Often when I got home there would be a groove around the area where the band had been all day, about 8 inches up my calves. Not to mention I was often carrying heavy loads while I had the circulation to/from my feet constricted like this.
As I have gotten older I realize this was a very bad idea for a uniform item… I also wonder if this has contributed to the neuropathy problems in my feet as well as this persistent Schamberg’s disease?
Thanks very much for your response! It was greatly appreciated!