Eighty patients with diabetes and lower extremity edema will be recruited. Upon ensuring enrollment criteria are met, baseline edema (as measured by circumference of foot, ankle and calf), ankle brachial index (ABI), skin perfusion pressure, and cutaneous fluid level (as measured by MoistureMeter) will be assessed. Subjects will then be provided four pairs of socks. Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 distribution to receive either the mild compression diabetic socks or a standard diabetic sock. They will return for four weekly follow up visits.