Spider veins, commonly found on the face and legs, are caused by
the dilation of a small group of blood vessels near the skin’s
surface. They often look like red, blue or purple lines, sunbursts
or web patterns. When they occur on the face these spider veins,
also called telangiectasias, may be related to chronic sun exposure
or exposure to extremes of temperature. They tend to occur on
either the nose or cheeks of fair skinned people.
Laser Spider Veins Treatment of facial spider veins is the
treatment of choice. Laser spider vein treatment may cause minor
bruising which usually improves within a week, but often, recovery
is immediate. Two to four treatments may be required to achieve
your desired result.
Laser Vein Removal Lasers
We two different lasers for spider vein removal. The combination of
different lasers allows us to give you the safest most effective
treatment. We use longer wavelength lasers ( 1064 or 810 diode
laser) for larger deeper veins and a shorter wavelength laser (532
KTP laser) for smaller more superficial veins. The laser treatment
works by passing light through the skin heating up the blood in the
vessel causing thermocoagulation of the vessel. The clogged vessel
is then slowly absorbed by the body.
Laser Spider Vein Treatments
During laser spider vein treatment, the laser is applied to the
skin over your spider veins. The laser light is absorbed by the red
veins and causes your spider veins to coagulate and
shrink.Treatments do not require sedatives, pain medications, or
injections of local anesthetic. Immediately following treatment,
spider veins will be darker and more visible. Over two to six
weeks, your spider veins usually fade. After each treatment, you
will see a significant improvement in the appearance of face spider
veins and leg spider veins. An average of three treatments will be
required.
