‘Broken Capillaries’ is a common terms used to describe facial capillaries that become visible at the surface of the skin. They can occur on the nose, cheek and chin as part of aging. They also commonly occur on the chest and treatment for this area is the same as for the face.
Factors that make you more prone to them:
Treatment Of Facial Capillaries With Intense Pulsed Light.
Intense Pulsed light treatment can be effective to treat these vessels.
Intense pulsed light uses light in the visible light range. This is pulsed onto the skin and is attracted to elements of colour in the skin (chromophores). One of these chromophores is the red in blood cells. Once the light energy is absorbed into the vessel it turns to heat energy causing damage to the vessel.
A series of treatments is required generally 4-6, although sometimes it can be more or less.
What Treatment Is Appropriate For Your Concerns?
Not everyone is suitable for Intense Pulsed Light Treatment. Before treatment it is recommended that you have a Medical Skin Assessment to diagnose and assess your skin type and the appearance of the vessels to give an opinion on what you can expect from treatment.
Call us on (07) 33505447 to book a Skin consultation with our Doctor.
2 Comments
Hi there,
I have noticed recently that the veins around my nose have become more visible and i also have visible veins around my mouth and a little on my cheeks. I was just wondering how much it would cost to do a treatment and would i have to do a number of treatments? I know you guys offer a free consultation..i was just wondering how long the consult goes for and after consult, do you normally go ahead with the treatment on that same day?
regards,
dee
Hi Dee, We do need to assess you to make sure are suitable for the treatment and give an accurate quote, and yes this is free. As a ball park figure you may be looking at $110- $220 per treatment for treatment of broken capillaries around the nose and cheeks (depending on the exact area), generally you need 4 treatments spaced weekly to two weekly (once again this is an average as it can be as little as 2 and occassionally up to 6). We always do a test patch first, so no we do not treat on the same day as the initial consulation, we always establish the safe level first.) The initial consultation is 30 minutes, and if you do want to proceed with treatment we can treat the next day after test patching. There is no obligation with the assessment so Call us on 33504625 to book a free consultation at the outset. Jo