Broken Capillaries & Blood vessels

Unlike the arteries & veins, capillaries are very thin & fragile.

Capillaries are so thin that blood cells can only pass through them in single file. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place through the thin capillary wall.

Capillaries are also involved in the body's release of excess heat. During exercise, for example, your body and blood temperature rises. To help release this excess heat, the blood delivers the heat to the capillaries which then rapidly release it to the tissue. The result is that your skin takes on a flushed, red appearance.

Broken Capillaries are enlarged blood vessels that have widened due to a weakness in the vein wall or a problem with the valves that control the flow of blood. Broken veins are the small, superficial purple or red veins stretching like a web under the skin. Overexposure to the sun is believed to contribute to the dilation of these veins, especially those found on the face.

Facial Veins and Capillaries can often be attributed to:

An inherited trait from parents
Exposure to chronic sun exposure
Excessive cold weather
Exposure to wind damage
Exposure to temperature extremes
Aging process
Hereditary Factors
Oral Contraception
Hormone Therapy

Other triggers for facial flushing include coffee, tea, heat, exercise and emotion.

Treatment

By using the Y-lite laser we treat each capillary to ensure maximum results. This may sound like it takes a long time but it means that each capillary will disappear at the time of treatment and will only need one treatment. Other forms of light treatment can take 4 – 6 treatments for the lesser results and mean treatment of non affected areas.

Some larger capillaries around the nose will probably require 2 treatments. You can expect the area treated to be red for an hour or two, and the blood in some larger capillaries may appear brown and dark for a few days before being reabsorbed by the body.

At your first session we will treat the capillaries that bother you the most and the ones that are more obvious. In some cases we recommend a second appointment in order that we treat the smaller feeder veins and therefore completely eliminate the problem.

Cost

Cost of the treatment will depend on the number of capillaries and the time it takes to treat.

We recommend 10 – 15 minutes for treatments which is usually enough for treatment of the entire face.

Treatment
10 minutes	$ 200
15 minutes	$ 280

If additional time is required we will discuss this with you.