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Im 19 and Have Small and Large Veins Around my Eyes, What Treatment Would Work for Me?
asked 1 year ago by ravan
Latest answer by Vivek Bansal, MD
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Tags: age 18-24, under eyes
After having my son, I noticed veins appearing around my eyes but thought it was down to lack of sleep. 2 years on, I now have small and large veins around my eyes which Ive only seen on people over 40! I dont smoke, rearly drink acohol and have a pretty good diet and get around 8 hours sleep a night. I dont know how to get rid of them and there getting worse.
6 answers to Im 19 and Have Small and Large Veins Around my Eyes, What Treatment Would Work for Me?
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Vein Treatment
We do not like to treat eye veins as if a clot forms, and moves, where does it go? See an Opthamologist for your assessment.
Vivek Bansal, MD
Danville Plastic Surgeon
Danville Plastic Surgeon
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Vessels around the eyes
Treating small vessels and even slightly larger purple vessels around the eyes can be done quite easily and effectively with laser. We use our Nd:YAG laser most commonly but a number of other wavelengths can be helpful as well. The most important recommendation is to choose someone that has a lot of experience treating these vessels.
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Veins around the eyes
Veins around the eyes, SHOULD NEVER HAVE SCLEROTHERAPY,
Laser vein treatment will help, may require more than one session
Samir Shureih, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Microphlebectomy or Nd:Yag for small veins around the eyes
Treatment for these small veins really depends on the size of the blood vessels. If they are small veins, lasers work very well. I generally treat these veins with either Pulsed Dye Laser or KTP (for smaller vessels), or Nd:Yag for larger vessels. Your doctor needs to be very careful around the eye, as lasers have been known to cause eye damage. I always make sure I place an eye shield or special contact lens inside the eye before treating. Several treatments are usually...
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Margaret Mann, MD
Cleveland Dermatologic Surgeon
Cleveland Dermatologic Surgeon
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Veins around the eyes
Laser vein removal around the eyes can be very effective. I don't recommend sclerotherapy around the eyes.
Peter T. Truong, MD
Fresno Oculoplastic Surgeon
Fresno Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Correcting Large Veins around the Eyes
The veins, the darker bluish colored blood vessels in our bodies carry blood back to the heart. In the face venous blood goes either to the neck veins (jugular) or in the middle facial area blood first runs to veins under the brain.
As a result, methods which involve injecting causticor irritating chemicals, as is done with leg veins, cannot be used with facial veins. The risk of such chemicals potentially tracking to the veins under the brain is too great.
As a result the only effective...
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