Treatment for facial spider veins

Scott Trimas, MD answers: Spider veins on face

does sclerotherapy also get used to remove spider veins appearing on the face?


Scott Trimas, MD
14 days ago

Treatment for facial spider veins generally consists of laser treatments such as the KTP, ND:YAG or pulsed dye lasers that target the red in the vessels or purple or blue color in the larger veins of the face. IPL treatments which is intense pulsed light may also be used. Sclerotherapy is rarely used due to the risk of embolization or breakage of small particles into the veins around the eyes that can result in blindness. While this risk is small, I would prefer to treat with the laser or IPL since it is safer and less risky.

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