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Does V Beam Destroy the Veins of Your Face?
asked 10 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Michele S. Green, MD
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Tags: face
I really want to know about the side effects of v beam. Is it possible v beam could bring any serious side effects? I heard v beam destroys the vein of face , then it could make veins weak? I wonder if you can answer my question.
2 answers to Does V Beam Destroy the Veins of Your Face?
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V-beam is a laser designed to destroy abnormal surface capillaries.
The V-beam laser is a type of pulsed dye laser (long pulse) designed to treat vascular lesions such as port wine stains or the skin vessels of rosacea. Tiny visible facial veins, called telangiectasias, are also effectively treated by this laser, though other lasers, like the KTP, work as well or better in some situations and patients. Normal skin veins are both too large and too deep to even be affected by a V-beam, pulsed dye, or KTP laser. Normal skin vessels are not affected at all by...
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V-Beam treats superficial broken blood vessels
V-Beam does not penetrate deep into the skin. This is an elegant cosmetic laser that only treats the superficial telangiectasias and rosacea. It eliminates these unwanted broken blood vessels. It has no effect in the way that you are asking.
Michele S. Green, MD
New York Dermatologist
New York Dermatologist