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What is the current gold standard for individual broken capillaries? (Photos)

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I have one big, and a few small, individual broken capillaries on my face, and I can’t make sense of the recommendations for them. I’ve done IPL, which did not help at all. I’ve looked into the laser that targets redness (can’t remember the name-—too many different lasers), but the big broken Capillary is right outside my lip line, so I don’t know if that laser is appropriate. I basically can’t make sense of all of the different lasers that people are recommending. All I know is IPL doesn’t work for me. I recall there being a non-laser treatment, too, but it’s getting really hard to find information because of the huge number of different treatments.

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Dr. Nelson Lee Novick, MD
Answered on Sep 13, 2025
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