What is the most effective treatment for a broken blood vessel on the face? (Photo)

My recommendation would be to get an IPL treatment or a VeinWave treatment. IPL will help with other skin issues like sun damage, poor size, redness, along with the broken capillaries, while Veinwave is a more specific treatment and will just help to improve the broken capillaries. 

It’s important to distinguish between varicose veins and spider veins when choosing between laser therapy, sclerotherapy, and vein surgery. With two board certified vein specialists, our center uses a combination of visual examination, functional flow measurements, ultrasound, transillumination, and infrared light to map out vein networks prior to therapy. Lasers can be used to treat deep varicose vein insufficiency, vein perforators, and varicose veins. Sclerotherapy is ideal for spider veins and reticular veins. Whereas surgery is reserved for severely incompetent varicose vein segments.


Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

My recommendation would be topical cosmetic laser on the face. This is more likely to eliminate this than sclerotherapy.H Karamanoukian MD FACScertified vein specialist from ABVLM and double board certified surgeon

To get rid of these pesky lil veins, IPL Lumenis One or Cynosure Elite-MPX..after an evaluation your provider will direct you on best choice.
Recommend look for Cynosure Elite-MPX provider on the cynosure website as this is my fav laser for this treatment and we do have both of these Lasers at my office...the Lumenis One is older technology and is being phased out now,
Good Luck, 
Dr.Amy 

There are a few excellent options for treating facial veins. One of them is called veinwave. It uses a tiny needle to deliver electrical energy to the vein.  Another, is Intense Pulsed Light or IPL. IPL uses a series of different wavelengths of light to constrict and close facial veins. Lastly, the ND:YAG laser is also a great choice.  I make my patient recommendations on these options after examining them. If there is general redness in the area, rosacea, I recommend the IPL first. If there are discrete veins, the veinwave or ND:YAG laser.

My first recommendation would be a laser.  These are minimally invasive effective treatment for "spider veins" on the face.  I do understand your concerns with scarring.  Make sure you go over this with your dermatologist.