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Thank you for your question and a picture.This is most likely a normal dilated facial vein that is of no clinical significance and nothing needs to be done.However, because this is in the midline, I would be remiss if I didn't mention to you that there is a rare and remote chance that this represents something deeper such as a venous malformation or an encephalocele.Do not be alarmed. I am not trying to scare you. As doctors, we need to be thorough and think of all possibilities.I simply recommend a visit to your pediatrician to be sure nothing else is going on. A visit to a craniofacial surgeon would also take care of any concerns you might have.I hope this information helps. Best wishes.
Pediatric ENT surgeons have specialization with lasers as they treat venous lakes, hemangiomas of the head and neck and other life threatening head and neck disorders that are treated with lasers. Consult a pediatric ENT surgeon for guidance.Most of these can be treated when your child grows. This is not a life threatening issue and is a cosmetic one at this time.
The veins that your daughter has are superficial facial veins. Veins can change depending on levels of hydration, genetics and even skin color changes. I would not recommend any treatment of these veins at this time. They may resolve with time. Makeup for now may be sufficient. Veins in this area are hard to treat and options would include laser, IPL, micro needle radio frequency. Because of their location and drainage into the eye veins, their treatment is not as straight forward as other facial veins.
There is truncal venous insufficiency - of the great saphenous (GSV) and short or small or lesser saphenous (LSV) which can be treated with standard EVLT catheters. These use 810 nm lasers. There are perforator veins that need a special type of EVLT catheters. These are 1470 nm lasers...
Sclerotherapy can be done for skin varicosities and it is used on the breasts, back, chest and so on. I agree with the other doctor that you are describing something completely different - maybe 'prolotherapy' or something else and this is not done in our discipline (Venous and Lymphatic...
I agree with you that the treatment was too aggressive and it is hoped that you recover without residual scarring. An updated picture at 1 year will be a helpful post.