How to Reduce Prominent Veins on my Face and Forehead?

Question

I am 45 and have not had any plastic surgery or injections on my face. As I am getting older, when my face is facing sideway or when I lie down, there are very prominent veins on my sides and forehead. Is there any thing that can be done to cosmetically make the facial veins less noticeable?

Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

There are more than 5 techniques but the important thing is that very large ones can be treated by ultracision microphlebectomy with care taken not to injure the frontal sinuses.Smaller ones can be injected with sclerotherapy.Other treatments are long pulse laser (Nd YAG for example) and RF.

Grant Stevens, MD · Answer

Greetings~

	As we age, unfortunately, fat disappears from places we may not want it to (like the hands and face...especially temples) and ends up in different places we don't want it either. There is hope! We have had great success and many happy patients that we have treated with either laser and/or fillers to address these issues.  Some vessels are easily and safely treated and others can be hidden or disguised with something like Radiesse or Sculptra.  (Same with the hands, btw)  Of course it's difficult to say exactly without seeing you in person but know that for the most part, there is hope for those vessels.

	Good luck~

	Dr. Grant Stevens

Deason Dunagan, MD (in memoriam) · Answer

In my experience there is, unfortunately, no good treatment for the problem you describe. Many things have been tried but all, in my opinion, are unreliable and sometimes problematic.

How to Reduce Prominent Veins on my Face and Forehead?

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