Help with vein down the middle of forehead. (Photo)

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

Thank you for the question! It is rather difficult to fully assess your situation without an in-person exam. Such an exam would be necessary to ensure that a prominent vein on your forehead is not an artery. If you do have a varicose vein, however, it can be effectively treated with sclerotherapy, which is largely painless and can eliminate your vein in 2-3 sessions.  
An in-person exam with a board-certified plastic surgeon is the best way to assess your needs and obtain expert medical advice. Best of luck!

Forehead veins can be treated either by sclerotherapy or removal through micro incisions.  I use sclerotherapy most commonly and this is an office procedure done under local anesthesia.  More than one session may be necessary.  The results are cosmetically very excellent.

Thank you for your question. These forehead veins can be treated and there is a vein specialist in Santa Monica, CA who specializes in this problem and he is also a certified vein specialist. He is at Kare Plastic Surgery and LA Vein Center. Microphlebectomy and sclerotherapy are the best options for such sized veins.