I have a bulging dilated vein Running down the right side of my nose into my tear trough. It also has a very heavy pulse to it. I first noticed it a year and a half ago. Within the last year, it has become larger, and the pulse has become heavier. I have seen several doctors and no luck. The last doctor I saw was a vascular doctor that owned a laser clinic and she would not touch it. She recommended that I see an ear nose and throat doctor. Again no luck. PLEASE HELP
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Answer: If it's treatable, laser or sclerotherapy is an option
Before you jump to sclerotherapy, which would permanently scar over the veins in the backs of the hands (rendering them useless, if, heaven forbid, they should ever in the future be needed for IVs or for injecting life saving medication)s consider the use of a robust HA volumizing filler, which,...
Hi Shreja,
The only way to treat these is with a long pulsed Nd:YAG laser. This is not the same as a Q-switched or a picosecond Nd:YAG laser, so you have to find someone who has a ton of lasers and does a ton of laser procedures to locate one of these. A board-certified dermatologist who has...
The use of a robust HA volumizing filler injected horizontally a long the mental crease (the fold running horizontally below the lower lip and and above chin) may work well for lessening the apparent prominence of the perioral mounds. However, before using filler to improve the area, I usually...