Vascular lesions occur when the capillaries in your skin become dilated. They can have an appearance of red spots, threads or sometimes port wine stains.

There are many different types of vascular lesions including Rosacea, Telangiectasia, Spider Angioma, Port Wine stains…. Just Rosacea alone has a few subtypes and can present differently. It can be very debilitating for a person to experience forms of vascular lesions. The redness alone can cause embarassment particularly when flushing occurs causing the skin to instantly turn red, and with this, some people may feel an intense heat of the skin at the same time, making social or work situations very awkward.

Vascular lesions mean that the lesions are related to blood vessels and circulation of the blood. Hence why flushing can occur and their appearance. People who suffer from chronic Rosacea may constantly appear to have redness in the face or they may have bouts of flare ups whereby something triggers the Rosacea causing redness. Usually any activity that causes vasodilation (increased blood flow due to dilated blood vessels) will result in a flushing or a Rosacea flare.

Things that may trigger Rosacea, (not all these triggers affect everyone who suffer with Rosacea, each individual is different)

-Heat exposure

-Sun exposure

-Alcoholic beverages

-Exercise

-Saunas and steam baths

-Spicy food

-Emotional stress

-Caffeine

How can our Laser Skin Treatments for Vascualar Lesions help?

Our yellow light laser immediately shrinks the capillaries to provide instant cosmetic results. This happens because yellow light is readily absorbed by blood. Each person is different and presents with different concerns however even after one treatment, instant results are seen.

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