Thread Veins
Thread veins, spider veins, or broken small capillaries are small facial red veins that commonly appear around the nose, cheeks, chin, and eyelids. They are often caused by many years of unprotected sun exposure, genetics, smoking, or extended years of alcoholic consumption.
Thermavein thermocoagulation is the most respected technology on the market today and is used extensively in the USA as well as in our Beaconsfield clinic. It is the safest way to reduce and remove thread veins/spider veins with just minimal discomfort.
Sharp bursts of high energy are carefully probed onto each micro-vein, causing the blood vein walls to collapse, be shut off, and die. The sight of each vein, therefore, disappears, leaving the skin clear and unblemished.
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How many treatments will be needed?
It may take two or even three treatments of around 15 minutes to remove the veins altogether. However, this depends on the number of veins that need treating around the nose, cheeks, lips, eyelids, and eyes. At your free assessment, you will be given the expected number of treatments, cost, and recovery time, and a chance to ask any questions.
Is having Thread Veins treated painful?
There is minimal discomfort. At our clinics, over the last 15 years, similar methods have been used to remove thread veins, but we have found the feedback for Thermavein to be much more positive than the other brands tried. The most sensitive area is the nose, but as your welfare is paramount, your treatment will be very safe and given with extreme care and understanding
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Are Thread Veins / red veins permanent?
Thread veins, or the small red veins on the side of the nose, chin, or cheeks, do not have to be permanent. If the correct technology is used, such as Thermavein, and is performed safely by an expert such as Skin Revision, then the veins should disappear permanently. However, the lifestyle of individuals will dictate if the spider veins/thread veins reappear, and where on the face they reappear.
Is a consultation needed for Thread Veins?
The first step would be an initial phone consultation. This is often done at the time the enquiry is first made. It allows Skin Revision experts to gauge some background on this condition of yours, possibly ask for photos over WhatsApp, give an indication of costs and timeframe for treatment and recovery, etc. No face-to-face consultation is necessary, except in extreme circumstances.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Thread veins, or the small red veins on the side of the nose, chin, cheeks, or other areas of the face, do not have to be permanent or even reappear after treatment. Thermavein is the most successful treatment available to treat these blemishes and is used in clinics and hospitals worldwide.
We strongly believe that the advanced technology in Thermavein is the best treatment for small red thread veins on the face.
Thermavein works very well on red veins on the legs. Using the same technology and methods as used on the facial red veins and vascular blemishes, the red veins on the legs diminish and vanish during the actual treatment. 15 minutes is the maximum time we allow to treat red leg veins. We cannot treat blue or green veins on the legs or other areas of the body.
- Gentle washing of the face is allowed, but it is important not to scrub in any circumstance or use scented soap.
- Do not use makeup on the treated area
- For 72 hours, avoid excessive exercise or anything to cause dilation of the capillaries
- Avoid direct sunlight for 72 hours or longer if the area has not healed. Then use a minimum SPF30 over the treated area. Ideally, this should be applied all year round.
- Avoid sunbeds, tanning creams, and saunas for at least a week.
Thread veins, or small red veins (broken capillaries), do not generally disappear on their own. It is the perfect way to eliminate the thread veins permanently. Once they have been removed and the appropriate aftercare/homecare is given, the veins on the face will not come back in the same area.
It does not hurt. In most areas, such as the front of the nose, ears, cheeks, eyelid, and chin, there is a feeling of a needle touching the surface of the skin. In other areas, such as within the sides of the nose, there is minimal discomfort. But the treatment is so quick and not an unpleasant experience.
Any reputable skin clinic, such as Skin Revision. We are highly qualified and have been performing thread vein removal since 2005. The skin treatment is performed at the clinic in Beaconsfield for people all over Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The treatment, results, and overall experience are so good that, thankfully, the skin clinic gets many referrals from other towns such as Gerrards Cross, High Wycombe, Slough, Maidenhead, and Cookham.
Thermavein is far and away the best treatment for thread veins, or the small red veins that appear on the face, nose, eyelids, cheeks, chin, and ears.
They are very common as we age. It may be that an individual only has one very small thread vein or small red capillary on their nose, cheek, eyelid, chin, or ear that can be hardly noticeable with the naked eye. However, a large number of men and women can develop many small red veins (thread veins, spider veins) as they get older. These can be hereditary, through excessive time in the sun over time, or by extended years of alcohol consumption or general lifestyle.