Spider veins are smaller, red, purple, and blue vessels that also twist and turn. Spider veins are easily visible through the skin, as well. They affect the capillaries, the body's smallest blood vessels. Spider veins, which are red or blue, look like a spider's web or tree branch. They are typically visible on the legs and face.
Spider veins rarely cause health problems, though they can occasionally become painful. They can, however, be a significant cosmetic nuisance, and treatments primarily aim to improve appearance.
IPL or laser treatment can be effective for removing spider veins. It works by targeting and destroying the veins with focused light, causing them to fade and eventually disappear. It's generally considered safe and minimally invasive.
Treatment can be one (or more) of the following procedures: Laser/IPL – this destroys the veins by heating them up to the point where scar tissue forms, eventually causing them to close.
How does IPL treat spider veins?
IPL uses different wavelengths of light to penetrate the tissues below the surface of your skin that directly target the red pigments in the broken capillaries and veins. This causes the vein walls to collapse.
Over time, your body reabsorbs the treated veins and your skin clears. As an added bonus, IPL treatments may help improve your skin in other ways, including shrinking large pores, smoothing fine lines, minimizing mild brown spots and other sun damage, and improving skin texture.
How does 980nm diode laser treat spider veins?
Laser therapy for spider veins, also called laser ablation, is a noninvasive therapy that treats spider veins by directing heat energy into the targeted vein. As with IPL treatments, this causes the vein to collapse and eventually get absorbed by your body.
But unlike IPL treatments, laser therapy can address deeper veins that develop below the surface of your skin. Laser therapy may also be used on other parts of the body besides the face, like the ankles.
Depending on the severity of your spider veins, you may need more than one session to meet your aesthetic goals. Your Wrinkle Fairy provider assesses your skin and recommends the right number of sessions for you.
Since the treatment stimulates your body’s collagen production, in addition to minimizing the appearance of your spider veins and capillaries, it can also resurface your skin, minimizing other age-related issues like loose skin, hyperpigmentation, acne scars, and more.
Should I choose IPL or 980nm diode laser?
If you want a machine to remove spider veins only, you can choose 980nm diode laser. If you want a machine to remove not only spider veins, and also hair, freckles, acnes, you can choose IPL, or multiple machines including IPL functions.
