There’s a chance you might experience the odd single thread vein in your late thirties, or early forties, particularly if you drink a lot of alcohol, or sunbathe excessively. However, it’s when you reach your late forties and early fifties that thread veins have a tendency to proliferate. These spidery red veins, close to the surface of your skin, affect men and women.
As well as being unsightly, they can also be a tell-tale sign of how old you are, given that they are so frequently an age-related skin condition. It is logical then, that removing thread veins will make you look younger than your years. How many of them you have is often related to your genetics, but luckily our cutting edge thread vein removal techniques will rid you of each of them, one by one.
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably just discovered your first facial thread vein and you’re wondering if the expert team here at our North London clinic can help? We can! Facial thread veins appear as tiny red streaks on the face, which are bright enough to resist being covered by subtle makeup and prominent enough to annoy us when we look in the mirror. We can remove them by exposing them to a laser, which will heat them out of existence.
For lots of us, facial thread veins are a fact of life. Around one in five women in their 20s have thread veins and half of women in their 40s. By the age of 70, 70% of women have thread veins on their face and/or legs. That’s not to say that men are immune – men now account for 40% of procedures carried out to remove thread veins; many of these treatments are for ‘drinker’s nose’, red spider veins on the nose often caused by alcohol consumption.
A question we’re asked a lot is whether facial thread veins are preventable?
Certainly, some varicose and spider can’t be prevented – factors such as genetics, age, and hormones all play their part in whether or not you’ll suffer from facial thread veins. Women, in particular, are prone to facial thread veins because of the hormone fluctuations caused by pregnancy, childbirth, and the menopause.
That being said, there are steps that you can take to help prevent some facial thread veins from developing.
One of the problems that people frequently come to us about is facial thread veins. If you have them, you may feel that they are ageing your appearance or giving you an uneven complexion that makes your skin look less healthy than it could.
In this week’s blog, we’re talking all things facial thread veins, what causes them and how to get rid of them:
There’s a chance you might experience the odd single thread vein in your late thirties, or early forties, particularly if you drink a lot of alcohol, or sunbathe excessively. However, it’s when you reach your late forties and early fifties that thread veins have a tendency to proliferate. These spidery red veins, close to the surface of your skin, affect men and women. 