Facial Redness/capillary vessels

Does the redness on your face bother you? Does your face often turn red no matter if you feel cold or hot? And it lasts for a long time? Perhaps a green primer or concealer can hide it away temporarily, but getting anesthetic treatments can help improve it from the root cause!

What is face redness

Facial skin with a serious redness condition may develop visible capillary vessels (telangiectasias).

Facial skin redness is also known as telangiectasias in dermatology. When our skin is irritated, it causes capillary vessels to expand and eventually to show through the skin. Temporary enlarged vessels will appear as facial redness (blushing) for a short period of time, however, frequent blushing will develop local facial redness (erythema).

People with obvious capillary vessels on their face generally have thinner stratum corneum on their facial skin and have their capillaries distributed closer to the skin surface. Therefore, their skin is more sensitive and easier to cause redness, itchy and swelling when exposed to irritants. Visible capillary vessel is one of the signs of sensitive skin.

Causes

The skin redness and visible capillary vessels are mainly caused by a thin stratum corneum. The thin stratum corneum provides less protection than a normal thickness one, causing the capillaries to be located closer to the skin surface and hence more exposed to external change. Capillaries will expand when contacting irritants and cause different skin conditions.

1. Inborn factor

Some people were born with skin that is prone to show redness. Some people have thinner stratum corneum that make their skins to be more sensitive to irritants and causing skin redness.

2. Sensitive skin

Sensitive skin usually has thinner stratum corneum. This skin type is more sensitive than others when they are exposed to irritants such as sunlight, medicine, makeup products and change of temperature. The irritation reaction will cause small blood vessels to dilate. Repeated dilation of small blood vessels will make them visible and permanent.

3. Prolonged sun exposure

Sun exposure and hot and dry weather in summer can irritate our skin and cause redness on the face. Also, frequent entering an air-conditioned room straight after a sunbath will cause the skin unstable and appear red.

4. Weak or damaged skin barrier

Some poor skincare routines can damage and weaken our natural skin barrier and hence cause skin redness, for example, over-exfoliation, using soap based or strong base cleanser, washing face with too cold or too hot water, washing face with hot water and cold water alternatively, and rubbing face roughly.

5. Unhealthy diet

Alcohol, coffee and spicy food can cause dilation of small blood vessels and skin redness, and increase the risk of developing visible capillaries.

Symptoms

People who have visible capillaries on their face generally have a more red skin tone than people who haven’t, which indicates that their face is continuously under a redness condition. The redness on the face usually appears at the cheeks and nose wings, with rounded edges and in symmetry. Skin with these symptoms has thin stratum corneum and is sensitive. Emotional swing, low temperature or high temperature can trigger an even more red skin tone. People with severe facial redness are prone to hyperpigmentation.

The redness on the face will give a dull and rough skin texture. The skin’s low tolerance towards irritants makes the skin fragile and sensitive, when it is exposed to irritants, it easily displays itchy, redness or other skin reactions. These reactions also take a long time to heal.

Affect groups

Sensitive skin, light-coloured skin with thin stratum corneum, skin with existing skin problems, skin with inflammatory condition, or skin often showing redness.

Treatment

M22 IPL treatment is one of the most effective treatments to restore your skin. However, if you desire a more comprehensive, all-rounded treatment to tackle the redness and small blood vessels from the root cause, you are recommended to come to Ai Beauty Clinic to receive professional consultation and skin analysis. Based on the evaluation and data analysis of your skin condition, a treatment plan will be customised to help fulfill your desire.

A. M22 IPL treatment

What is M22:

M22 is an innovative photoelectric skin revitalisation instrument jointly developed by Lumenis, Stanford University and Harvard University. It innovatively combines the world leading technologies (OPT technology and fractional non-ablative technology – RESURFX) to effectively treat pigmented lesions, and many other skin conditions.

Ai Beauty Skin Photorejuvenation Treatment:

M22 is one of the top photorejuvenation treatments in the market. As a strategic partner of Lumenis in the UK, AI BEAUTY is authorized to become the designated medical beauty institution for the use of M22 Photorejuvenation equipment.

B. Mesotherapy

What is Mesotherapy:

Mesotherapy for the face is a regular skin rejuvenation treatment that helps maintain our skin in a good condition.. It is a non-surgical treatment that injects solution with various vital nutrients to our skin directly, which has a significantly higher absorption of nutrients than using skincare products.

Ai Beauty Mesotherapy:

With rich clinical experience of treating asian clients under the treatment standards for asian anesthetic and asian skin type, injections are administered by British GMC/NMC registered medical staff, you can get a unique and customised skin rejuvenation solution.

C. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)

What is PRP:

A Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment, is an advanced treatment for skin rejuvenation purposes. The treatment involves the extraction of the platelets and white blood cells from the client’s blood via centrifugation. The resulting extract containing a high concentration of growth factors will be injected into the client’s skin. PRP treatment has obtained European CE, ISO and SQS certifications, and has been clinically proven by extensive research worldwide.

Ai Beauty PRP Treatment:

A safe, one-time aseptic treatment. Perform a preoperative VISIA skin evaluation for professional data analysis of the skin, and engage in a private face-to-face consultation to customise a detailed treatment plan. PRP can be combined with Mesotherapy for optimal results.

D. Hydrafacial

What is Hydrafacial:

Hydrafacial is a skin cleansing device developed by an American skincare company, Hydrafacial. This FDA, CE and CSA approved device was designed to promote the health of skin and to restore skin barrier rapidly. It utilizes a patented 4-in-1 VORTEX two-way vacuum system in the addition of a serum solution to deeply clean the skin and restore a nutritious healthy skin.

Ai Beauty Hydrafacial:

A high-end skincare treatment that is suitable for all skin types including sensitive skin. Providing a high flexibility on the types of treatment tips and the content of essence and a high compatibility with other skincare treatments (e.g. photoelectric, microneedling), regardless what skin conditions or desired results you have, hydrafacial can be tailored for everyone.

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