Spider Vein Treatment
& Vascular Lesions

Common Questions Regarding Spider Vein Treatment

The pulsed dye laser has a well-documented history of safely and effectively treating vascular lesions (also known as spider veins) for more than 15 years. It is designed to deliver an intense but gentle burst of laser light to the skin. The laser light is absorbed by the blood vessels specifically in the vascular lesion. These vessels are gently heated and coagulated. The body then reabsorbs the treated blood vessels during the natural healing process.

The laser has a unique ability to selectively target the blood vessels of a vascular lesion without adversely affecting the surrounding tissue. It is so safe and effective that it has been used successfully for the treatment of infants as young as a few weeks old. The skin is protected during laser treatment by a proprietary Dynamic Cooling Device, which sprays a cool liquid onto the skin before each laser pulse, thereby cooling the upper layers of skin and providing patients with increased comfort.

Conditions treated with the laser include:

• Facial spider veins
• Rosacea - affecting the skin of the face around the nose and cheeks, causing a red blush or sunburned look
• Port wine stains/red birthmarks and strawberry hemangiomas - red lesions that grow rapidly after birth and may impair the function of another organ
• Warts - small benign growths in the skin that usually appear on the hands, feet or genitalia
• Scars - raised or puffy scars that are often caused by surgery, trauma, acne or burns
• Stretch marks - frequently appearing after pregnancy over the stomach, thighs, buttocks, breasts, shoulders and lower back; stretch marks also develop after major weight loss
• Spider veins in the leg (less than 1 millimeter) - the precise origin is unknown, but reports have shown that pregnancy, hormonal changes, weight gain, leg injury or prolonged standing may influence the occurrence of spider veins in the legs
• Poikiloderma - patchy discoloration of the skin

Contact our plastic surgeons to schedule a consultation. The Centre, P.C. offers the latest laser treatment procedures to patients in Elkhart and South Bend, Indiana, Michiana and the Southern Michigan area, and Chicago.

RiverPointe Medical Building
500 Arcade Ave., Suite 300
Elkhart, IN 46514

Chesterton
810 Michael Drive, Suite K
Chesterton, IN 46304
Toll Free: 800.909.2992
Phone: 219.395.9200
Fax: 219.926.3534