First of all, let us explain what is rosacea? These are the vascular asterisks that appear on the face, legs and hips and, of course, are completely undesirable. Why do spider veins appear?

Causes of rosacea

There may be several reasons, and each has its own.

1. Violation of the hormonal background, which occurs from various gynecological diseases, taking hormonal drugs (contraceptives) or pregnancy.
2. Various diseases of internal organs. An especially common cause of rosacea can be diseases of the liver, cardiovascular system and endocrine system.
3. Bad habits: smoking, excessive alcohol consumption.
4. Sedentary lifestyle.
5. Excess weight.
6. Mechanical damage to the skin.

What processes are going on? - Capillaries in the upper layer of the skin expand. The pressure rises in the capillaries, and the walls of the vessels are deformed. At the same time, you do not feel pain, but looking at your spoiled face or body, you experience a lot of grief. However, what we consider to be a cosmetic defect is actually a disease called telangiectasia.

Asterisks appear most often on the wings of the nose and on the cheeks. If there are one or two stars, they can be painted over with foundation, but there can be several of them, they can form whole constellations or spots. A person can acquire a semblance of outer space or a geographic map. And then, which spot to paint over the question is not worth it, you need to mask the entire surface of the face.



Couperosis can also be congenital, when a violation of the formation of blood vessels occurs in the embryonic period. Hereditary diseases can also be the cause. Couperose is more noticeable on thin and sensitive skin.


If the skin is prone to rosacea, you need to take care of it especially carefully. Cosmetical tools for the care of such skin have the main task - to strengthen the blood vessels. Products containing extracts of horse chestnut, ginkgo biloba, and vegetable oils are especially effective. These components normalize the water balance of the skin, make the vessels more elastic, improve blood circulation and lymph flow.

Positive results can also be obtained from beauty complexes based on thermal water and seaweed, which are a real treasure of microelements. If the skin reacts to external negative influences, cosmetologists recommend choosing cosmetics containing allantoin, which reduces visible redness.

To cleanse skin prone to rosacea, you should use the most delicate products, for example, micellar water, alcohol-free lotions, hydrophilic oils. Be careful with scrubs, especially those based on natural large abrasive particles such as nutshells, apricot kernels, etc. Better to use a mild enzyme peeling with kiwi, pineapple, papaya enzymes.




If you can't improve your skin condition at home, then it's time to contact a beautician. The main methods of combating rosacea are considered electrocoagulation, laser therapy, ozone therapy, phototherapy, sclerotherapy.

Electrocagulation - one of the simplest and most common methods is cauterization of damaged vessels with high-frequency current. This procedure promotes tissue renewal, removes redness and restores blood vessels. 5-7 days after the procedure, the skin becomes smooth and even. But there are also disadvantages - pigmentation or scars may occur in some cases.

Laser therapy - a more modern method of treatment.When exposed to a laser, an experienced cosmetologist will not allow burns; moreover, most lasers have a cooling system.

In addition, a method has been developed to remove stars using two lasers that differ in wavelength. The first laser beams have a rather weak energy and are absorbed by the hemoglobin of blood cells, while the laser does not damage the skin. The blood in the vessel darkens, and the speck becomes more visible.

Now it is the turn of the second laser, which acts on dark colors without damaging the skin around it. It destroys the darkened asterisk, and its particles leave the body naturally. This procedure is painless, so no anesthesia is required.

After the procedure, redness remains for 30 - 40 minutes, then it goes away. However, the asterisk does not always disappear at a time; the procedure is repeated after two to three weeks.



Less traumatic, but also less effective - ozone therapy method, injection of ozone-oxygen mixture directly into the damaged vessel. After the procedure, a slight edema may occur, which will disappear in a couple of days, and the vascular network will become less noticeable. The method is somewhat painful, so it is done under local anesthesia.

Phototherapy... This method has the least amount of side effects. In this case, pulsed light is used, which increases the temperature inside the tissues and thereby glues the walls of the vessel.

Sclerotherapy... A substance is injected into the area of ​​the vessel (asterisk), which clogs the lumen of the vessel and leads to fusion of the walls, as a result of which the blood no longer flows to the “asterisk”, and this area acquires a normal shade. During the manipulations, a slight tingling sensation is possible, but in general the procedure is painless.

What method of treatment to choose should be advised by a cosmetologist, taking into account the characteristics of your skin, its sensitivity, density and elasticity. After treating the skin, it is necessary to use SPF products even in winter. And in the summer, all procedures for the treatment of rosacea should not be carried out at all.

Salon procedures usually help, but if your body is prone to disease, in other words, the root cause of rosacea is not eliminated, then spider veins will return. In order not to resort to cosmetic procedures again after a year or two, try to find out the root cause and eliminate it. At the very least, follow these guidelines:

1. Eat right. Do not eat a lot of smoked meats, salty foods, hot spices, fatty foods.
2. Strengthen the walls of blood vessels. Take vitamins and minerals. You need vitamins C, K, PP.
3. Give up bad habits: smoking, strong alcoholic drinks.
4. Protect your skin from external negative influences, wind, cold, sun rays. Choose tonal foundations, BB creams that have an SPF filter of at least 15.
5. Avoid solarium and sauna. These procedures strongly provoke rosacea.
6. We will have to give up not only aggressive cosmetics, but also washing with hot water, ice compresses (cubes), and facial massage.

Some makeup tips for those who find rosacea dangerous and upsetting. With the help of makeup, you can hide treacherous vessels, a foundation or powder of a greenish tint will help. It can be applied after 1 to 2 minutes on top of your regular moisturizer. You can use a toning concealer by applying it to the area of ​​redness.

In custody mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ draws your attention to cosmetics that will definitely help some of you.



Intensive serum against redness - Anti-Redness, SWISS LINE

Correcting face cream against rosacea - Antirougeurs Fort, AVENE

Soothing, anti-redness face serum - Intral, DARPHIN

Anti-capillary face cream - C Complex, PHARMASKINCARE

Cream for face skin with manifestations of rosacea - Capillary Clear, SKIN DOCTORS

Softening mask with vitamin E and broomstick and calendula extracts - L? ERBOLARIO

Cream for oily skin with a pronounced mesh of blood vessels "Arnika-Hel" - HEEL