TELANGIECTASIA and other GROWTHS OF BLOOD VESSELS


Serving Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Grimsby and surrounding areas.

Cherry Hemangioma

  • Bright red dome-shaped blood vessels
Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) - Fotofacial

  • Intense Pulsed Light is also known
    • photo rejuvenation
  • It is a gentle technology which:
    • Improves sun-damaged skin
    • Shrinks pores
    • Removes age spots and freckles
    • Shrinks enlarged oil glands
    • Removes broken capillaries
  • CLICK HERE to watch a CH news segment in which Dr. V and his office staff demonstrate this procedure, or click on the photo to read more

Poikiloderma of Civatte

  • Sun damage on the neck and chest
  • May make the skin appear "dirty"

Spider Angioma

  • Small clusters of blood vessels
  • Usually on the face, hands and upper chest

Strawberry Hemangioma

  • Appear soon after birth
  • Increase in size until age two
  • Usually disappear with time

Telangiectasia

  • Linear blood vessels
  • Sometimes called:
    • Broken Capillaries
    • Broken Blood Vessels

Venous Lake

  • Purple bumps
  • Usually on the lip or ear