Reasons why capillaries are prone to rupture

Capillary rupture is very common in daily life. It usually manifests as redness of the face and dilated blood vessels visible to the naked eye, and it is more common in female friends. The reason why capillaries are prone to rupture is because of both primary and secondary reasons, and blood vessels are spread throughout the body. General climate and environmental factors, hormone dependence, etc. can cause capillaries to rupture, so people need to pay more attention.

1. Basic Content

In daily life, we often see some people's facial skin turn red, and we can see the dilated capillaries with the naked eye. Some of them appear as red or purple spots, dots, lines or star-shaped lesions. This is telangiectasia, commonly known as blood-red threads. It is a skin lesion that occurs on the face or trunk. Most of them are acquired, but some patients are congenital. Facial capillary dilation is the main cause of beauty problems. It is more common in women, and the clinical manifestations are filamentous, punctate, star-shaped or flaky erythema on the face. If you look closely, you can see many red blood vessels on the skin, like strands of red threads. Many ladies who love beauty are often troubled by their flushed faces, but many people may not know that red blood streaks will not only affect your beauty, but also your health, seriously affecting the skin's absorption of nutrients. Over time, it will lead to insufficient nutrient supply to the skin, causing symptoms of roughness, dryness and premature aging. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, it is called "red face", and the cause is attributed to heat in the heart meridian and poor blood circulation.

Blood vessels are distributed throughout the body's organs and are divided into arteries, veins and capillaries. Tiny arteries, veins and capillaries are distributed in the skin and mucous membranes. Capillary dilation refers to the filamentous, star-shaped or spider-web-like changes of these blood vessels on the surface of the skin or mucous membranes. It is bright red and does not fade after being pressed by a glass piece. It may be single or multiple and develop slowly or do not increase significantly after occurrence. It may be limited to a certain part or may be over a wide range. It may be a local change or a special manifestation of certain diseases. Most of them cannot disappear on their own, are benign, and affect beauty. Telangiectasia can be primary, such as vascular nevus, hereditary benign telangiectasia, etc. It can also be secondary to diseases such as scleroderma and rosacea.

2. Causes of capillary rupture

Telangiectasia is generally divided into two categories: primary and secondary.

It is primary and mostly hereditary, and both parents have the phenomenon of red face.

The causes of secondary telangiectasia are complex, mainly the following:

(1) Climate and environmental factors. Long-term living in a relatively harsh living environment, such as the thin air in the plateau and skin hypoxia, leads to an increase in the number of red blood cells and compensatory dilation of blood vessels. Over time, vasoconstriction dysfunction causes permanent capillary dilation. or sailors, cooks, farmers and athletes who are exposed to wind, cold and heat for a long time.

(2) Hormone-dependent capillary dilation is often a sequelae of inappropriate treatment, such as the abuse of topical medications on the face (such as Fuqingsong, Piyanping, and Pikangshuang).

(3) Physical stimulation, such as temperature changes, causes the tolerance of capillaries to exceed the normal range, causing capillaries to dilate and rupture. Excessive sun exposure can cause chronic photodermatitis, dry skin, etc.

(4) Abuse of cosmetics or long-term "monthly skin care" and improper skin peeling can cause sequelae. The acidic components of skin peeling products destroy the protective effect of the skin's stratum corneum and the elasticity of capillaries, causing capillaries to dilate or rupture.

(5) Complications of certain local or systemic diseases, such as certain skin diseases (such as rosacea). There are also some people whose faces turn red easily due to unclear reasons. When they have this skin problem, such as when they are hot, emotionally excited, exercising vigorously, or drinking, not only will the color deepen, but the whole face will become flushed (i.e. red face, Guan Gong face), which is difficult to subside and affects the appearance. The faces of patients with telangiectasia appear redder than normal skin color. Some patients only have redness on both sides of their cheekbones, with round borders, and are jokingly called "red balls". This type of skin is thin and sensitive, and the face turns redder when it is too cold, too hot, or emotional. It mainly affects the appearance, and some people develop psychological problems because others often misunderstand that they are too shy.

For people who already have dilated or broken capillaries, special care should be taken in daily care. When choosing cosmetics, try to choose anti-allergic series and do not change cosmetics easily. For severe telangiectasia, you can go to the hospital for professional "redness removal" treatment, and you can also take some medicines for internal use, such as Xiaoyao Pills and Buzhong Yiqi Pills. In normal times, drink less alcohol, eat less blood-activating medicines and foods, and drink more chrysanthemum tea, etc.

Treatment

Telangiectasia has long been a difficult problem to treat in dermatology. Before the invention of new lasers, the commonly used methods include: cryotherapy, high-frequency electrosurgery, isotope radiotherapy, etc. Although some of these methods can achieve certain therapeutic effects, they are prone to cause serious complications such as ulcers, scars, and radiation necrosis, and cannot achieve the ideal cosmetic effect, which is unacceptable to people who love beauty.