Red spots on face from broken capillaries

Broken capillaries are very common in daily life, especially on the face. Patients with this disease usually have redness on their face, visible dilated capillaries on their face, and red spots, usually called red blood streaks. This makes people very worried that their health will be endangered. In fact, as long as you seek medical attention in time and choose scientific and effective treatment methods, you can recover your health soon.

1. Red spots on the face due to broken capillaries

Capillaries refer to blood vessels whose diameter can only allow one red blood cell to pass through. Based on the limited symptoms you mentioned, we first consider: 1. Telangiectasia. 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 capillary dilation, commonly known as red blood streaks. 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 a common cause of beauty problems. It mostly occurs in women. 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.

② Classification and causes of telangiectasia

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, causing 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.