Spider Veins on my daughter face

My daughter is 51/2 years, 4-5 months ago something which appeared to be a broken capillary vessels under her skin on her cheek, it is just few mm in diameter (but I am sure it was smaller initially, when appeared).
We are living in a tropical country, but we do not spend so much time in the sun, even when she goes to school I apply sun cream (though I have my doubts about how good is that on the kid skin). But it looks when we spend some time in the sun, or high heat or she is in the pool (treated with chlorine) the spider vein is more accentuated.

We are thinking to do a dye pulse laser treatment, but I need to know what are the risks, what we need to do afterwards, how we can avoid to have these spider veins appeared again?

And what is the cause for this spider veins for such a young person?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
From your post I assume that you are talking about telangiectasia. They are small dilated blood vessels present under the skin especially on the face. It can be due to environmental changes, skin trauma, overuse of steroids, acne rosacea or venous hypertension. There are no ways to prevent them except for finding out the cause of these and then treating it. I suggest you a pediatrician’s or dermatologist’s evaluation for confirming the diagnosis.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.