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Yes, the pulse dye laser is the preferred treatment for spider veins on the face.  The pulse dye laser targets the blood vessels directly without damaging the overlying skin and works quite well for facial spider veins.

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Rosacea is best treated with the V-Beam or pulse dye laser.  This is a laser that passes through the overlying skin and targets especially the redness and broken blood vessels common in rosacea.  Laser resurfacing may actually cause a flare-up of rosacea given the inflammation to the overlying skin.  It depends on how severe your rosacea is.  If you are looking to treat that alone, I would use the pulse dye laser.  If you are looking to treat wrinkling and sun damage and are trying to do a laser resurfacing for those issues, I would have a discussion as to whether this is the best treatment for you given the rosacea.

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Chemical peels are a general classification for a number of treatments used to exfoliate skin.  Typically during a chemical peel, a chemical solution is applied to the skin and works by dissolving the upper layers of the skin. This creates and stimulates the body-healing response causing new tissue to emerge.  The depth and strength of a peel varies based on the strength of the chemicals used.  Some chemical peels, such as fennel peels, are so strong that they are able to remove the whole surface of the skin in a manner similar to CO2 lasers.  They are the deepest forms of chemical peeling which are not used as often as they had been.  This form of peel has generally been replaced by laser treatments.  A laser provides a greater and more precise level of control to the practitioner.  Most peels today are less destructive and more superficial. There are peels that are offered that are less potent that can also treat severe sun damage as well as reduce wrinkles.

Answer: The Candela vascular laser is the gold standard for treating spider veins, broken capillaries and rosacea. This laser delivers an intense but gentle burst of light into the target areas that is absorbed by the blood vessels obliterating them.