384 370 Greenhill Road, Glenside SA 5065
(above the Commonwealth Bank within the Burnside Village Precinct)
Unley Road Unley Park SA 5061
Between bus stops 8 and 9
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Telephone: 08 8338 6660
Email: info@lyte.com.au
”I came to Lyte when they first opened in 2004. My face was literally covered in broken capillaries. I was a mess. Some of the veins on my nose were so big that my grandchildren were scared of me!
I have never looked back. If only I had known how easy it was going to be to have a clear healthy looking skin.”
Geoff B., 68
Seacombe Heights
Broken capillaries ?
Lyte is a Laser skin care clinic in Adelaide, where we specialize in treating broken capillaries very successfully.
In fact typically, broken capillaries vanish in just one treatment! Our laser treatment is quick and there is no down time from your busy daily schedule.
Capillaries are very thin & fragile.
Capillaries are so thin that blood cells can only pass through them in single file. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place through the thin capillary wall.
Capillaries are also involved in the body's release of excess heat. During exercise, for example, your body and blood temperature rises. To help release this excess heat, the blood delivers the heat to the capillaries which then rapidly release it to the tissue. The result is that your skin takes on a flushed, red appearance.
Broken Capillaries are enlarged blood vessels that have widened due to a weakness in the vein wall or a problem with the valves that control the flow of blood. Broken veins are the small, superficial purple or red veins stretching like a web under the skin.
Years of over exposure to the sun is believed to contribute to the dilation of these veins, -especially those found on the face.
Broken Capillaries and Facial Veins and can also often be attributed to:
- An inherited trait from parents
- Exposure to chronic sun exposure
- Excessive cold weather
- Exposure to wind damage
- Exposure to temperature extremes
- Aging process
- Hereditary Factors
- Oral Contraception
- Hormone Therapy
Other triggers for facial flushing include coffee, tea, heat, exercise and emotion.
Broken Capillary Treatment
By using the Y-lite Medical Class laser, not just an IPL, we treat each capillary to ensure maximum results.
This may sound like it takes a long time but it doesn’t. It also means that each capillary will usually disappear at the time of treatment and will only need the one session.
Other forms of light treatment can take 4 – 6 treatments for the lesser results and also means treating non affected tissue because the flash lamps in IPLs also means treat non affected areas of skin.
Some larger capillaries around the nose will probably require 2 treatments.
You can expect the area treated to be red for only an hour or two, and the blood in some larger capillaries may appear brown and dark for a few days before being reabsorbed by the body. If we are treating close to your eyes, you may also experience some swelling in this area. It normally only lasts 24 to 48 hours. The application of an ice pack post treatmet will usually prevent this.
At your first session we will treat the capillaries that bother you the most and the ones that are more obvious. In some cases we recommend a second appointment in order that we treat the smaller feeder veins and therefore completely eliminate the problem.
| Treatment | Cost |
| Initial Consultation | $ 30 |
| Minimum Treatment Time (5 minutes) | $ 130 |
| Each additional 5 minute increment | $ 100 |
| 15 minutes Capillary work plus Skin Rejuvenation | $ 550 |
Qualified staff
We take pride in being innovative and proactive with both the laser technology in our clinic and our commitment to staff training. Our therapists are fully trained and accredited, with Registered Nurses available for your laser treatments.
