Could be: TOO MUCH RED WINE
‘After flushing from occasional or moderate drinking, blood vessels usually bounce back,’ says Dr Nicholas Lowe, a dermatologist at London’s Cranley Clinic.
‘But if someone with a tendency towards flushing drinks to excess night after night, in as little as two years the blood vessels lose tone and they can end up with permanent redness and thread veins’.
This flushing into the blood vessels can also be triggered in those with a tendency by caffeine and spicy foods.
What you can do:
Red wine could be the cause of your thread veins as it leads to flushing of the blood vessels in the face
Red wine contains tannins that can promote flushing so switching to white might help, but the best thing you can do to stop it from getting worse is avoid any foods and drinks that trigger flushing in you and also, to be meticulous about sun care, he explains.
‘That will mean wearing a sunscreen with SPF 30 everyday, all year around as sunlight makes flushing worse and can lead to long term damage in the form of broken blood vessels.'
A course of five sessions of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) with a dermatologist will help the redness.
‘One to two sessions of the more intense Yellow Dye Laser will help remove broken blood vessels,’ says Dr Lowe.
‘But be ready for two days of increased reddening.’