Vasculaze Laser Vein Removal
Pinpoint · Clear · Calm · Erase
Medically reviewed by Dr. James Veltmeyer, MD. Performed by the registered nurses of Satori Medical Aesthetics.
Laser Vein Removal in San Diego
There is usually one. A thread of red beside the nostril that shows up in every photograph. A cluster of purple at the outer cheek that appeared after a decade of San Diego sun. A tiny red dot on the chest — a cherry angioma — that you have been covering since your thirties. None of it is a medical problem, and all of it is the first thing you see in the mirror.
Vasculaze treats exactly that. It is a 1064 nanometre laser, delivered through a tip roughly three millimetres across, aimed at one vessel at a time. The energy passes harmlessly through the surface of the skin and is absorbed by the haemoglobin inside the vessel. The vessel closes. Over the following weeks your body clears it, and the mark that has been in every photograph is simply not there anymore. Most people need two to four short sessions, and most walk back out into Hillcrest the same afternoon looking like they have been outdoors, not treated.
A Laser, Not a Light Flash
Vasculaze is a true 1064 nm laser with a tip about the size of a pencil eraser, so your nurse treats one vessel at a time rather than flashing a whole region and hoping. That precision is why it can take out a single capillary beside your nose without touching the skin on either side of it.
Safe on Every Skin Tone
1064 nm is the longest wavelength in the vascular toolkit — it reaches deep to find the vessel while melanin absorbs very little of it. That makes it the correct and safest choice for medium and deep skin tones, and the one vascular treatment we offer that does not ask about your tan first.
Cooled at the Tip, No Numbing
The handpiece chills the skin at the point of contact while it fires, so most clients describe a fast snap rather than pain and nobody sits for forty minutes waiting on numbing cream. A few vessels take minutes; a full cheek takes a short appointment.
Honest About What It Cannot Do
Vasculaze is for surface vessels — facial capillaries, spider veins, angiomas. It is not a treatment for bulging varicose veins, and we will tell you so at the consult and point you to a vein specialist rather than sell you a session that was never going to work.
Before and after Vasculaze treatment. Images courtesy of InMode. Individual results vary.
Your Vasculaze Session, Step by Step
01 — The Mapping
Your nurse examines the area under magnification and separates what this laser treats from what it does not. Surface capillaries, spider veins and angiomas get marked. Anything deeper or bulging gets named honestly and referred out. You will know exactly what is being treated before anything fires.
02 — Cool and Prepare
The skin is cleansed, protective eyewear goes on, and the cooling tip is brought to temperature. There is no numbing cream and no waiting period — the cooling happens at the moment of contact rather than half an hour beforehand.
03 — The Pass
The handpiece is walked along each marked vessel, firing short pulses roughly three millimetres wide. Most people describe it as a fast snap, warm rather than sharp. A few isolated capillaries take a couple of minutes; a broader area of cheek takes longer but is still a short appointment.
04 — The Endpoint
Vessels respond while you are still in the chair. Some blanch and vanish outright, some darken to a fine grey line — both are the response your nurse is looking for, and she confirms each one before moving on rather than treating blind and hoping.
05 — Cool Down and Cover
The area is cooled, soothed and sent out under SPF. Expect redness and a little swelling that behaves like a mild sunburn for a few hours, occasionally a day. Some people bruise faintly over a treated vessel; it fades like any bruise.
06 — The Fade
This is the part that takes patience. Your body absorbs the closed vessel over the following two to six weeks, so the result arrives quietly rather than all at once. Most people need two to four sessions spaced several weeks apart for full clearing, and stubborn or deeper vessels sit at the higher end of that range.
Cleared after a single Vasculaze session. Image courtesy of InMode. Individual results vary.
Why Have It Done at Conjure
Vasculaze at Conjure is performed by the registered nurses of Satori Medical Aesthetics, under Medical Director Dr. James Veltmeyer, MD, in the dedicated medical room at 1450 Washington Street. It is medicine, delivered in a Hillcrest treatment room you can walk to, rather than a spa service with a medical-sounding name.
It also means we can tell you when a different treatment is the right one. Diffuse rosacea flush and sun-mottled redness across a whole cheek belong to Lumecca IPL, which treats broad areas of colour rather than individual vessels — though if your skin is medium or deep, or recently tanned, Vasculaze is the vascular option that is actually safe for you. Redness that is really texture and scarring belongs to Opus Plasma. And bulging leg veins belong to a vein specialist, not to us.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Surface vascular marks: broken capillaries and telangiectasia on the face, spider veins on the face and legs, cherry angiomas and spider angiomas, and the fine vessels that collect around the nose and outer cheeks. It is FDA-cleared for angiomas, hemangiomas, telangiectasia, port wine stains and leg veins. If you can see a distinct vessel or dot rather than a general wash of colour, it is likely in range.
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Yes — this is the treatment that does. Vasculaze runs at 1064 nanometres, the longest wavelength used for vascular work, which reaches the vessel while melanin absorbs very little of it. It is the standard choice for medium and deep skin tones, and it is the reason we can offer a vascular treatment to clients that intense pulsed light is not appropriate for.
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Most clients describe a quick snap, like a rubber band, with warmth behind it — the tip cools the skin at the moment it fires, so no numbing cream is needed. Afterward expect redness and mild swelling that behaves like a light sunburn for a few hours, sometimes a day, and occasionally a faint bruise over a treated vessel. Nearly everyone goes back to their day the same afternoon.
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Two to four for most people, spaced several weeks apart. Fine facial capillaries often clear in one or two; larger, deeper or older vessels sit at the higher end. Your nurse will give you a realistic number after looking at the area under magnification rather than quoting an average before she has seen it.
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It depends on whether you can point at the problem. Distinct vessels, threads and dots are Vasculaze, which treats one at a time with a small precise tip. A general flush of redness across the cheeks, or sun damage that is both brown and red at once, is Lumecca IPL, which treats broad areas. And if your skin is medium or deep, or you have been in the sun recently, Vasculaze is the safe option regardless. Your consult will settle it in about a minute.
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No, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. Varicose veins are large, raised and often connected to underlying circulation problems that need ultrasound assessment and a vein specialist. Vasculaze works on surface vessels — spider veins, capillaries and angiomas. If you come in with varicose veins we will say so and point you somewhere that can actually help.
Book Vasculaze in Hillcrest
Vasculaze appointments are booked directly with the Satori medical team. Call or text 442.655.8617 and mention code CONJURE1 for preferred pricing. You'll be treated in the medical room at Conjure Skin Therapies, 1450 Washington Street, Hillcrest — free private parking at the door.
