Couperose is a chronic skin disease that affects women more frequently than men. It's not dangerous, but the dilated blood vessels on the face, often visible to the naked eye, can pose a significant cosmetic problem.

Laser treatment can intervene at this point and cauterize the dilated capillaries of couperose. The laser's focused, high-energy light heats the red blood cells, causing them to clot. The affected capillaries then stick together and are destroyed. The body then breaks them down, meaning they disappear and no longer show through the facial skin. The skin itself should not be affected during laser treatment of couperose.

I recommend removing the visible vessels in couperose with a laser during the sun-poor seasons of autumn and winter, as the skin reacts extremely sensitively to sunlight after the treatment.