Cherry Angiomas
You spot a new one in the bathroom mirror, a tiny bright red dot on your chest or arm. Cherry angiomas appear from your thirties, are almost always harmless, and come off quickly and neatly on Wimpole Street, usually in a single session.
At a glance
- Appearance Bright red, small, slightly raised
- Harmless Yes
- Removal Plasma pen or vascular laser
- Sessions Usually one
What it is and why it happens
Cherry angiomas are small bright red or purple domes, usually a millimetre or two across, appearing most often on the trunk, chest, arms and back.
They are clusters of dilated capillaries and they are almost always benign. They start appearing from around thirty and increase in number with age, and having twenty where you once had two is a perfectly normal pattern.
They run in families, and they are simply genetic and age-related, whatever you may have read online about diet, liver problems or toxins.
Because they are made of blood vessels they bleed readily if caught or scratched, so many people have them removed for comfort as much as appearance. Your clinician checks each one before treatment.
Regents Park Aesthetics removes them with plasma pen at our Wimpole Street clinic, a short walk from Bond Street station.
How we assess and treat
Every lesion is examined closely before treatment, so you know exactly what is being removed.
Anything that looks unusual is referred to a dermatologist for a closer look, because a lesion removed by plasma pen is gone completely, and every one we treat should be a confirmed angioma.
We also discuss which method suits the site. Body lesions do well with plasma. Facial ones usually do better with a vascular laser, which keeps the cheek free of a week-long crust.
Which treatment for your type of angioma?
As a guide, this is how we typically match each type to a treatment. Your own plan is always confirmed at consultation, and where a type is best seen by a dermatologist, your clinician points you to the right door.
Compared side by side
Can you treat it at home?
Home care is simple: leave them be and let the clinic do the removing. They are made of blood vessels and bleed a great deal for their size, so a quick, clean clinic removal leaves the neatest result.
They are genetic and age-related, so there is nothing you need to change in your diet or routine.
The claims linking them to liver problems or toxin build-up appear in a great deal of wellness content and are unfounded.
If one bleeds after being caught, gentle pressure stops it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Almost never. They are typically benign clusters of dilated capillaries, and your clinician confirms each one before removing it, for peace of mind.
They are genetic and age-related, appearing from around thirty and increasing with age. Diet, liver problems and toxins play no part, whatever you may read online.
That is the normal pattern. Numbers simply increase with age, and new ones are just as easy to remove.
Plasma pen for body lesions, or a vascular laser for facial ones. Usually one session.
From £180 for one to three by plasma, rising by number. Laser from £160 half face.
Scarring is uncommon. A small crust flakes away over five to seven days and the site is pink for a few weeks, and leaving the crust alone keeps the skin smooth.
Removed ones do not usually return. New ones may appear elsewhere over the years because the tendency continues, and they come off just as easily.
Clinic removal is the way to go. They are made of blood vessels and bleed a great deal for their size, so a plasma pen or vascular laser gives a clean, neat result.
No. They are genetic and age-related, and that claim in wellness content is unfounded.
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