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What causes prominent blood vessels on the forehead?

Jul 17, 2025 Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Liu Feng
Introduction
Prominent forehead vessels may be caused by emotional excitement, strenuous exercise, hypertension, vasculitis, or arteriovenous malformations. During emotional excitement, increased secretion of adrenaline in the body can lead to vascular dilation, resulting in prominent forehead vessels. It is recommended to calm emotions through deep breathing, listening to soothing music, and other methods; the symptom of vascular prominence usually subsides gradually.

Forehead vascular prominence may be caused by emotional excitement, strenuous exercise, hypertension, vasculitis, arteriovenous malformation, etc. If abnormalities occur, timely medical attention is recommended. Specific analysis is as follows:

1. Emotional excitement: When emotionally excited, increased secretion of adrenaline in the body leads to vasodilation, and forehead vessels may become prominent. It is recommended to calm emotions through deep breathing, listening to soothing music, etc., and the symptoms of vascular prominence usually gradually improve.

2. Strenuous exercise: After strenuous exercise, the body's blood circulation accelerates, and blood vessels dilate to meet the oxygen demand, which may cause forehead vascular prominence. The individual should stop exercising, rest appropriately, replenish fluids, and once the body returns to calm, the vascular prominence will improve.

3. Hypertension: Persistently elevated blood pressure increases vascular pressure, leading to forehead vascular dilation and prominence, often accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and palpitations. The main treatment involves following medical advice to use medications such as nifedipine sustained-release tablets, irbesartan tablets, and hydrochlorothiazide tablets.

4. Vasculitis: Inflammation of the vessel wall causes thickening of the wall, lumen narrowing or dilation, which may lead to forehead vascular prominence, often accompanied by local pain, erythema, fever, and other symptoms. Patients can use medications such as prednisone tablets, methotrexate tablets, and cyclophosphamide tablets under a doctor's guidance for treatment.

5. Arteriovenous malformation: Congenital vascular developmental abnormalities form abnormal channels between arteries and veins, leading to localized blood flow anomalies and forehead vascular prominence, often accompanied by increased local temperature, pulsation, and other symptoms. It is recommended that patients receive treatment under medical guidance using drugs such as lauromacrogol injection, sodium morrhuate injection, and pingyangmycin injection for injection, which can help alleviate symptoms.

In daily life, maintaining emotional stability, avoiding excessive fatigue, regularly monitoring blood pressure, and developing good lifestyle habits are recommended. If forehead vascular prominence persists without improvement or is accompanied by other discomfort symptoms, prompt medical consultation for examination is advised to determine the cause and implement targeted treatment.

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