Red Face Cures
Having a red face can be very embarrassing, especially in social situations. Excessive blushing can be very debilitating and distressing to the individual. In can negatively affect performance at work, damage presentation during interviews and at meetings. The sufferer may find difficulty making friends and finding a suitable partner and will feel uneasy in social gatherings. Just meeting an old friend in the street may cause facial blushing for no apparent reason and be a cause for embarrassment. People who don’t suffer from a red face are often looked at with longing and envy from those that do.
Many people blush, but it is usually only last for a few seconds, minutes at most. Excessive blushing can be a problem particularly as the cause starts and sustains itself in the mind. A red face is caused by an increase in blood flow to the small facial blood vessels. Although the increase in blood flow is an automatic response to a real or imagined situation, with practice it can be controlled.
The problem can often feed on itself. Anxiety about getting a red face can cause it to flare up, which then causes further anxiety leading to the problem getting worse. When comments are made about red cheeks by others, this can be the final straw and the sufferer knows they are in for an unhappy and embarrassing time. Indeed, just the thought of getting red cheeks can often be enough to start the anxiety and a self fulfilling prophecy results. A sufferer will often go great lengths to avoid social situations such as parties, weddings and special occasions so as to avoid the stress of getting a red face and the low self-worth that usually results.
Face redness comes in degrees of severity, even from the same individual depending on the circumstances. Although red cheeks can be brought on by excessive sun, a chilly wind, alcohol, spicy foods or an allergic reaction, these are preventable simply by avoiding the source of the problem. Strenuous exercise will often lead to a red face and ears in some people, but again this is normally short-lived and the face returns to normal soon after.
The more distressing causes of a red face are those brought on by embarrassment, social anxiety or simply the fear of going red. People who suffer from facial reddening often like to walk in the fresh air prior to an important engagement, or will have the air vent in the car directed at their face on the way. The cooler air on their face can give some comfort, but this is often short lived when they arrive at their destination. They may arrive after a short walk, with a cooling wind on their face and feel quite good and ready for the social ordeal ahead. However, once they enter the location of the event, excessive blushing will flare up almost immediately, especially after a meeting a few people and the social nightmare begins.
Red face sufferers generally tend to be less confident than those without the affliction. The question is whether they lack confidence because of the blushing or that they blush because they are low on confidence. Either way is can be a social handicap, that most of the population do not have to endure. The good news is that there are treatments available, and even if untreated, blushing becomes less severe with age.
In addition there are those that suffer from the medical condition of rosacea, which although related to blushing has a different cause and treatment. Rosacea is evident by a redness of the face, nose, chin, but unlike blushing, the blood vessels under the skin have ruptured causing acne like symptoms. Rosacea can be particularly distressing in severe cases and can afflict people for most of their lives. Flare ups of rosacea on a person’s face can be controlled however, by avoiding certain triggers and situations so that facial redness can be minimized.
If you or a close friend suffer from a red face, whether caused by anxiety, rosacea or from an allergen you will find it discussed on this website. There are plenty of treatments available including breathing methods, visualizations, cosmetics, medications, diets, hypnotization and even surgery. There should be a solution suitable for every sufferer of a red face.
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