One day, I was sitting with a friend when her crush walked by us. He said hello, smiled, and kept walking. The entire encounter took less than 5 seconds, and yet by the time it was over, her cheeks were colored a bright pink. I asked her if she was okay, which made her pinker. I could literally see the blush spreading slowly up her face and down her neck. As much as she tried to calm herself, she could not stop blushing. Has something like this ever happened to you or someone that you know?

How to stop blushing

Why We Blush

While blushing is a normal body reaction, many people wish to learn how to stop blushing or prevent blushing because it happens so often to them. Blushing most commonly occurs during a situation when a person is embarrassed or very stressed, like public speaking or a first date. Basically, blushing is your body’s involuntary reaction to a raised level of anxiety. This makes sense, considering that is part of the sympathetic nervous system, which controls your fight-or-flight response. Because that response is releasing adrenaline, this causes an increase in blood flow to your muscles, and the veins in your face, called the blushing region. The blood vessels in your face are closer to the skin with fewer tissues between them and the surface compared to the rest of your body. These vessels also are wider and are greater in number, making them very visible. If you know someone with Erythematotelangiectatic rosacea, then you can probably see some of these blood vessels on their cheeks or forehead.

Not only is blushing a reaction to anxiety, but to temperature changes as well. When you run a fever, your blushing region kicks into gear. It’s one reason why your face is the first place that mom went to touch when checking for a fever! Just like anything else when it gets heated up, the blood vessels in your face expand. This expansion allows your body to cool itself down. It’s also why you get hot when you get anxious, because now your body is trying to cool off by exposing hot blood to cooler surface temperatures.

How to Stop Blushing

Now that you know a little bit about what is going on when you blush, the next thing you’d probably like to know is how to stop blushing.

Stop BlushingBehavior/Thought modification: Many people just try to ignore it or take mental control over the situation and make it less of a big deal. Obviously, the more you are anxious about it, the more it happens (just look at what happened to my friend!).

Foods: Avoid spicy foods, caffeine, and alcohol. These all can have an affect on blood flow because they widen your capillaries, which allows for more blood flow. Remember, the blood vessels in your face serve as temperature regulators, so anything that increases your body temperature is going to increase the blood flow so that you can cool off!

Therapy: If you can’t stop blushing on your own, you may need to pull in some outside help. A therapist can help you determine what causes your blushing, if you don’t already know what it is. A therapist trained in anxiety disorders (not that you have to have one to blush too much) can give you the steps to follow to help prevent your blushing.

Surgery: A drastic option is Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, which I am going to breakdown for you. Endoscopic means that the doctor will make a very small incision and use a tiny camera, an endoscope, to see inside your body. Thoracic refers to the thoracic vertebrae, the part of the spine that will be operated on. Sympathectomy literally means, “to cut out the sympathetic nervous system.” Using the endoscope, the doctors will look for the thoracic nerves responsible for blushing, and will cut a few to decrease the intensity of the signal that says, “Blush!”

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