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How to stop blushing

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If you're a regular flusher, you know that it's not a girlish, rosy glow, however more of a splotchy magenta rash that could spread like tie-dye from the chest up. Usually it seems to happen at the most inopportune minute and at the drop of a hat. However blushing could really have many intricate physical and psychological induces, all of which stimulate the sympathetic nervous system. This may trigger your body's fight-or-flight response, triggering your blood vessels to vasodilate and turning you beet red
. Physically induced blushing may happen when the body gets too hot-- because the climate is steamy, you're working out, or you have a fever. It helps cool you down by dissipating heat with the surface of the skin. "Hundreds of tiny blood vessels instantaneously open up, flooding the skin with blood," says Richard Fried, a dermatologist and clinical psychologist in Yardley, Pa.

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Amy Wechsler

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-0.116351“Some people may just have more facial blood vessels that can vasodilate,” says Wechsler.
0“When you’re focusing on your breathing, you’re not focusing on anything else,” says Wechsler.
0.0252721“Drinking a glass of cold water may help cool down your body and normalize your coloring when a flush sets in,” says Wechsler.
0“Try it out at home first,” she says, ...
-0.0791164“Try it out at home first,” she says, “or you could be trading one problem for another.”
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Richard Fried

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-0.227738“Hundreds of tiny blood vessels instantaneously open up, flooding the skin with blood,” says Richard Fried, ...
-0.146429“Hundreds of tiny blood vessels instantaneously open up, flooding the skin with blood,” says Richard Fried, a dermatologist and clinical psychologist in Yardley, Pa. “The vessels act like emergency release valves to prevent the body from overheating.”
-0.193459“Once you feel your face becoming hot and red, it may perpetuate more embarrassment and blushing,” explains Fried.
-0.11762“Two of the main methods a doctor uses to treat excessive blushing are pulsed-dye lasers, to get rid of excess facial blood vessels, and beta-blockers, to slow the heart rate and stop the adrenaline rush that pumps blood to the skin,” says Fried. 
-0.436236Fried adds, “may take the jittery edge off for people with flush-prone skin.” ...
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Michael Gnatt

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-0.206257“This boosts circulation, increasing blood flow to your face,” says Michael Gnatt, ...
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HealthCondition: high blood pressure

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FieldTerminology: sympathetic nervous system

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Organization: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians

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