Running - BEET RED FACE

JediMaster_intraining

This is me every workout. I hate when people ask me if I'm ok! Of course I am! You see me on the floor? NO! You see me holding my chest and saying I can't breathe? NO! So beat it! :mad:


I'm so self conscious of it even though it's unavoidable. I'm a fair skinned person too and probably won't even tan that much in the summer! :frown:

SWEETS1234

tomatoe face - yes
sweating - tons
recovery - quick - tomatoe does not last as long as it use to
dark thick hair - yes
light olive complexion - as in white compared to my family

busrider71

I turn red all the time from exercise, always have. I sweat very little and the red face is my bodies way of cooling down. I read a while back that if you stay red for a long period of time then you should take a cool shower to cool your body down after exercise.

Heidi_M78

This happens to me all the time. If I am hot or embarressed or exercising.
It is so bad that I do not own a single item of pink or red clothing as I got fed up of the "oh your face is reflecting off your shirt" comments.
My face satys like that for ages afterwards as well.
So glad you posted this as now I know I am not alone

rbrannock

Here too...I've always hated it. I blush easily too...hell, I even blush when I'm on the phone and they can't even see me!!! LOL! Really tho...its very normal and you are NOT alone!

MehiraDeOro

Mine always turns beet red, it's done that all of my life. My anatomy teacher from high school explained that I have more superficial veins in my face (superficial meaning close to the surface). So when exercising more blood is flowing and thus making a "flushed" or "blushed" look. I think that's what it was. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me!

Also I'm more annoyed that my face turns so red, and STAYS red for several hours after I'm done exercising. One of my co-workers was convinced that I had something traumatic happen to me and I would "just refuse to tell her what happened", even though I did tell her that I went to the gym and was still in my gym clothes.

yajalya

I get this too, and I was told when I was in high school that its because of a lack of sweat glands on my face, I sweat at my hairline! but not my face. I started bringing a cold gel back with me to my kettlebell classes because even after 10 min i was bright red and feeling dizzy, but as soon as I cooled my face it was like a second wind, and I was fine!

artsiefartsiek

I just looked this up last night after finishing a walk/run. My face not only gets red, but tingly hot as well.

Annoying, because people stare at me as if I might hit the floor any second, but otherwise seems to be pretty common!

I know the stare as well! I also get really hot to the touch.

artsiefartsiek

It happens to me, too. I wonder how many other characteristics we have in common. If you like, would you answer the following?

Are you a "furnace" - for example, do you feel so hot when you sleep you kick the covers off?
Once you begin sweating, do you sweat long after the workout is done?
Have you ever had heat exhaustion or heat stroke?
Is your hair very thick?

I've been trying to find others who turn super-red in the face for a long time, wondering if we have these things in common!

My husband calls me his furnace when we go to sleep! I heat up to a ridiculous temperature!
I sweat for about an hour after...even when I shower!
I don't think I have had heat stroke
I have very think red hair but only on my head, my body has a normal amount of hair.

- this is fascinating -

artsiefartsiek

"If you still look cute after you work out...you're not working hard enough."

artsiefartsiek

That has happened to me since i was a little kid. My mother took me to the pediatrician, and he said it's b/c I do not sweat enough to cool my body down. It is something that I've noticed as I've gotten older -- I work myself to death, but still no sweat. You need to keep hydrated and monitor yourself to make sure you don't overheat. Sweat is supposed to cool you down, but if you aren't sweating, you need to keep an eye on that as you continue to run and workout.

Thats really interesting! Thank you so much! Its very helpful!

DataBased

It happens to me, too. I wonder how many other characteristics we have in common. If you like, would you answer the following?

Are you a "furnace" - for example, do you feel so hot when you sleep you kick the covers off?
Once you begin sweating, do you sweat long after the workout is done?
Have you ever had heat exhaustion or heat stroke?
Is your hair very thick?

I've been trying to find others who turn super-red in the face for a long time, wondering if we have these things in common!

My husband calls me his furnace when we go to sleep! I heat up to a ridiculous temperature!
I sweat for about an hour after...even when I shower!
I don't think I have had heat stroke
I have very think red hair but only on my head, my body has a normal amount of hair.

- this is fascinating -

It really is - thanks to all who answered. I always had this condition (though I do not blush easily) so I think there may be different types of causes. I believe the superficial blood flow is the most common type, and that would include people who are extremely fair and blush easily.

I think the 2nd type is the people who either have problems getting started sweating, but who can end up sweating a river long after the exercise is over. The reason I was curious about the thick hair and the "furnace" effect of how hot you run is because I was told, long ago, there is a Germanic bloodline with these characteristics. If you are one of these, please be careful because you MAY be more susceptible to heat stroke or heat prostration than others.

Doggone it, I would so love to be a scientist type so I could do a study on this!