My face gets BRIGHT red when working out. Help!

I turn red too. I figure it's just increased blood flow. I don't have high blood pressure. It would be a much bigger concern if you were turning blue. Then you have a problem.

I use a gel facial serum after a shower after a run since I am still red. Cools your face as it evaporates and takes some of the redness away. I imagine something like aloe vera gel would also work.

Hi, wow i had no idea that i wasn't alone out there with this red thing. One time, I had been working out and then washed up, and had then dried my face a little roughly with those awful brown sandpaperesque paper towels you find in public bathrooms. After the workout, the soap and the rough drying, i pulled the towels away from my face and some woman almost screamed! worst reaction ...e.v.e.r.!.!

I LIKE this antihistamine idea, i take it is supposed to be the "Benadryl" type? Maybe not want to use it every time i work out but maybe at least on the occasion if i work out with a guy, i mean who wants to scare people?

I wanted to reply to you, because I was hoping you would share what kind of foundation do you use that helps you so much with this? I use Revelon ColorStay, it's true to it's name, and i have oily skin so with a red nose (it always seems to start there so even a regular day i might get a redder nose and this stuff does pretty good at staying put compared to other foundation formulas, I'm interested in anyone's info on brands they use, especially if they use pro makeup and know where to find it. As an art director, I used to get some from one of the make up artists that i worked with, and that some of that stuff is designed to even cover tats) it seems to have a green tinge to the base (at least in the color ranges that i use, Sand beige) But i actually have a natural green/yellow/olive tone to my skin, even if pale, and i would tan well if i didn't react so poorly to sunlight (heat exhaustion)

From what I've learned, depending on how strong you can tolerate it, it's not just being fair skinned, it's how our cooling system works, i notice that I don't sweat much and perhap this has to do with how I don't cool off properly and the thing is, your brain absolutely cannot overheat, and it is the body's response to efforts to cool your head that if it gets too hot, it causes the blood flow to the surface in order to further help the blood to cool, so it's a getting a little too hot-blooded that causes this flushing. Others whose cooling mechanism/ (including sweating?) and do this better, seem to have less of this response, I'm jealous because I always wished I could tolerate the heating up better without sun exhaustion, potential heat stroke or wanting to pass out. I wonder if anyone else has a correlation like mine?

Obviously this is a sore subject for me, so i was so glad to see this topic and the responses. Thank you all for sharing! I feel better somehow that I am not alone in this.

I liked your response, and i'm also supportive of anyone wanting to present their best self, and if some people naturally don't have to contend with this red face thing, what's the harm in those who do in not wanting to look worse or alarming others? *)

<- look at this face. im a brown woman and as it says on my profile: i always turn such an unhealthy shade of red when i workout hahah. oh well

I also get super red. Gonna try the antihistamine thing.

My old bald head gets red

I get this too. I just try not to worry about it. I take antihistamines for allergies and still get it. I'm blond haired, blue eyed, pale and I don't sweat a lot so I guess this correlates with what others have said above.

So great to come across this topic. I'm in the club too. Even my husband comments and he knows I've just come back from a run. I prefer to run in the evening when it's cooler, so that helps :blushing: