Red face from exercising

What happens if you wash your face with cool water afterwards? See if the capillaries close down by doing that?

I had this problem a lot last year. I have no solution, but I will say it has gotten so, so much better as I've gotten more fit (and lost weight, but not sure if that's related or if it is just improved fitness). Hopefully it will get better with time for you as well.

eh my face turns red when exercising, when its warm outside, when i have more than small amounts of sugar (medical condition) really im just used to it now, nothing ive tried gets it to go away. some people ask me whats wrong with my face, i just ignore it now. you can buy anti redness foundations if it really bothers you that much in meetings

AuburnL wrote: »

Doesn't seem to make a difference. It lasts through a shower. Even if I rinse with cool water. Just time from what I can tell. A friend recommended this ice packed headband/ scarf thing that she uses when she runs in the Palm Springs heat to try to keep my temp down a bit but that seems a little ridiculous in an air conditioned gym! Might try it though just to see if it makes a difference.

The color I turn is intense. I've had strangers ask if I'm okay and need assistance. lol.

Oh dear, that doesn't sound good.

I don't have much to offer other than what others have said. I take a cold shower afterwards and it stays red for about an hour. I work out during each lunch break and avoid afternoon meetings with people outside my organisation unless it's a telecon lol. My colleges however have gotten used to my post workout face so if I need a meeting with them in the afternoon it's not such a big deal anymore.

It's a fair-skinned person problem. My wife gets it too.

#thestruggleisreal

I use a green tint primer to tone down redness. Maybelline makes one and also Pur.

I go for walks that usually turn into runs. My husband can always tell if I've run or walked by the color of my face when I get back in.

I also think that with improved fitness, I maybe don't get quite as red. But, as others have said, I just don't really care anymore! It's getting a little worse now because the temperatures are rising. Even indoors, I'm finding that it's worse in the summer time.

I'm also very pale and blush at someone mentioning blushing. My whole family is that way!

I think it's just the fair-skinned thing. Accept it as a badge of honor, I earned the red face by exercising!
I turn red if it's windy, sunny, cold, hot, or I'm exercising for more than two minutes, or because the sky is blue, sometimes to the point of being scarlet. I get the random people asking me if I'm ok as well.

Since your natural response kind of takes away one of determining symptoms of heat stress, exhaustion, etc, learn what your "normal" red shade feels and looks like (yep mirror), so that both you and those around you regularly (SO, friends, workout buddy, gym acquaintance, family, etc) know what to expect. This will help limit heat related issues, but you should pay attention to the other heat related symptoms even closer. My husband has learned to ignore my red color unless I'm purple or getting a white ring or ghosting out after being red. When I would go on the not air-conditioned plant floor in the summer at my previous job, my boss quickly learned what level is normal for me.

I hope the improved fitness thing helps reduce it is true, but if not I've learned to accept it.

I'm not pale but I do have the same issue.
I find a cool shower takes a half hour off my redness. It does look very embarrassing and I generally only jog in the morning when no one is there

I have the same problem. However, it has reduced as my fitness level has increased. It used to happen every time I would run, now it only happens if its really hot out when I run.

I get red, too, on my cheeks and under my chin. I have a really nice yellow concealer by Clinique that hides the redness (I put it on afterward--I wipe sweat off my face with a towel the whole time I work out, so the concealer would just come off). But, they discontinued it and made a yellow primer in its place, which doesn't really work. So, I found that NYX has concealers in yellow and green to hide redness. I have to order one from Ulta when I run out of the Clinique one.

AllanMisner wrote: »

I guess I’m confused here. Why would you be embarrassed when people see you with a post workout flush?

They have no idea that your face is tomato-red because of a workout and think you might be having a heart attack or something. I, too, have had strangers offer to get me medical assistance. I even had an instructor come up to me in the middle of class and (quietly, politely) suggest that maybe I should dial back the intensity. I think she thought I was going to die in her class, and that probably would have made her feel bad

Also like some of the previous posters, my glowing crimson face issues went away after I got more fit. It barely ever happens anymore, now that I'm 2+ years into doing 6-ish hours of cardio per week. I forget when it stopped happening, though.

AllanMisner wrote: »

I guess I’m confused here. Why would you be embarrassed when people see you with a post workout flush?

When you're a pale blonde or a redhead, that post workout flush look seriously like you're having a cardiac emergency or something.

Also, it might be a gender thing. I go running with my brother on occasion. He's a true redhead and gets even redder than I do. He's also significantly overweight and at risk for an actual heart attack, but he's never had anyone ask him if he's OK. I get asked on the regular - I've even had a police officer pull his patrol car over to check.

I guess it's not ladylike to get a red face.

Cool wet towel applied to the wet areas directly after your workout, drink lots of water before, during, and after your workout, and avoid mirrors
-Someone who turns red-purple