Coffee
Caffeine-containing drinks such as strong coffee and lots of cups of tea can stimulate the body’s natural sweating mechanism and blushing. Heat and caffeine make you blush a lot easier. If you need caffeine I found Red Bull to be the best. Lack of sleep my put you in a calm mood, but this is very individual, some people blusher more.

Flushing caused by drugs

A few drugs can cause flushing, so it is worth checking whether you are taking any of the following:

Chlorpropamide (for diabetes), which can cause flushing if you take it with alcohol

Diabinese (for diabetics) and niacin (for lowering cholesterol, sometimes contained in high-potency vitamins)

Glyceryl Trinitrate, Isosorbide Dinitrate (for angina)

Alcohol
May worsen blushing. Different liquors may contain different amounts of histamine that I believe is the reason for this. The break down of alcohol in the body actually puts histamine breakdown on hold, meaning that any histamine consumed in the body will have a greater effect than usual. So even if histamine is not normally a problem it might be when you drink.

Tamoxifen (for breast cancer and some other conditions)

Buserelin, Goserelin, Luprorelin and Triptorelin (for prostate tumors in men)

Raloxifene (for osteoporosis)

Calcitonin (for some bone disorders)

Calcium-Channel-Blockers (for angina or high blood pressure).

Morphine can cause flushing due to histamine release.

Viagra - Used for impotence or by guys that wants to be a stallion for a night.

Shaving (In the face)

Don’t shave in the morning instead do it before you go to bed. Shaving may cause skin irritation and your skin may feel hot, and this feeling alone can trigger a blush attack.

Niacin - (for high cholesterol) Niacin may cause flushes. Niacin is also known as Vitamin B3 or Niacinamide. It is heat stable and water soluble. It was first discovered when scientists were looking for the cause of pellagra. It is absorbed in the small intestine and excreted in the urine.

The human body uses niacin in more than 50 chemical reactions. It is needed by the body to extract energy from fat, carbohydrate and protein. It is a natural cholesterol regulator, and often works as well as prescription medications for persons with mild cholesterol problems. This formula uses nicotinic acid, the form of niacin that has shown promise in lowering LDL levels of cholesterol.

Like all members of the B family, niacin plays a role in energy metabolism. Niacin has the property of causing the small blood vessels to increase in size. These are the capillaries. Now, capillaries are often so small that the blood cells pass through them in single file.

It is the capillaries that take care of the vast majority of all the cells in the body. You have large arteries near the heart, and they get smaller and smaller as they extend from the heart. But, at the end of every well-sized artery is a very large network of capillaries. They all start from the heart — but at the end of the line they are tiny, tiny capillaries.

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2. Becoming less concerned with your own behavior and others’ reactions will decrease concern with blushing.

3. There are effective strategies for coping with blushing. These include practicing relaxation techniques, building self esteem, resolving underlying causes, developing positive and self accepting ‘self talk’.

4. Learn to relax, it will help you to be calmer. Like any skill learning to relax takes practice and dedication.

5. Calming images can be used as a place to retreat to in your mind. Use the same image each time you practice relaxation.

6. Recognise the part played by negative and sometimes automatic ways of thinking in making yourself feel bad about the prospect of blushing. Keep a record of your thoughts associated with blushing to identify and characterise your pattern of thinking.

7. How realistic are your thoughts? Look for more helpful and realistic alternatives. Remember that it is not other people who are telling you you look silly or incompetent – it’s you! It is your own thoughts that create unpleasant feelings; work on changing them.

8. Avoid over-generalising from one situation to another.

9. Avoid thinking in all or nothing or absolutist terms. Start afresh and test out each situation as it happens.

10. Distraction techniques can be used to cope with blushing. Instead of concentrating on your own thoughts and/or imagined thoughts of others concentrate on other mental images or objects, or carefully monitor the appearance of people around you.

11. Be positive about yourself and others’ reactions. Recognize your strengths and that blushing in only one aspect of you that other people might notice. Avoid putting thoughts into other people’s heads and do not feel that you are responsible for any comments they might make.

12. Take control of your life. Set short and long term goals and work towards changing your life at your own pace. Monitor your change and congratulate yourself on making positive changes and improvements.

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Blushing Problem is associated with anxiety and the blushing is often confused with the cause of anxiety. Thus the person is usually trying to stop blushing and/or being anxious in a vain attempt to control the Sympathetic Nervous System which by definition cannot be controlled by the mind.

This branch of the ASN is activated by adrenaline – the fear hormone – and if we want to know why the body is overproducing adrenaline or releasing it at the wrong time, we need to understand the function of drenaline.

Adrenaline serves to increase blood sugar levels throughout the body to give the body enough energy to deal with a crisis. Normally such a crisis occurs when suddenly out of the blue we are faced with a real life danger. Thus the Sympathetic Nervous System is a valuable mechanism that can save our life.

Once this SNS is activated by a flaw in the underlying biochemical mechanism – quite unrelated to environmental stresses – symptoms can take all sort or weird physical symptoms.

But the problem is that excess adrenaline production can also occur when the brain is suddenly starved of energy (of sugar). This may happen when we suffer from a metabolic disorder such as Insulin Resistance or hypoglycemia. This may be quite unrelated to circumstances in the environment. The function of adrenaline is to push nutrients – glucose, fatty acids and protein – across cell membranes. Carbohydrates (sugars in food) are a major source of biological energy called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) indispensable as a source of energy to the brain.

Without this biological energy brain cells will die and so will we. Hence the brain has a mechanism to activate the adrenal glands to pour adrenaline into the system and this will activate the SNS. Adrenaline functions to convert glycogen – sugar stores in muscles and the liver – into glucose, so as to feed the brain with energy. The brain, although only 2 per cent of body weight, requires about 70 per cent of available glucose to energize biochemical machinery in the brain.

Thus when insulin resistance causes the blood sugar levels to rise initially, it is soon followed by more insulin secretion, called hyperinsulinism. This results in a sudden drop of blood sugar reaching the brain. The brain then switches on the adrenal glands to pour adrenaline into the system. Adrenaline among others dilates blood vessels – to provide peripheral muscles with energy in preparation of strenuous action.

Prevent the action of blushing

Thus if we want to prevent us blushing uncontrollably, we need to treat the underlying insulin resistance that is responsible for activating the SNS.

The major and foremost treatment for hypoglycemia is going on a hypoglycemic diet, (similar to a diabetic diet)which consists of a small frequent snacks of high protein and low glycemic diet, supplemented with vitamins and minerals, such as B complex, vitamin C, zinc and chromium picolinate, omega-3 fatty acids (fishoil). For some of the hypoglycemic herbs see here.

One immediate remedy for blushing is taking GLYCERINE, before you expect to be in a situation that may cause you to blush. You could also try out phenylalanine or tyrosine available from health food stores. But no guarantee is given.

Another likely candidate would be the supplementation of lecithin. It contains nutritional forerunners of phosphatydilcholine – a hormone – that could together with vitamin B5 activate the parasympathetic nervous system and counteract the SNS. However, it will not treat the hypoglycemia! Other possible single remedies could be Seredyn or Eredicane, although results have been controversial.

One chemical solution is to ask your doctor to prescribe Propranolol one of the non-sedating anxiety pills in cases of emergency. It is an beta-adrenergic blocking agent counteracting the effects of the Sympathetic Nervous System. It is primarily used in the treatment of high blood pressure and angina. It can also counteract anxiety attacks without fogging up intellectual thinking. But of course this is not going to cure the underlying biochemical imbalance and they have inevitable side effects for some people.

Some of its side effects are:Propranolol is generally well tolerated, and side effects are mild and transient. Rare side effects include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, constipation, fatigue, insomnia, nausea, depression, dreaming, memory loss, fever, impotence, hotheadedness, slow heart rate, low blood pressure, numbness, tingling, cold extremities, sore throat, and shortness of breath or wheezing.

Blushers can be expected to have a low self-image because of the embarrassment they have to face. But more importantly their metabolic disorder will unavoidably affect your self image, because they are constantly bombarded with stress hormones over which you have no control.

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If you suffer from excessive blushing, you aren’t alone, and there are ways to deal with your blushing problems and cure blushing for good.

A crucial difference between someone who suffers from excessive blushing and someone who does not, is that the person who blushes excessively, imagines, or worries in advance, that they will be blushing when they are in certain situations. For those who blush excessively, their brain has automated worrying about blushing. People who have facial blushing and are often embarrassed usually avoid socializing, going to work, school, or anywhere where the blushing may occur.

Knowing how to stop blushing is a holy grail for shy people who would prefer to keep their cool socially. There’s no reason to suffer from excessive blushing any longer, and there’s every reason to get the help you need.

Hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic-Programming) treatments and therapy.

Hypnotherapy can work with your subconscious mind to program in new, positive unconscious reactions that make blushing a thing of the past.

Richard MacKenzie recommends you give Hypnotherapy a chance. He has developed a new revolutionary formula, which will help you to overcome the blushing problem through hypnosis.

A different point of view for the red face problem

How to Stop Blushing – Audio Book

For anyone suffering from excessive blushing this is a fantastic and life saving step by step guide to stop blushing.
Written by a former blusher, the author know exactly what he is talking about and how to get Results Fast. Get more ideas to cure your Facial Blushing here.

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Most people are familiar with facial blushing as something that happens when they are humiliated or embarrassed. As teenagers, we may have blushed a lot, but as we got older, generally we got more confident, and blushed less.

Blushing also known as Erythrophobia affects both women and men, but is more common in teenagers due to hormonal activity, feeling nervous or anxiety.

Why this happens?

Uncontrollable Blushing may happen when we are put on the spot, when others say something we perceive as being humiliating or embarrassing, and even when we anticipate that we might blush.

If you are an excessive blusher, you should know that you are not alone. It’s just a problem that some people may develop.

The most important thing is that you can overcome your blushing and get the life you wanted.

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So what’s Blushing?

Facial Blushing is the reaction triggered by our potential humiliation and embarrassment, it can involve social anxiety feelings, such as fear of being the center of attention and self-consciousness.

This is a normal body response, the tiny blood vessels which carry blood to our skin allow more blood to flow beneath the surface of the skin and the face, ears, neck and, occasionally, the upper chest, becomes red in color.

The “Red-Face” problem tends to get worse at first as people start to get embarrassed about their embarrassment, creating a sort of vicious circle.

Blushing can cause severe embarrassment and frustration to anyone who experiences it regularly and it can often lead to social phobia or other anxiety disorders.

Blushing could be a sign of some deep-rooted problem in your mind, which does not let you keep your most private feelings inside.

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