Botox for Blushing

[Bob Bear]

Hi all,

Just thought Id post a little about botox for facial blushing.

About three years ago, Id just come to end of a course of IPL (to treat my excessive facial flushing / mild - moderate type 1 rosacea). My doc mentioned that I might benefit from a botox and set me up for a test patch. Well, Im abbreviating a little. First I refused... then a month or two later I changed my mind and went back!

Anyway, the results were pretty startling. It didnt help my rosacea flushing at all, but my blushing was gone in the treated areas. No word of a lie! Since then, it seems that several people from the ESFB group have achieved similar results with this treatment.

For me, I tend do believe that this is a great to use BEFORE opting for the ETS procedure. I mean, its blocking the very same neural pathways, rather locally and temporarily making it far, FAR safer. This treatment isnt without risk, but it does seem to be the most effective way to prevent the physical manifestion of blushing (ie, the rush of warmth and redness to the face) and could (I speculate) help in breaking the cycle of anxiety - blushing - reinforcement.

BB

[Artist]

Hi BB: Would the effect then be the same as taking a beta blocker? Beta blockers, like Atenolol, cut off the physical "fight or flight" response. So, you don't blush during tense or social situations. Is that what you experienced with BOTOX?

Artist

[Ann]

Hello Friend,

I too have HAD injections of botox after numerous treatments of IPL. I have found it to be very helpful with the flushing component of rosacea as well as eliminating the symptoms of the heat related facial areas. In conjuction with IPL, I have found botox to have been very helpful in managing my condition.

A friend who wants to help,
Ann

[Artist]

Hello Ann: Did BOTOX help flushing from foods?

Artist

[sarah]

Hi i am considering having botox for flushing, the area most affected is on my nose and cheeks down the sides of my nose, where exactly do they inject it and does it leave bruising? How long do you reckon the results last?
sarah

[redbreanna]

Is this for constant redness, or for flushing that comes and goes? Because I've been told there's nothing I can do about that.

[Elsie]

hi.could you pls help me for my problem/this is about blushing.all over my face become red when someone talk to me,loook at me,called my name,then after a minute my blushing goes away.Somebody ask me do you angry.some dont like to talk to me.

[Artist]

Hi Elsie: If you are truly blushing from social/tense situations, you might want to ask your doctor about a beta blocker. I take 12.5 mg of Atenolol each morning, and it prevents my social or "tense situation" blushing. It's often used for stage fright, so your doctor should be familiar with it. It's not a sedative, it's not like valium. You can't really feel it, but it will lower your blood pressure a little so you wan to start slowly with a low dose. I take a very small dose - only 12.5mg per day...

Cheers!

Artist