Excessive Facial Blushing Cures and Treatments   by Terry Brennan

in Health / Diseases and Conditions    (submitted 2010-11-10)

If you experience a condition known as excessive facial blushing, your best chance at finding a treatment that will work is to first identify the cause of facial blushing. Stress is the root cause for normal blushing, but a person who has a nervous system that is over-sensitive will experience excessive blushing even with a tiny amount of stress. Learning how to control these frustrating and embarrassing episodes can come from learning how to control one's reactions to outside influences and triggers that contribute to the excessive blushing.

Spontaneous blushing, for some, is caused by anxieties experienced in social settings. Situations such as a sudden embarrassment, being put on the spot or even speaking in public can cause an episode to happen. You can actually learn how to control your excessive blushing by teaching yourself to react differently to uncomfortable or otherwise stressful situations. Controlling you own reactions is the base on which you can build and layer other treatment options.

In some cases, especially if the triggers are just too strong, a person can benefit from cognitive psychological therapies as a means of re-training the mind's reaction to stressful situations. It sounds much more complex and serious than it really is, and the therapy itself is pain-free. This approach will not only help you to control your reactions with regard to excessive facial blushing, but it can help you to respond more calmly to all forms of stress. Many experts believe that this technique is very effective because it is very focused on the patient's personal situation and needs. When you utilize these psychological therapies in conjunction with other types of treatment, most patients learn how to reduce the frequency and seriousness of their episodes by re-training their reactions, embracing stressful situations rather than being afraid of them.

Another successful treatment option is hypnosis, which can help to broaden the effects of the other therapies. You can do an online self-hypnosis via audio tracks or you can see a professional that is trained to help with these types of situations in-person. The hypnosis, as with the psychological therapy, is one of the painless ways that this condition can be treated, but the patient needs to be willing to make the changes and trusting of the treatment.

In addition to therapy treatments, a variety of different types of anti-anxiety medications can also be used to help reduce excessive facial blushing episodes. Because there are so many options now for treatment, it is best that you speak with a trained psychiatrist to help get you on the path to recovery. A professional has the ability to look at your condition as a whole, consider any external influences and prescribe the best treatment and medication to help address your specific situation.

It is important to have a comprehensive and well-balanced approach to therapy and medical treatments if you hope to learn how to control your excessive facial blushing and get on with your life. In most cases, patients who receive a combination of psychological therapies and medication treatments will learn how to reduce symptoms and sometimes eliminate excessive blushing completely. But of course there are some patients who will not see relief from their condition through the use of these methods.

In some situations, surgery is the only option. The procedure that is done to treat this condition is known as endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy or ETS, which was initially used as a treatment for excessive armpit or palm sweating. Doctors realized that patients who also suffered from excessive facial blushing saw relief from this condition as well following the procedure. There is a variety of the ETS surgery that works to target and disable the mechanism that is controlled by these over-sensitive nerves that cause the excessive blushing episodes.

The surgery is considered to be very simple, safe and mostly pain-free procedure that is conducted in most hospitals via out-patient services. However, general anesthesia is required in order to properly conduct the operation, which can be a concern for some patients. There is a very high success rate for this type of surgery, and the side effects from it are very minimal.

It is important to know, however, that there are a variety of different treatment options available for those who suffer from the embarrassing condition of excessive facial blushing. It is important to take the time to re-train your mind and body so you can learn how to control the situations that trigger excessive facial blushing once and for al Therapy that includes a multi-level approach of different treatments is usually the most successful route to take. For those who suffer from spontaneous, excessive blushing, sometimes just taking the first step is all it takes to find the cure.

About the Author

Editor Terry Brennan runs Treatments for Blushing, which publishes articles about various blushing cures.