Chronic facial blushing/flushing

To whom it may concern,

This petition that is in place, is for a condition that is being wrongly recognised by World Health Practitioners, and as person that suffers with this condition, I feel the psychological and physical effects need more research.

The condition in question is severe/chronic facial blushing/flushing.

There is a debate about physical vs. psychological with regards to this condition, but I am going to put down some of the feelings people go through when their face is red, and how we are perceived by others.

Quotes from myself and others, of how it feels:-

inferior, frustrating , appearing insecure or embarrassed , helplessness, blushing won't let me be myself , I'm a freak , avoiding people , coming across as the opposite of what we are, being seen as guilty, lying.

Its hard to explain this to anyone, who isn't suffering from this condition
the only way anyone could understand this condition, is to actually be affected by it.

People who suffer from this condition are all over the world, and its not associated to one area, they are all from different backgrounds , gender, and age and its affecting everyone in the same aspects of their life, employment, peers, personal relationships, even just walking down the street.


When people go on holiday, and get sun burnt, people comment on their face, and its un-avoidable, as the face is the center of peoples perception when they are having a conversation, for us that suffer with permanent blushing/flushing comments about our facial skin is a daily hazard.

People with this condition have been prescribed as socially phobic, 'anxious/nervous', but what I feel we need is the World Health Organization to understand, inside all of us that suffer, is a sociable , gregarious individual, that is battling daily with our inner self.

However chronic facial blushing/flushing can be very disabiling at times, and not only is the redness physicaly painful, it also is psychologicaly damaging to ones self esteem, confidence, and the will to be positive.

There are some accounts of suicide due to this condition, and there are many people that have contemplated this, in the repspect of people past and present, please can the medical health proffesion, recognise this condition.

To witness more accounts of peoples experiences visit www.esfbchannel.com , and lets get some proper research to help those that suffer, or to fund those that are genuinly researching this condition, Dr nase for example.