Question

Why do people's faces turn red during embarrassment?

Answer 1

When you feel certain emotions (like embarassment), then your body reacts by releasing chemicals that cause stuff in your body to happen. When you become embarrassed, the empty blood vessels in your cheeks get filled up with blood. This causes your face to get red.. . (The reason your body does this is because it associates certain emotions with feeling cold, so it pumps more warm blood to warm you up.)

Answer 2

i just learned this. when you get embarrased, you get hot, when you get hot youre capillaries move up to let go of as much heat as they can

Answer 3

uhh not EVERYONES face turns red when they're embarassed...

Answer 4

blood rushing to they're cheeks I'm not sure why but I think it's sorta a reflex

Answer 5

I just went to wkipedia and looked at this. It seems that there is debate as to whether the entire body experiences the blood rush associated with the blush or if it is only the face. In some ways it is related to the post orgasmic "flush" which is generally considered to be a full body blush. As for the why...... . I've always thought that it had something to do with the fight or flight response and that it also has to do in part with adreneline. Most people only blush when they are embarrased or involved in something that makes them uncomfortable. I would venture to say that this is fundementally related to the idea of fight or flight. It may be the emotional component of fight or flight that triggers the flush.