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Nobody likes to be embarrassed, and often times the flushing red of the cheeks or \u201cblushing\u201d that coincides with an embarrassing moment only makes the situation more uncomfortable for both people involved.\u00a0 Some people blush frequently when they make even small mistakes or have a \u201cslip of the tongue\u201d and say something inappropriate, while other people seem to never blush no matter how embarrassing the situation may be.<\/p>\n
Blushing often seems like a snowball effect, as the victim is aware that their cheeks are turning red, which in turn makes the cheeks turn a brighter red and the person even more embarrassed.<\/p>\n
No matter how uncomfortable this sensation may be though, it can actually be beneficial in many social situations.\u00a0 A new study has shown that people are more likely to be forgiving to someone who makes a social gaffe if they are seen to be blushing after they make the mistake.<\/p>\n
The study was conducted at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.\u00a0 This study included a group of college students who played an online game with a virtual opponent who originally worked together with them to earn money, but later left the study participant\u2019s team in favor of higher earnings with another player.\u00a0 This was the trigger that would cause the visible embarrassment for the virtual reality female.\u00a0![\"Blushing,](\"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Embarassed-2.jpg\")
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After each round, the participants were shown photos of their virtual female opponent with one of four expressions in reaction to her previous behaviors.\u00a0 These expressions displayed by the women were neutral, neutral with a blush, embarrassment, and embarrassment with a blush.\u00a0 The resulting data showed that the study participants judged their opponents much more kindly when they noticed them blushing, and often reported these blushing females to seem more honest.<\/p>\n
“After you do something wrong, people like you more when you blush,” said lead author Corine Dijk, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
On the other hand however, if your cheeks are constantly red it could be a sign of another condition called rosacea which causes a redness of the cheeks similar to blushing.\u00a0 However, unlike blushing, \u00a0rosacea does not subside after a few minutes, and unfortunately many people don\u2019t realize that it is a condition that can be treated by reducing inflammation and killing the bacteria which causes lesions to surface.\u00a0 Metro Gel<\/a> is currently the most effective product on the market, being consistently effective for the treatment of rosacea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nobody likes to be embarrassed, and often times the flushing red of the cheeks or \u201cblushing\u201d that coincides with an embarrassing moment only makes the situation more uncomfortable for both people involved.\u00a0 Some people blush frequently when they make even small mistakes or have a \u201cslip of the tongue\u201d and say something inappropriate, while other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t