Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Anyone notice they flare or get rosacea irritation from chewing a lot or chewing hard foods like raw fruits and veggies? When you work the muscles in your face by chewing, blood is sent to the muscle to provide more oxygen for the work it's doing. So, blood goes into our face to get to the capillaries in the muscles and gives us a flare. I think this is a major trigger for me and I was thinking it was the actual food, but now I am thinking it is just the fact that raw fruits and veggies are harder to chew and work the facial muscles more. I am going to try chewing slower and cutting apples and other hard raw fruits and veggies to lessen the amount of work my facial muscles work to see if this helps. Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 Yes, that happens to me also - my face flushes after chewing crunchy hard foods, and will stay flushed for 2-3 hours. I have TMJ also, and clench my facial muscles, which also can cause the flushing. Guess we're all supposed to only eat soft foods - that is actually what the TMJ specialist recommended - but it is pretty darn boring! Gale --- aaclouti artist@...> wrote: > Anyone notice they flare or get rosacea irritation > from chewing a lot > or chewing hard foods like raw fruits and veggies? > When you work the > muscles in your face by chewing, blood is sent to > the muscle to > provide more oxygen for the work it's doing. So, > blood goes into our > face to get to the capillaries in the muscles and > gives us a flare. I > think this is a major trigger for me and I was > thinking it was the > actual food, but now I am thinking it is just the > fact that raw > fruits and veggies are harder to chew and work the > facial muscles > more. I am going to try chewing slower and cutting > apples and other > hard raw fruits and veggies to lessen the amount of > work my facial > muscles work to see if this helps. > > Patty > > > > -- > Please read the list highlights before posting to > the whole group (http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html). > Your post will be delayed if you don't give a > meaningful subject or trim your reply text. You must > change the subject when replying to a digest ! > > See http://www.drnase.com for info on his recently > published book. > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribe > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 Yes, that happens to me also - my face flushes after chewing crunchy hard foods, and will stay flushed for 2-3 hours. I have TMJ also, and clench my facial muscles, which also can cause the flushing. Guess we're all supposed to only eat soft foods - that is actually what the TMJ specialist recommended - but it is pretty darn boring! Gale --- aaclouti artist@...> wrote: > Anyone notice they flare or get rosacea irritation > from chewing a lot > or chewing hard foods like raw fruits and veggies? > When you work the > muscles in your face by chewing, blood is sent to > the muscle to > provide more oxygen for the work it's doing. So, > blood goes into our > face to get to the capillaries in the muscles and > gives us a flare. I > think this is a major trigger for me and I was > thinking it was the > actual food, but now I am thinking it is just the > fact that raw > fruits and veggies are harder to chew and work the > facial muscles > more. I am going to try chewing slower and cutting > apples and other > hard raw fruits and veggies to lessen the amount of > work my facial > muscles work to see if this helps. > > Patty > > > > -- > Please read the list highlights before posting to > the whole group (http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html). > Your post will be delayed if you don't give a > meaningful subject or trim your reply text. You must > change the subject when replying to a digest ! > > See http://www.drnase.com for info on his recently > published book. > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribe > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 Yes, that happens to me also - my face flushes after chewing crunchy hard foods, and will stay flushed for 2-3 hours. I have TMJ also, and clench my facial muscles, which also can cause the flushing. Guess we're all supposed to only eat soft foods - that is actually what the TMJ specialist recommended - but it is pretty darn boring! Gale --- aaclouti artist@...> wrote: > Anyone notice they flare or get rosacea irritation > from chewing a lot > or chewing hard foods like raw fruits and veggies? > When you work the > muscles in your face by chewing, blood is sent to > the muscle to > provide more oxygen for the work it's doing. So, > blood goes into our > face to get to the capillaries in the muscles and > gives us a flare. I > think this is a major trigger for me and I was > thinking it was the > actual food, but now I am thinking it is just the > fact that raw > fruits and veggies are harder to chew and work the > facial muscles > more. I am going to try chewing slower and cutting > apples and other > hard raw fruits and veggies to lessen the amount of > work my facial > muscles work to see if this helps. > > Patty > > > > -- > Please read the list highlights before posting to > the whole group (http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html). > Your post will be delayed if you don't give a > meaningful subject or trim your reply text. You must > change the subject when replying to a digest ! > > See http://www.drnase.com for info on his recently > published book. > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribe > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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