I’ve busted open my knuckles more than my fair share. Normally the scars are light and pale, but after a few beers, or ANY wine, they go full Rudolph.
What is odd is the scars on my arm or my shins stay normal.
Select-Ninja-7607 on
That’s actually fascinating, your blood vessels in the scar tissue probably react differently to alcohol dilation 👀
EchoCrate on
That’s wild! I wonder if it’s due to changes in capillary response – scar tissue has altered collagen and blood flow.
NoPreference7493 on
Kinda cool and creepy at the same time like your body’s built-in warning lights 😂
FawnAndFeral on
Bro’s battle wounds are celebrating too 💀
TwilightSands_ on
You have officially unlocked the biological mood ring.
needspice on
Looks like your joints too.
Might be slightly allergic to beer?
meatywood on
My Nana takes her wig off when she’s drunk.
Proditude on
My face used to turn bright red.
1daysago on
If you’re asian, called the asian flush. If not, no fun name just light alcohol allergy
Worcestercestershire on
It could be a ALDH2 gene mutation. Do you blush when you drink? You could have Alcohol Flush Reaction. Honestly it’s not a super useful mutation…..eye lasers is a much cooler one.
Or it could be that your circulation changes after a few adult beverages.
Kitchen_Medicine3259 on
Same! My hands also heat up at random times (usually around bedtime), so there’s weird redness of scars then too. I think if alcohol heats you up, the hands and feet exert heat to cool you down, hence why it happens for me at bedtime too (body trying to cool down when it thinks it’s time to sleep).
Sometimes I wonder if I have an inflammatory condition but I’ve always been like this and nothing bad has happened.
dragsterburn on
Alcohol increases bloodflow to the extremities
Badfish1060 on
drink more
farwrik on
Kind of alergia
Short-pitched on
They are your alcohol meter
idontknowjuspickone on
Alcohol only? Or any liquid?
RecLuse415 on
You be getting into scraps my dude?
takeandtossivxx on
Whatever this is, I’m glad I don’t have it cause I have a ton of scars. It is kind of cool, though.
dorianfinch on
This happens to my (almost decades old, don’t worry) self harm scars, it’s awkward when noticed lol
meatcoveredskeleton1 on
Alcohol is a vasodilator. It increases blood flow and can make scars appear to be more pink or red because of the vasodilation/increased blood flow in the area.
ETA: this is especially true if it’s a newer scar, as the tissue is still resurfacing and will continue to heal for some time.
SandysBurner on
Mine turn purple when I get cold.
JuicySpark on
Stop playing the no flinch cigarette game when you’re drunk and that won’t happen
campbelljac92 on
My grandad used to have the same thing, apparently he got bottled in Times Square one New Years Eve when he was in his teens and if he drank his face would go red other than the scar on his cheek which would remain the same colour.
icedlondonfogs on
mine does the same, and interestingly i have a scar in that same spot however on my left hand
TimeisaLie on
I occasionally start to sneeze a lot after my first drink.
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I’ve busted open my knuckles more than my fair share. Normally the scars are light and pale, but after a few beers, or ANY wine, they go full Rudolph.
What is odd is the scars on my arm or my shins stay normal.
That’s actually fascinating, your blood vessels in the scar tissue probably react differently to alcohol dilation 👀
That’s wild! I wonder if it’s due to changes in capillary response – scar tissue has altered collagen and blood flow.
Kinda cool and creepy at the same time like your body’s built-in warning lights 😂
Bro’s battle wounds are celebrating too 💀
You have officially unlocked the biological mood ring.
Looks like your joints too.
Might be slightly allergic to beer?
My Nana takes her wig off when she’s drunk.
My face used to turn bright red.
If you’re asian, called the asian flush. If not, no fun name just light alcohol allergy
It could be a ALDH2 gene mutation. Do you blush when you drink? You could have Alcohol Flush Reaction. Honestly it’s not a super useful mutation…..eye lasers is a much cooler one.
Or it could be that your circulation changes after a few adult beverages.
Same! My hands also heat up at random times (usually around bedtime), so there’s weird redness of scars then too. I think if alcohol heats you up, the hands and feet exert heat to cool you down, hence why it happens for me at bedtime too (body trying to cool down when it thinks it’s time to sleep).
Sometimes I wonder if I have an inflammatory condition but I’ve always been like this and nothing bad has happened.
Alcohol increases bloodflow to the extremities
drink more
Kind of alergia
They are your alcohol meter
Alcohol only? Or any liquid?
You be getting into scraps my dude?
Whatever this is, I’m glad I don’t have it cause I have a ton of scars. It is kind of cool, though.
This happens to my (almost decades old, don’t worry) self harm scars, it’s awkward when noticed lol
Alcohol is a vasodilator. It increases blood flow and can make scars appear to be more pink or red because of the vasodilation/increased blood flow in the area.
ETA: this is especially true if it’s a newer scar, as the tissue is still resurfacing and will continue to heal for some time.
Mine turn purple when I get cold.
Stop playing the no flinch cigarette game when you’re drunk and that won’t happen
My grandad used to have the same thing, apparently he got bottled in Times Square one New Years Eve when he was in his teens and if he drank his face would go red other than the scar on his cheek which would remain the same colour.
mine does the same, and interestingly i have a scar in that same spot however on my left hand
I occasionally start to sneeze a lot after my first drink.
Increased blood flow
You know what to stop doing then, don’t you?