Is facial blushing a psychological or a physiological condition?
Facial blushing also known as social phobia or erythrophobia is another manifestation of hypersympathetic activity. The best candidates are those with short bursts of facial redness which appear on the mild social situations. Some patients will describe also a feeling of warmth going to their face but this is a very subjective issue. The belief among ETS surgeons is that those who suffer from physiological blushing are good candidates for sympathectomy as long as other medical ailments were ruled out. It should be stressed again that there is a controversy with regard to ETS as a treatment modality for facial blushing. For more information Dr. Reisfeld has written some informative content on this topic via his hyperhidrosis treatment website. What are the differences between the cutting and clamping ETS methods? Is one better? With the cutting method, the nerve is cut. This can be done various ways, such as with electric cautery, or harmonic scalpel which is an ultrasonic device. In th
