Do you get Asian Blush when you drink?

Poll Started December 30, 2009 by Joe

I'm surprised there isn't a poll about this.

It's found in 50% of all Asians, so some of you must have it. The question is, how badly do you have it, if you even do? Do you get red all over? Can you feel your pulse without really trying? Do you get heart palpitations or begin breathing heavily? Do you feel very warm? Does it discourage you from drinking or do you drink anyway?

Please select one for your range of reaction and one for how it's affected your drinking habits, if at all.

Do you get Asian Blush when you drink?

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  • Athena

    OMG AWESOME poll!!  I have been told I get more red than full-blooded Asians, maybe if I got a tan and wasn't so pale it wouldn't be so bad!  I get red, hot, sweat, my heart beats in my head, itchy and usually have to stick my head in the freezer or go outside to feel better!  It's terrible!!!

    25 months ago

  • Joe

    I get it all and almost don't drink at all. I can't remember the last time I had a drink. I'm such a lightweight cause of it, but I'm too damn health conscious to attempt to build a tolerance.

    25 months ago

  • Joe

    Urgh, I hate double posting. It also depends on how much I drink. I can use my skin as meter for intoxication. It starts in the hands and face, then slowly creeps up my arms and finally the rest of my body. If I'm red all over, it looks like I have some rare skin disorder, and there's a good chance I've had too much. I only sweat if I'm doing something like dancing.

    Awwww, the freezer? I never heard of that one. Yeah, I can feel a throbbing, but I can't remember if it's in my head. I don't get itchy though, never heard that one.

    25 months ago

  • Takeru V.

    i've never really had a problem with drinking till about this past summer, when my drinking lessened considerably. i'd get buzzed after 3 pints and wouldn't feel hot till my 4th. Since after i took up martial arts, I REALLY slowed my drinking to the point where i DON"T drink beer and will have just one jack n coke with lots of coke, and yet it can still make me feel 200 degrees. And i get super buzzed after a glass and a half of white wine. 


    i'm super lightweight now. featherweight, to be honest. what's lighter than featherweight? that's what i am. 


    25 months ago

  • Joe

    Lighter than featherweight would be me, Tak.

    25 months ago

  • Takeru V.

    no joe, i'm Bantamweight. so i'm lighter lol. i believe the next and LAST lightest weight division would be flyweight. 

    25 months ago

  • Paul

    I have an extremely high tolerance and I think it was inherited from dad who, is coincidentally full Japanese.. 

    25 months ago

  • Joe

    Well, since I almost never drink anymore, I guess we can't determine this with a drinking contest.

    25 months ago

  • Nina

    A Korean friend of mine told me that her friends had a trick to reduce the redness. I think she said they took a Pepcid AC or some other kind of antacid pill before they started drinking. Has anyone ever heard of that or tried it?

    24 months ago

  • Joe

    Yeah, someone told me that, but I don't think it eliminates our increased health risks of drinking though, so it's not worth it. I've got enough health issues as it is.

    24 months ago

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