tickled pink (literally)

[tmnt_fan]

I've read a few posts that said too much tickling on a concentrated area can cause the skin to become red. For example, this post:

"Oil just lets everything glide and not become well tickled RED...just a nice shade of pink 🙂

If you tickle feet with nails without oil, the skin gets red and irritated over time, this goes for any body part really...but add some oil and no more friction."


What are you thoughts on this?

 

[chicago]

Not really thoughts. Friction causes heat and irritation, thus redness.

Oil reduces friction thus reducing heat, irritation, and redness.

 

[FLBowler]

Not really thoughts. Friction causes heat and irritation, thus redness.

Oil reduces friction thus reducing heat, irritation, and redness.

I couldn't say it any better

 

[C.A.B.]

As far as redness from skin irritation, the only thing the oil will do is delay the inevitable as the body will rush blood to what it thinks is an area becoming injured.

But as for the phenomenon in the title of your thread, "Ticked Pink", the pinking up of the body is an involuntary sympathetic reaction when the lee experiences "fight or flight". Adrenalin is dumped into the blood stream and the capillaries dilate to accommodate more oxygen for the muscles. Its akin to being sexually aroused.