Ever notice a random pink spot on your face? (That’s NOT a pimple?) It can look like a small speck of pink like this:

Wiki describes it like so…

“Broken capillaries occur when the capillary walls narrow and widen too quickly causing the muscles int he walls to tear. This in turn allows the blood to seep out resulting in broken capillaries.
Dehydrated, dry and sensitive skins often have thin skin that provides less protection and therefore, these skin types are the most commonly effected.”

I noticed these annoying pink specks from time to time, but I never knew what they were! Now that I’m aware that I have sensitive skin, I’ll know that I can try to avoid them.  However, the opinions of how to prevent broken capillaries are a little ridiculous….

Avoid…

1. Hot conditions
2. Wind blowing on the face
3. Burnign i.e. sunburn
4. Moving from one extreme temperature to another
5. Pressure i.e. squeezing spots or glasses pressing on the face

I’m not sure how you can really avoid any of these without living inside of a bubble! I suppose just the idea of knowing what those pink specks are will help me mentally.