Comments on: More on the MC1R Gene, Red Hair, and Pain Tolerance http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:13:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mal http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-583084 mal Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:59:54 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-583084 my name is Mal, i am a 22 year old female with red hair (not orange) i get comments on how beautiful my hair is but i dont really know how to describe it. i also have brown eyes, and dark skin, i actually tan very easy, and rarley burn. last december i was diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer, they found in a mole. Needless to say i metabolis the lidocane very fast which seems to be commen with the other redheads on this site, so by the time they took off my melanoma, i could feel them stiching me back up. I also need more novicane with dental work. This is so crazy that there are other people going through the same things as me. I dont feel alone :) my name is Mal, i am a 22 year old female with red hair (not orange) i get comments on how beautiful my hair is but i dont really know how to describe it. i also have brown eyes, and dark skin, i actually tan very easy, and rarley burn. last december i was diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer, they found in a mole. Needless to say i metabolis the lidocane very fast which seems to be commen with the other redheads on this site, so by the time they took off my melanoma, i could feel them stiching me back up. I also need more novicane with dental work. This is so crazy that there are other people going through the same things as me. I dont feel alone :)

]]> By: Kate http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-577824 Kate Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:42:37 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-577824 I can't believe you listed agression as if it's a genetic trait of red-heads. Isn't it time to leave pre-1940's thinking behind and get a reality check? If red-heads do have a pattern of agression, its probably from environmental causes - idiots like you stereotyping us under faux scientific empiricism. Saying we're only from "cold northern climates" is false too - red hair occurs naturally in Africa and across Asia. I can’t believe you listed agression as if it’s a genetic trait of red-heads. Isn’t it time to leave pre-1940’s thinking behind and get a reality check? If red-heads do have a pattern of agression, its probably from environmental causes – idiots like you stereotyping us under faux scientific empiricism. Saying we’re only from “cold northern climates” is false too – red hair occurs naturally in Africa and across Asia.

]]> By: bobby http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-577695 bobby Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:26:11 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-577695 Disagree. I'm a redhead. I comfortably swim in water to 55 degrees. No one else I know will get in. I also have a high tolerance of pain Disagree. I’m a redhead. I comfortably swim in water to 55 degrees. No one else I know will get in.
I also have a high tolerance of pain

]]> By: tgreen http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-571078 tgreen Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:29:02 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-571078 i have dark red hair and i do get cold easy but what about phyical pain it seems that i can take a lot moer pain than most. as far as being put under i dont know i have not been put under but 2 times. so i would like to know if the results differ on the coler of red hair and is this the same for men i have dark red hair and i do get cold easy but what about phyical pain it seems that i can take a lot moer pain than most. as far as being put under i dont know i have not been put under but 2 times. so i would like to know if the results differ on the coler of red hair and is this the same for men

]]> By: suzanne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-570791 suzanne Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:56:49 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-570791 Also a true redhead, I don't sweat, very fine hair on arms & legs, sensitivity to light, anesthesia, pain, and unusually prescient or weird enough for people to wonder. My thought: the canaries to the 'clan'. Also a true redhead, I don’t sweat, very fine hair on arms & legs, sensitivity to light, anesthesia, pain, and unusually prescient or weird enough for people to wonder. My thought: the canaries to the ‘clan’.

]]> By: Fawb http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-2/#comment-570789 Fawb Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:48:49 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-570789 wow - I thought it was just me. My fiance is Hispanic - dark hair, darker skin - and he SWEATS. doesn't take much. I can dance all night and just be "moist". I never really thought to attribute it to being a red head. I am very interested in the pain research though. I have been having a hell of a time getting my doctor to listen to me about my pain issues. It's at least nice to know there are others in the same boat on a lot of these issues :) wow – I thought it was just me.

My fiance is Hispanic – dark hair, darker skin – and he SWEATS. doesn’t take much. I can dance all night and just be “moist”.

I never really thought to attribute it to being a red head.

I am very interested in the pain research though. I have been having a hell of a time getting my doctor to listen to me about my pain issues.

It’s at least nice to know there are others in the same boat on a lot of these issues :)

]]> By: Carol http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-570785 Carol Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:41:07 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-570785 My hair color is bright strawberry blond, with very fair, always burnable skin, and blue eyes. I have occassionaly experienced the fast fading of dental numbing, but not always. The 2 things that I have noted that have been the most difficult are 1) the nipple pain of nursing my babies was extreme...those red nipples were very sensitive! and 2) I tend to get very sick and vomit rather excessively when coming out of anthesia following surgeries. It's happened every single time! Most nurses claimed that they couldn't understand why I was so sick, but the last time, the nurse said.."Oh, you are a red-head. That's why!" As far as the "temper" goes...maybe we are sensitive to emotional hurt, too? My hair color is bright strawberry blond, with very fair, always burnable skin, and blue eyes. I have occassionaly experienced the fast fading of dental numbing, but not always. The 2 things that I have noted that have been the most difficult are 1) the nipple pain of nursing my babies was extreme…those red nipples were very sensitive! and 2) I tend to get very sick and vomit rather excessively when coming out of anthesia following surgeries. It’s happened every single time! Most nurses claimed that they couldn’t understand why I was so sick, but the last time, the nurse said..”Oh, you are a red-head. That’s why!” As far as the “temper” goes…maybe we are sensitive to emotional hurt, too?

]]> By: shannon http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-98/#comment-570768 shannon Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:13:25 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-570768 Same here!! i am a natural redhead, and i just ran 3 miles and didn't even break a sweat. i barely ever sweat even after a whole day at the gym, when my face matches my hair and my head feels as if it will explode...yet just a little damp in the pits. weird wild stuff. Same here!! i am a natural redhead, and i just ran 3 miles and didn’t even break a sweat. i barely ever sweat even after a whole day at the gym, when my face matches my hair and my head feels as if it will explode…yet just a little damp in the pits. weird wild stuff.

]]> By: Redheads Feel More Pain at Dentist Office : Blisstree - Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-570776 Redheads Feel More Pain at Dentist Office : Blisstree - Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:10:56 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-570776 [...] a Comment // My sister is a redhead. When we were about 11 and 13 years old, we went together to get our ears pierced. She almost [...] [...] a Comment // My sister is a redhead. When we were about 11 and 13 years old, we went together to get our ears pierced. She almost [...]

]]> By: red head http://www.blisstree.com/articles/more-on-the-mc1r-gene-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-570646 red head Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:04:00 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=245#comment-570646 Im a red head, I'm not too sure about the temperature difference, I dont mind under freezing or extreme heats, I think it depends on where you live. The anesthetic is definitely true. Iv had 9 freezings at the dentist before we gave up and I just bore the pain of having a tooth drilled. Im a red head, I’m not too sure about the temperature difference, I dont mind under freezing or extreme heats, I think it depends on where you live. The anesthetic is definitely true. Iv had 9 freezings at the dentist before we gave up and I just bore the pain of having a tooth drilled.

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