imapumpkin Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Because I'm so pale I almost always wear some kind of lip color whether it be lipstick, gloss, tinted lipbalm,etc. but I've been noticing lately when I have just plain chapstick on, my lips have a blueish or purpleish tint to them even though the rest of my face is pale as a ghost. Is this a circulation issue? Because my pulse ox is always 98-99% so doubt it's an oxygen problem. Does anyone else get this blue/purple tinge to their lips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigskyfam Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Mine go white. What about your nail color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuneFlower Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 my daughter often looks as you describe. I'm sure it is less oxygenated but when you check a pulse ox you are reading the central reading, not the lips.June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjensen Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I get spells where my lips are purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imapumpkin Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 nails are normal. just weird colored lips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 My skin is white-grey-yellow depending on how I am feeling and my lips dark pinky-purple. Have been like this since I got ME/CFS back 30 years ago. If my BP goes haywire I flush up really pink or if I get too hot, but I'm mostly a sickly yellow-white. All circulation/BP. I also have tachy around 95-120 when resting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Soskis Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Yes - blue lips, pasty white face, mouth mucosa bluish/purple, - kind of look like the walking dead....all related to poor vascular compliance - floppy blood vessels - don't get the circulation required to maintain a healthy pink complexion and pink lips. Blood vessels don't constrict and blood pools in large vessels - especially the abdominal vessels - therefore, not enough blood to circulate upward and outward - so, we look like a real-life zombie! - I'd rather not be so "stylish"..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raisin Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 E.Soskis, I just wanted to say you make me giggle. Remember when they were selling blue lipstick everyone? I think it was supposed to change color according to your ph or something? Of course, ours all would have stayed blue. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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