Help Face rash after testing carotid compression with a charging cable

[x-Ace-x]

I'm sorry if this was answered before but I couldn't find anything.

About 2 hours ago I was testing the carotid artery compression with a phone charging cable and after I firmly compressed an artery, which happened for the first time to me, I suddenly felt dizzy, couldn't hear anything, and the vision went almost dark.

I felt all of these symptoms and stopped the compression before probably going unconscious (cause I wasn't alone).

After about 30 minutes I looked at the mirror and saw a rash on my face, nowhere else, just on the face.

I think it's simply because of the disrupted blood flow to the face vessels.

Maybe you know how long will it take? I wouldn't want to leave my home looking like that, especially going to school.

There's also a mark from the cable on my neck but that will fade away in a few hours, so I'm not worried. Thank you.

 

[x-Ace-x]

Maybe you experienced something similar?

 

[56709]

It's from jugular compression. You have basically ruptured the capillaries in your face...

I'd strongly advise against attempting ligature asphyxiation again. Just read the accounts of failed attempts on this forum alone...
You will likely end up in a psych ward. Even if you are successful in making yourself faint you could very well end up with irreversible brain damage.

 

[MaybeMaybeKnot]

Are they little pinpricks of red, like petechiae? If so than it is likely from jugular compression, as previously commented. Those can take a little time to go away. If it's just flushing from adrenaline, you should be fine before long.

 

[Secrets1]

It's from jugular compression. You have basically ruptured the capillaries in your face...

I'd strongly advise against attempting ligature asphyxiation again. Just read the accounts of failed attempts on this forum alone...
You will likely end up in a psych ward. Even if you are successful in making yourself faint you could very well end up with irreversible brain damage.

If you are successful in making yourself faint isn't this one of the most reliable ways? Why do things go wrong when they do? I tried it out for practice and was feeling good about this method.

 

[x-Ace-x]

It's from jugular compression. You have basically ruptured the capillaries in your face...

I'd strongly advise against attempting ligature asphyxiation again. Just read the accounts of failed attempts on this forum alone...
You will likely end up in a psych ward. Even if you are successful in making yourself faint you could very well end up with irreversible brain damage.

Wow, that explains everything. However, are you saying the hanging method is not good? As far as I know, it's one of the most popular ones, so maybe that's why people write about it more.

I imagined that if I didn't use a rope with a knot (e.g. slipknot), after going unconscious my muscles would relax and stop the compression, resulting in no damage at all. Damage starts to happen after a few minutes the brain is deprived from oxygen. At least that's that I read on this forum.

Are they little pinpricks of red, like petechiae? If so than it is likely from jugular compression, as previously commented. Those can take a little time to go away. If it's just flushing from adrenaline, you should be fine before long.

Exactly, there are a lot of them and they are very small dots, like when you come on the cold winter inside home. The temperature changes cause the face skin to be reddish.

 

[Starrywaters]

As others have said likely to be very small ruptured of the capillaries in your face. Our facial skin is quite different to the skin found on most other areas of our bodies. It's quite sensitive and not particularly hard to cause some damage to it.

If you feel uncomfortable about your rash and prefer not to talk about it if asked a simple mild allergic reaction to a new body product would suffice as an explanation as most people are not terribly familiar with dermatology issues.

 

[x-Ace-x]

Thank you for the answers. It's already morning and a situation is the same.

However, do you think it will happen the next time I try to compress my artery or this thing is quite rare?

 

[k75]

Thank you for the answers. It's already morning and a situation is the same.

However, do you think it will happen the next time I try to compress my artery or this thing is quite rare?

It's not rare. Anytime you get a good compression, you will have to deal with burst capillaries, especially around the eyes. Basically if you're not getting that then you're not cutting blood flow, so it's annoying but kind of a good sign, depending on how you look at it.

 

[marriedindeed]

@x-Ace-x, I tried carotid compression (partial suspension), obviously it failed, but I was left with lots of small red dots on my face where my capillaries had burst due to the increase in pressure. Luckily the red dots cleared up after a couple of days. I would not recommend this method.

 

[x-Ace-x]

@x-Ace-x, I tried carotid compression (partial suspension), obviously it failed, but I was left with lots of small red dots on my face where my capillaries had burst due to the increase in pressure. Luckily the red dots cleared up after a couple of days. I would not recommend this method.

Thank you for sharing your experience. Hopefully it will fade away soon. May I ask why you don't recommend partial suspension method?

 

[marriedindeed]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Hopefully it will fade away soon. May I ask why you don't recommend partial suspension method?

Its difficult to achieve. I did a test run with a thin cable using both hands, i.e. self strangulation, with some success. However, when it came to my actual attempt using a door knob for the suspension, I failed multiple times.

Carotid compression is covered in the March 2019 edition of the PPeH. A whole chapter is dedicated to it. Its referred to as the "Korean Method". The PPeH is available in the resources section.