I don't think its a stereotype. Us redheads have different genes, especially with skin (stretchmarks) - but that is because red heads are fair skinned so a fair skinned non-redhead would have same problem. Pain tolerance/anesthesia many dr.'s believe is fact, not stereotype. They have done studies but they are not conclusive. Its more of a hypothesis (Educated).
I mean black skin is prone to keloidal scars, its not a stereotype its just different genetic make up of the skin.
Do you know where I can read about the evidence/studies into that redheads get more stretchmarks? Cos I was told by a doctor after the event that this was not true, and that they just tend to be more red than people with dark hair.
And from what I have read they are unsure, some things redheads are more sensitive to pain with (thermal) and others we are less sensitive, so to put a blanket redheads are more sensitive to pain is wrong, because (as far as I can see) the evidence is not yet there.
Another thing I have been told previously was that as a readhead I am more likely to hemorrage, again not true.
I just think it is imperative that each patient is treated as an individual, not seen oh she has x hair colour or is x size so this is going to happen because that can mean missing warning signs, like me they missed one of the warning signs of my pre-eclampsia just because I was a redhead and I could of died from that. Thinking that a redhead might not cope with pain as well, could make them miss the warning signs of say a ruptured uterus or a concealed placental abruption. And that is what I meant by the sterotype thing, I just dont like the idea of putting people in one box but couldnt word all of this last because I was tired.
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