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Voluntarily Generated Piloerection

Posted by adrianrcastro @adrianrcastro, Apr 13, 2023

To my understanding, voluntarily generated piloerection (VGP), the ability to produce goosebumps at will with no particular external stimulation present, has been scarcely studied, and no true biological mechanisms have been presented as the possible explanation for why this is possible. I am posing this as an open ended question, feel free to contribute with any level of formality/knowledge whatsoever:
What do you think are the mechanisms behind VGP, and what are potential implications of its existence for the patient and/or for science?

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Justin McClanahan, Moderator | @JustinMcClanahan | Apr 17 9:13am
In reply to @aaronandamy "My significant other can voluntarily cause goosebumps whenever he wants to. We have tried to search..." + (show)
@aaronandamy

My significant other can voluntarily cause goosebumps whenever he wants to. We have tried to search for a reasons as to why this happens and we have only found in the last 100 years three studies done on it on three people so we would like to find out more possibly? Or where to go or who to call?

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Hello @aaronandamy - I combined your discussion with another discussion titled, "Voluntarily Generated Piloerection" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/voluntarily-generated-piloerection/.

@abrahamdgreat, @adrianrcastro and @yoldone also talked about having voluntary generated piloerection. And may be able to share some of what they have learned experienced.

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aaronandamy | @aaronandamy | Apr 18 10:41am
In reply to @JustinMcClanahan "Hello @aaronandamy - I combined your discussion with another discussion titled, "Voluntarily Generated Piloerection" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/voluntarily-generated-piloerection/...." + (show)
@JustinMcClanahan

Hello @aaronandamy - I combined your discussion with another discussion titled, "Voluntarily Generated Piloerection" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/voluntarily-generated-piloerection/.

@abrahamdgreat, @adrianrcastro and @yoldone also talked about having voluntary generated piloerection. And may be able to share some of what they have learned experienced.

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Thank you so much!!😊

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aaronandamy | @aaronandamy | Apr 18 10:51am
In reply to @tallyguy "Gotta ask, has the frequency of goosebumps been associated with increased hair growth?" + (show)
@tallyguy

Gotta ask, has the frequency of goosebumps been associated with increased hair growth?

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Absolutely not. 100% not because my man here Aaron has hardly any body hair whatsoever. He has like 6 hairs on his entire chest. And he is almost 46 years old. He only shaves two times a week for work purposes because he is a field technician that deals with H2 emissions and control of those emissions. He needs a whole 30 days before he has somewhat of a scruff. Lol

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