I don't know, I think the red areas lend to the realism. Or maybe it is just me. When I get goosebumps (which is all the time because I am always cold, lol) My skin gets splotchy like that. Looking at them now, (because my *^%% husband decided to turn the heat off) it seems that i get white splotches, which kind of makes the other areas seem red, i guess.