Underexposed images look really red when lightening?

[mamarazzi_hrd]

I have a few pics that were underexposed that I would like to salvage. When I try to lighten them in Lightroom, the turn red....when I de-saturate the red they look washed out......is there a series of filters/or a specific tool that anyone used to fix this????

Is it the white balance or just color saturation?

 

[reg]

How underexposed are they?

It's quite possible that they're just unsalvageable - extreme correction of exposure often produces funky effects.

 

[Rachelsne]

Post a couple of examples too, it may help others identify the problem

 

[Atropine]

If the pics are severely underexposed they are probably more or less beyond repair. If this is a case of bad white balance you can try the eyedropper tool in Lightroom on a spot that is supposed to have a neutral white to grey colour. Samples would have helped a lot.