The other day you had a bruise from bumping your knee on so hard object, now you got another one, and you don't know where it came from?
What caused that dark, unsightly mark on your leg?
Although bruising doesn't necessarily indicate a serious health issue, we still don't want it to be there.
Bruises are usually black or blue marks on the skin that appear after a bump or injury. They typically form when a localized injury, such a blow or impact, causes capillaries to break open and leak red blood cells under the skin.
There are plenty of reasons for easy bruising. If your bruising bothers you, check out these surprising explanations behind your purple spots.
You’re getting older and your skin is thinning.
This is sort of inevitable, but if your skin has lost collagen thanks to the effects of aging, it’s more susceptible to injury. You bruise because your blood pools into your skin, outside of your blood vessels. This makes your skin more vulnerable to trauma — causing you to bruise frequently.
You expose yourself under the sun a little bit too much.
UV rays damage your skin’s pliability and resilience. Not to mention UV rays also damage the skin’s ability to repair itself. Wear some sunblock when going outdoors, even if you aren’t going to stay under the sun.
You lift weights.
Studies have shown that lifting weights can lead to microscopic tears in muscle fiber that show up as bruises, it causes you to strain and push down your muscles.
You aren’t getting enough vitamin C.
We need vitamin C for collagen. Collagen is responsible for the support system of our skin around the blood vessels. When you don’t get enough vitamin C, you’re degrading the support around the blood vessels and you might bruise more easily.
Bruises aren’t really something to be worried about if they’re from injuries or if they don’t appear more of often than not.
However, if you experience large and frequent bruises on unusual places such as the face, back or trunk, along with other weird symptoms, call you general physician. It's relatively rare, but sometimes a possibility to turn purple can be a sign of a blood clotting disorder or even leukemia, though you would likely have other strange symptoms rather than bruising.
If you’re in doubt, raise the possibility with your doctor.
What caused that dark, unsightly mark on your leg?
Although bruising doesn't necessarily indicate a serious health issue, we still don't want it to be there.
Bruises are usually black or blue marks on the skin that appear after a bump or injury. They typically form when a localized injury, such a blow or impact, causes capillaries to break open and leak red blood cells under the skin.
There are plenty of reasons for easy bruising. If your bruising bothers you, check out these surprising explanations behind your purple spots.
You’re getting older and your skin is thinning.
This is sort of inevitable, but if your skin has lost collagen thanks to the effects of aging, it’s more susceptible to injury. You bruise because your blood pools into your skin, outside of your blood vessels. This makes your skin more vulnerable to trauma — causing you to bruise frequently.
You expose yourself under the sun a little bit too much.
UV rays damage your skin’s pliability and resilience. Not to mention UV rays also damage the skin’s ability to repair itself. Wear some sunblock when going outdoors, even if you aren’t going to stay under the sun.
You lift weights.
Studies have shown that lifting weights can lead to microscopic tears in muscle fiber that show up as bruises, it causes you to strain and push down your muscles.
You aren’t getting enough vitamin C.
We need vitamin C for collagen. Collagen is responsible for the support system of our skin around the blood vessels. When you don’t get enough vitamin C, you’re degrading the support around the blood vessels and you might bruise more easily.
Bruises aren’t really something to be worried about if they’re from injuries or if they don’t appear more of often than not.
However, if you experience large and frequent bruises on unusual places such as the face, back or trunk, along with other weird symptoms, call you general physician. It's relatively rare, but sometimes a possibility to turn purple can be a sign of a blood clotting disorder or even leukemia, though you would likely have other strange symptoms rather than bruising.
If you’re in doubt, raise the possibility with your doctor.