Senile Purpura - bleeding/ bruising under the skin arms /legs

I suffer from it and hate it, my hands look awful. I have very thin skin that bruises so easily. I just put coverup on the back of my hands which is not very successful as it rubs off on clothes!

DH has these often, sometimes without being aware that he has knocked himself. The do look ugly and take a while to go, only to be replaced by more . The gp said it’s an age thing. Senile bruises.

think it's just a condition of ageing, skin gets thinner, maybe circulation less optimum.
try to take care, wear gloves/ mittens, often affects back of hands. try to protect vulnerable areas. long socks.

Fragile skin and capillaries, common with ageing - and especially sun damage, cause this. It's harmless, though. I often feel that I need padded gloves and shin guards these days!

anyone experienced this and any cures
OldAge
Several years ago my Cardio diagnosed via echo-ultrasound (something like that) that I had A/F and put me on a diet of Warfarin and 2 diuretics.
The density of purpura is simply a measure of your blood's thinness/thickness and I was told not to worry about that: the path.lab carried out regular blood tests which came up with a number which they controlled by varying the daily dose of Warfarin . up or down accordingly.
I don't think they'd have worried if I came in looking like a tattoo advert.!
Of course' modern medicine isn't a static science, (nor is the cost,!,) and Warfarin has been replaced by Eliquis which is on our NHS, fortunately and doesn't need any blood test monitoring at all . Two small tablets daily for life!
So, Like me, feel free to find something else to worry about.
Good Health

I’ll admit to the purpura but not the senile

Yes senile is a bit of a shock, however we look on the outside we tend to feel pretty much as we were when we were young. My dd will be 45 tomorrow yet I remember the whole process as if it were but a few short weeks ago.

I too suffer from the asaid bruising and put witch hazel on them,which brings them out quicker.

I researched this some time ago and the only product I could find formulated for the condition was DerMend. I could only find American stockists.
I did read a research paper on it but to be honest I wasn’t impressed with what I read but thought I would give it a try next time I was in the USA.
The photos of before and after treatment were much the same as my arms and legs with moisturiser. If they had said after a week it cleared up I would have been impressed but it was time frames like 3-4 weeks by which time mine are gone even if I do nothing.
What was clear when I was researching it was that sun damage was often responsible for the thinning. So as far as I am concerned the damage is done and now I’m living with the consequences.

If only we'd stayed out of the sun - we'd have no wrinkles, age spots or bruises. That 'sunscreen' song is dead right!

Whitewavemark2

I’ll admit to the purpura but not the senile

medical terminology is rarely complimentary.
what about a woman of 35 having her first baby being labelled, elderly primagravida.

I get them on my arms. I have a name for them now but don't like the 'senile' bit.

Welbeck it used to be 25. In the 70s when I had my first child ( 45 years ago tomorrow) it was writ large across the front of my hospital file in very large capital letters. I was 27 and felt ancient. Different times.

Oh! so that's what they're called?

I get it too.
I think taking blood thinners makes it worse. eg aspirin.

I've definitely got the hide of a rhino as I really bashed my arm yesterday diving down a bag of dried cat food. The corner of the bag pierced my arm and I thought, here we go, a bloodied and bruised job.
Yes it bled but not for long and looking at it now----it's nearly gone.
I take Warfarin. Stupid but not senile

Like silverlining48 I was an elderly primagravid. At 28 I was none too pleased with the label but I was given extra attention so I suppose it was to my advantage.

Like Rufus2 I take Eliquis or Apixaban as it is sometimes called (also 2 for life for AF). I was not allowed to take Warfarin because of the cocktail of drugs I was already taking. I do get small bruises, but more annoying is the way my thin skin sort of pushes back and remains creased up if I catch it, which is quite often. It doesn’t uncrease (or should that be decrease?) leaving a raw bit underneath. I have however, bruise on top of my foot that I got trying a pair of shoes on, a year or two ago, which has never faded, looking like the old ink stains that my mother used to get so cross about. I think I’ll stick with bruises and forget about senile or purpurin. I shan’t worry to much about it, I’ve had regular drug tests for years because I also take Methotrexate for RH.