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Senile purpura bruises and treatment options
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I think if someone invented a cure or successful treatment for this, they would make $1 million. It is so irritating.
A little bump or scratch and you get a huge ugly reddish mark, and it takes weeks to go away. I do wear arm protectors when I'm gardening but that doesn't help when I'm in the house and I brush against the refrigerator door and I get a big mark
I tried a couple of the creams that market themselves is helping, but they did not in my dermatologist had said she really didn't think they worked. It's also called Batemans purpura, which sounds a lot better than senile purpura
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Hi MichiganJan…it’s MaineMeg here with an empathetic reply. Yes, this condition which I dislike calling senile purpura is a curse….as if aging didn’t come with its own challenges. I too now go to FL for 3 months and I will say a tan does help disguise the bruises (also use some tan in a bottle to enhance). Yes, I cover up for gardening , especially around the rose bushes but come inside…brush against something and bam..it’s another one. I’ve been using Arnica (seems as effective as DerMend) and a friend suggested I use a hand held needler after applying…sounds strange, but I think it may help a little. My husband has now developed this and to be honest, I secretly kind of enjoy…someone else to commiserate with! I was in Michigan (Dearborn area) in May packing up my widowed sister and bringing her back to live in a retirement community here in Maine. Lovely people in the Midwest! Let’s live long enough for the cure, ok? 🤓
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For me it’s just so strange that it seems to have gotten worse since I returned from Fla in April and hadn’t even been in the sun since I got back here. It just is a relentless condition and nothing really helps to heal these awful bruises. I have to wear leg makeup in order to wear shorts or a bathing suit. It gets pretty expensive! I would love to know what vitamin supplements might help to thicken skin and help lessen bruising I’m sure there are some that could help.