Doctor explains Solar Purpura (Purple Bruising on the Arms): How can you PREVENT & TREAT IT?

👉 THE COMPLETE GUIDE → https://docfederer.com/age-spots The complete guide on the skin of the hands, the neck and the skin that's gone thin and spotted over the years, including the full day + night plan for the backs of the hands and forearms. THE TRICK I MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO → the variant for very dry, "tissue-paper" forearms If the skin on your forearms and the backs of your hands is very dry and thin, make the night routine a little richer: 1. Wash your hands with a gentle soap and dry them well, including between the fingers. 2. Put 1 teaspoon of a rich hand cream (shea butter or cosmetic petroleum jelly) in your palm and add 2-3 drops of sweet almond oil. Mix them for a moment right in your palm; no need to prepare it ahead of time. 3. Massage from your fingers toward your wrists with sweeping motions, then keep going up the forearm. Don't forget the backs of the hands, where the skin is thinner. 4. Slip on a pair of thin cotton gloves and sleep in them. Wash the gloves often; don't wear the same pair several nights in a row. 5. Two or three nights a week, swap the cream for an overnight oil mask: a generous layer of coconut oil or olive oil, cotton gloves on, remove in the morning. Patch test first: a small amount on the inside of your wrist, wait 24 hours. If you have wounds, deep cracks or active eczema, check with a professional first. WHAT SOLAR PURPURA IS Flat, dark purple patches with sharp edges on the forearms and the backs of the hands, usually after a bump you don't even remember. Decades of sun and age thin the dermis and the padding that holds the tiny blood vessels, so a minimal knock makes one leak. They usually fade in 1 to 3 weeks and can leave a brownish shadow (iron from the blood) that fades over months. Blood thinners, daily aspirin and steroids (pills, inhalers and creams) make them more frequent. THE DAY + NIGHT PLAN (from the page in the video) - Night: 1 teaspoon of rich hand cream, more than during the day, massaged from the fingers toward the wrists. Keep it on your nightstand. - Morning: SPF 30+ broad spectrum, a pea-sized amount on the backs of both hands down to the nails. Reapply if you drive or spend time outdoors. - If you drive: the arm on the window side gets direct sun, even on a cloudy day. - During the day: a pea-sized dab of cream after every hand wash, dried with a towel. Lukewarm water, never very hot. Cotton-lined rubber gloves for cleaning. - Food: an orange, 2 tangerines or a kiwi a day. Vitamin C helps your vessels. - The rule: face, then neck, then the backs of the hands. Same motion, three areas. - Protect from bumps: soft long sleeves in the garden, watch the corners you brush every day, and ask your family to hold your hand, not your forearm. SEE YOUR DOCTOR IF - You get bruises on your trunk, back or legs without a bump - Your gums bleed or you get new nosebleeds - You see tiny red dots that don't fade when you press on them - The bruising comes with fever, new heavy tiredness or unexplained weight loss - A patch doesn't fade in 3-4 weeks, swells or becomes a painful lump - You started a new medicine and suddenly bruise everywhere Never stop a blood thinner on your own. Talk to the doctor who prescribed it. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Those purple patches on the forearms 1:16 Margaret's story 3:22 Why it happens: the floor under the bruise 5:33 What makes it worse (blood thinners, aspirin, steroids) 7:12 The signs that mean see your doctor 8:31 What doesn't help 9:17 The plan: protect, moisturize, feed 13:17 The page: the day + night plan 15:37 What to expect, honestly 16:28 What Margaret told me three months later Photo credits: "Púrpura Senil" by José Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons) · "Blood testing bruise on arm" by W.carter, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) · Pexels. This video is for general education and does not replace a consultation with your doctor. Results vary from person to person.