Senile Purpura

[susandennis]

I finally found out the name of the ugly that is my hands and arms.  Senile Purpura.  The official treatment is - wait til it goes away.  Prevention involves a lifetime of clean living (no sun, no cigarettes, etc) - that train has left the station for me...

Senile Purpura - Old people's purple splotches is the loose translation.

My arms are currently healing.  I hit my hand on a locker at the pool and then massaged it, which has, once in awhile, spread it around so that it was nearly invisible.  Today, it took one small dark purple dot to a large geographic looking splotch.  ARUGH.

On the upside, my latest google search method is really panning out for me.  I've gotten so that I use search terms based on looks and when I get results, click on images, find one that looks like what I want and follow it to the page.  It's solved a bunch of mysteries for me recently.

Comments

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Yup, "senile" in its original sense of "relating to old age", before it got chiefly associated with dementia ("loss of mind") that is linked with old age.

[howeird]

They lie. You are really the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. :-)

[susandennis]

the skin of old people is the first to go??!! yikes!!!

[brendamom.livejournal.com]

I have those splotches too. I try to avoid bumping anything. It rarely works.

[susandennis]

I'm a total fail at avoidance. The harder I try, the worser I get!

[xxloreleixx.livejournal.com]

I see that a lot at my job. Sometimes its because of meds. Just don't hit them on anything because they can open.

[susandennis]

Actually, I have tried to 'drain' them by poking holes in the skin with a pin. I didn't know what they were and that they wouldn't 'drain' anyway. Clearly I can't avoid hitting or I wouldn't have them in the first place!!

There is another condition that is different that sounds like what you are describing - where the skin opens. I am glad I don't have that!!