Blood welts under skin

[Cheekyz]

Since I moved to a new area of NZ  a simple scratch or knock on my right arm up to elbow comes up with blood forming under the skin, the skin in very thin now and any brushing against something ie: door frame or out in the garden causes it to peel back and bleed..playing with the animals a simple nail scratch turns into a blood filled welt under the top layer immediately. This happens on my left arm but only in small dots and scratches appear as normal..no blood..The scarring is quite severe so have started using Colundula cream immediately when this occurs but am wondering why is it occuring? This does not occur anywhere else on my body.

[Life360_Dave]

Hi and welcome, and also welcome to the aging process. I get them all the time esp on the arms. If you go to a super market and see some of the elderly they have them also. 52 seems a bit young for this to start but it may be the reason, and your right the skin has become thin in that area.
If you think is out of the ordinary may be good to see a doc to make sure your in good health.
Hows New Zealand, my friend just bought some land there and is building a retire home.

[Cheekyz]

New Zealand is great!! as always;) yes I thought it might be as I am going through men-o-pause lol but being on just one arm deemed a little strange as this did start prior to be starting the change. I recently went to the doc due to pains in the head and have come out with a clean bill of health. I was mistaken for my kids grandma not long ago because my arm was covered in blood marks after a big stint in the garden even though I wore arm coverings.. Guess I will have to continue to be careful ;) Colundula cream seems to be the only thing that heals fast, in days its gone so am grateful I use homeopathic as normal creams do nothing for the healing process. Thank you for your reply. I hope your friend enjoys their kiwi retirement..it is definitely a great choice of countries ;)

[Life360_Dave]

I get them all the time and do go away pretty quick

[Cheekyz]

I found there is less scarring using colendula ointment..I also put it down to the deadly nightshade as maybe a cause..up north I never had this problem when clearing this weed  but when I moved to my new house..I spent the first couple of weeks clearing a lot of deadly nightshade(toxic weed) and then this problem started. So prob is a mixture of age and that...the welts take days to go away if I don't use the ointment..

[Jean888]

This is just thin, aging skin.