Sophia: So you might have not noticed it's a greenish color because that's pretty short. It also sort of blends into the yellow pretty well, but basically, your body is just a reabsorbing all of that stuff, remember like since the skin never really breaks, nothing ever leaves.
So your body is reabsorbing blood , it's reabsorbing the hemoglobin and iron and all that other stuff. So during this process, it does kind of turn green. So that's the leftover hemoglobin and that is then turned into a substance called biliverdin and then the next color it goes is yellow so basically you're hitting all the colors of the rainbow.
We love! Sophia: And that's called bilirubin that's sort of the last phase, and the yellow is when it sort of gradually fades. That's probably why you don't think that bruises take two weeks to heal because you know by the time it turns yellow it sort of blends into the skin, and then the person doesn't need to worry about the hickey on their neck. Kalen: Very nice. Okay, so that's great and all. I understand why they change colors but why do some people get hickeys or bruises more easily than others?
Sophia: So there's a couple different reasons for this. So people with softer skin and softer tissue tend to bruise more easily. And as people get older, your skin gets thinner and blood vessels get a little more fragile. So that's another reason they might break a little more easily.
So some people also bruise more easily because of different medications they're taking, or different medical conditions. Vitamin K plays a role in blood clotting, and a deficiency in vitamin K could be a cause for more bruises, but also I am not a doctor.
I'm not qualified to diagnose this. Am I gonna take my vitamin K? Maybe, I have multivitamins I haven't taken in a few days. Sophia: I don't think so. For those who don't know, Kalen can tell the story because it's one of his favorites.
And on one of the days, we hiked up the mountain, and it was icy because the altitude was so high. On the way down, I held her hand for the whole time, and yet she still fell over 20 times! And at some point, I was really convinced that maybe she was just giving up. She had the look of defeat in her eyes. She would start to slip it would not even try to stay off anymore and just slam down.
Sophia: Okay, in my defense, it was March. I did not expect there would be ice on the mountain. So I wear sneakers. Yes, it was in Tennessee, but you should just be ready for anything. Sophia: Okay, look at my boots right now. These are my boots, and they still have horrible traction. I don't go outside, Kalen. But point is, I fell down out about 20 times, and I was sore, but I'm pretty sure I did not bruise. Kalen: Maybe. How do you determine like whether you have stronger skin? What scientific thing is behind that?
Sophia: So basically as I mentioned before, as you get older, your skin does get thinner. So there's this part of the skin. There's a specific section called the dermis and that part sort of preserves…. Sophia: Yeah, it should be in the middle layer because the top is the epidermis and then you have the dermis and then you have the hypodermis which is the deepest part of skin. Sophia: Yeah. Probably a Latin root.
I take Latin, I should know. So sometimes that's part of what causes your skin to become thinner. Sophia: Okay, so just to recap back to the original question: why do hickeys change colors?
So basically, a hickey goes from a reddish to a blue dark purple to pale green and then sort of a yellow or brownish color. That's for all bruises, just because that's sort of your body's way of healing itself after the capillaries break under the skin and the blood comes out.
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Count: We have sent you a verification email. To verify, just follow the link in the message. Share fbshare twshare pinshare Comments 0. Gall, hickeys can last up to two weeks, depending on the severity, slowly dulling in color as each day passes. Before long, you have a nasty looking yellow-brown spot that eventually fades completely, like any other bruise.
Sure, they might be unsightly or sore after the fact, but in the heat of the moment, a hickey can also feel pretty damn good. But how are hickeys dangerous, exactly?
The appearance of a hickey may not be the biggest concern for you, as the trauma they can cause , though rare, is not always superficial. Here are six things you may not know about hickeys. Although they require much more effort to get than, say, walking into a coffee table or face-planting it on the sidewalk, hickeys really are just bruises.
In some cases, hickeys are intentional bruises , as either a way of "marking" one's territory or because of certain types of sexual play that both partners agree to. Other times, hickeys happen by accident, like when a make out sesh gets a little too heated.
Sandy Skotnicki , M. According to Skotnicki, people with thinner or more sensitive skin also end up with hickeys much easier than others, especially if their partner is sucking hard. This also means that blood pools closer to the surface , which can make the hickey look even more dramatic.
But as Gall explains, hickeys are usually nothing to be concerned about "unless you start suddenly bruising more easily, or start noticing other symptoms, too. According to the World Health Organization, 3.
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