Question:
My skin tears very easy and it also looks like blood pockets but only on my lower arm

Has anyone come across this? If I even bump something or scratch my arms I am getting skin tares and these blood blotches all over the lower arm from the elbow down    — AnnaMarieVill (posted on January 15, 2009)

January 15, 2009
Being a nurse, I have seen what you have described in 2 cases: when patients are on steroids or people on blood thinners- especially in the elderly. Please call your physician and get it checked out and most likely get some labwork done as well. Best of luck, Dawn Vickers, RN, BLC, CLC
   — DawnVic

January 15, 2009
I HAVE THE VERY SAME THING , HAVE HAD IT EVER SINCE I HAD SURGERY , WHICH WAS OVER 8 YRS AGO NOW , IT'S VERY STRANGE , BUT MY MOM HAD IT ALSO WHEN SHE GOT OLDER , I'M 66 AND I CAN BARELY BUMP INTO SOMETHING OT BRUSH AGAINST A DOOR OPENING AND I END UP NEEDING A BANDAGE . I WENT TO SEE A PLASTIC SURGEON , AND SHE JUST SAID I HAD VERY FRAIGILE SKIN , BANDAIDS WILL EVEN PULL THE SKIN OFF MY ARMS IF I'M NOT CAREFUL , AND ALSO LIKE YOU ITS JUST ON MY LOWER ARMS ON THE TOP SIDE , NOT UNDERNEATH .SOMETIMES I LOOK LIKE IV'E BEEN BEAT TO DEATH,,SANDY I HATE IT
   — Sandra S.

January 15, 2009
I agree with Dawn. You need to go to the doc and get it checked out; get labs done. Also find out if you are diabetic People don't like to hear that news, also being a nurse like Dawn, but you need to know. Let us know what you find out please; it may help others. Good Luck and God Bless, vinnigirl, retired RN
   — vinnigirl

January 15, 2009
I get it, too. My skin is very thin ... as was my mother's and grandmother's as they got older. I am 58 and my blood work is fine. I think it appears on the arms because that is what we are using to reach, swing etc. For example, I see more on my right arm since I am right handed.
   — JTR