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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Have You Heard About These False Claims for Healing Bruises?

By Carolyn Cooper

When you're ready to get rid of bruising, you may not know which way to turn. There are lots of people around who are constantly dealing with easy bruising on a continual basis, and if you determine that you are bruising with no seeming provocation or for no apparent reason, you absolutely want an answer to what will make the bruises fade and vanish. The fact is that there are certainly some treatments that work superbly and can make your splotches disappear as if by magic, but there are also a multitude of so-called cures that seem to begin from old wives tales and poor advice. To say it another way, there are a lot of falsely recommended treatments available.

In the first place, you should know that you should not apply heat to the bruised area. Cold may help, but heat is surely going to inflame the area, and sometimes, make it worse. It is a fact that applied heat aids circulation, and even though circulation is definitely important, this is not the type of action you should take when dealing with a new bruise. Keep in mind that a bruise is about broken tiny blood vessels just below the skin, and the last thing that you would need to do is to encourage enhanced blood flow to the area. The application of heat can really get you a bruise that is much more pronounced.

Never rub an onion on the bruise. This is another of those old folks stories that gets told a great deal. Someone's grandmother or someone's great aunt might have told you that cold slices of onion placed on your skin will help reduce the bruise, but in actuality, all that all that is going to happen is that you'll end up smelling like an onion. The cold might feel nice, but as ice pack, if the bruise is causing you pain, is going to be a much preferred choice. Don't buy into this supposed cure, it actually won't do you any good.

Another myth that has been pretty persistent is the idea that dairy products can help bring down a bruise. Well, milk does do a body good, but for the most part, this happens when applied to the inside, not the outside. Bathing in milk can be good for your skin, but not enough lactic acid is going to soak into your skin to make a difference to your bruise. Keep the milk, cottage cheese, and butter away from that bruising.

Avoid using Orajel (the teething pain medicine) or any similar type of product on your bruise. Check out the ingredients. Essentially, products like these are meant to take down swelling, and they may give you a pleasant cool tingle where they are applied, but the truth of the matter is that they are not meant for this purpose, and while they might help relieve some pain, they are not going to do anything for the bruise itself.

For all of the people dealing with bruising issues, it seems that each person has their own favorite way to heal their bruising. Their individual remedy may work very well for them individually, but keep in mind that we all bruise uniquely, and that our bodies are all react differently. In the course of determining a cure that is best for you, always make certain that you are aware of why the cure should work, and what the thought process behind it is. - 17269

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