Bruises are received by children and adults, men and women. Women are most interested in the question of how to remove a bruise as quickly and efficiently as possible. They have more tender skin and thinner and more permeable vessels due to female sex hormones. The bruise is unpleasant in its appearance, swelling and pain in the area of damage.
During an injury, the walls of the vessels collapse and blood pours out under the skin. A blue-violet spot appears, which eventually changes its color to yellow-green. Swelling increases and pain appears, which gradually decreases every day.
Resorption of the hematoma in different parts of the body is not the same. Bruises with leg injuries last up to a month, on the body and arms - up to two weeks, and on the face resolve in a week. It matters that the venous blood moves from bottom to top, that the subcutaneous tissue of the lower extremities is more pronounced and has more blood vessels.
To quickly remove a bruise on the face and body, there are several ways:
- cold treatment. It is best to apply a cold object to the injury site in the first minute of injury. It can be any bag from the refrigerator wrapped in a towel, ice or a bottle of cold water, attached through a napkin to the person’s body. It is desirable to raise the leg, and the face and hand can be cooled under a stream of cold water. The duration of exposure to cold should not exceed 15 minutes, so as not to provoke hypothermia or frostbite. The sooner the cold is applied, the less pronounced the size of the bruise, swelling and pain;
- heat treatment. After a day, it is useful to apply a warm, but not hot heating pad, bags of heated salt, wet compresses with a solution of vinegar for half an hour three times a day to bruises. This will help the formation of new cells in the vascular walls, improve the nutrition of the damaged area and the resorption of subcutaneous hemorrhage. At night, it is very useful to make an iodine grid that will warm, reduce inflammation, remove decay products and improve blood flow;
- the pharmacy will always tell you how to quickly remove the bruise with the help of special ointments and gels (Salvage balm, Bruise-off gel , SOS balm cream, cream with body cream). Only these gels and creams should be used every two hours to get a good effect;
- folk remedies can be used from the first minutes in order to reduce bruising, to relieve severe pain and reduce swelling. Compresses from grated onions (1 onion) and salt (1 tbsp. L) in a gauze bag contribute to the rapid healing of the hematoma.
The leaves of fresh cabbage and plantain, which must be beaten off with a kitchen hammer to get the juice from the plants, are applied in the form of compresses for an hour to the hematoma area.
Herbal compresses from wild rosemary (1 tsp), coltsfoot (1/2 tbsp.) And a glass of boiling water are used hot in the bruised areas until completely cooled. A positive effect is given by hot lotions from wormwood (3 tbsp. L.), St. John's wort (2 tbsp. L.) And hops (1 tbsp. L.). To do this, a few spoons of the mixture of herbs insist on 0.5 liters of boiling water, filter, moisten the napkins and apply linen cloth to the bruising places in hot form.
It’s good for every woman to know how to quickly remove a bruise in her face. Black circles under the eyes, bruises in the cheekbones can be made invisible, if you wet the tissue in a solution of 2 tbsp. l apple cider vinegar, 4 drops of iodine and 2 tsp. salt. Within two days, the hematoma resolves and becomes invisible. Just be careful not to get the solution in your eyes. And you can use a hot wet bag with flax seeds.
At night, you need to make compresses from the juice and gruel of beets with honey. You just need to attach the cabbage leaf on top and bandage it. A noticeable effect occurs after several procedures.
Small bruises and bruises are treated with fresh cottage cheese, starch or geranium leaves.
The doctor will always help you choose the right drug in the hospital and tell you how to quickly remove the bruise at home if the injury is not serious.
Upon receipt of an injury, a consultation with a traumatologist is mandatory if, in addition to the bruises of the patient, severe pain and stiffness in the joint are disturbing. To exclude a fracture, an x-ray is urgently needed. Bruises that appear after surgery or for no particular reason also require careful medical examination.
It is equally important to know, not only how to quickly remove the bruise, but also what needs to be done so that hematomas in the future less attract the attention of others. How to carry out prophylaxis? To reduce vascular fragility and improve blood microcirculation, it is necessary to obtain a sufficient amount of vitamins C and K.
To do this, you can apply a cream that contains these vitamins, eat fruits and vegetables, and use multivitamins in tablets. And do not forget to drink plenty of fluids.