[mass55th]

When you get older, your skin thins out, and if you cut yourself or get a bruise, it takes longer to heal. It has nothing to do with how we perceive time. You also bruise a lot easier because your skin has thinned. According to a search, the term "thick skinned" relates to the skin being a protective barrier. I'm 78. I bruise a lot easier than I ever did in my life. I burned the area above my knuckle on my right ring finger while taking food out of the oven two days after Thanksgiving. It formed a blister. That's almost 3 weeks ago, and it still hasn't healed completely. There's a scab there, and is still tender underneath the scab.

A couple of weeks ago, I was taking dishes out of the dishwasher. A glass pot lid slipped out of my hands, the edge skidded down my left shin, leaving a couple of gouges, and eventually landed edge-wise just below my left big toe. You can still see the gouge marks on my shin, and I still have a dark bruise below my toe. The week of Thanksgiving 2024, I bought a frozen turkey and was putting it in my fridge. It slipped out of my hands, and skidded down my right shin, taking off about two inches of skin along the way. I think the damage was caused by the plastic netting they put the turkeys in. I still have a scar there.

I went to a Dermatologist to make sure that the bruises that I get on my arms aren't more than just bruises. He looked at them with a magnifying glass, and told me they were just bruises, and because my skin has thinned out, I'm more susceptible to acquiring bruises.

[OrangeHoof]

I'm more susceptible to acquiring bruises.

...just like a strawberry.

[MrRelevant]

Your entire body has some degree of breakdown as you age and the ability to recover simply takes longer. I am a physically active 55 yo. A sprain, pinched nerve or pulled muscle that used to heal in a week now takes a month. Its not mental, its an aging body. Part of life.