There are a number of reasons why your scar might change color over time, or why some scars appear different than others. The color of a scar depends on a number of factors including wound severity, genetics, skin type, and environmental factors.
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April 13, Tyler Szelinski. Continue reading to learn more about the color of your scar and how to reduce scarring after surgery or injury. Scar types and colors Scars can appear in a myriad of different colors including red, purple, pink, white, or brown. Scars can vary in size, shape, texture, and color, all depending on the cause and severity of injury. However, we have yet to discuss why scars change colors, such as red, purple, dark brown, or white.
Thus, this post will provide you with the reasons scars change colors, as well as what you can do to make your discolored scar less noticeable. Wound healing is a complex process that involves four main phases: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and tissue remodeling. Hemostasis simply means a blood clot forms to stop the flow of blood. Inflammation occurs due to blood vessel dilation and the accumulation of nutrients and cells that work to repair the damaged tissue.
Proliferation means that the cells around the wound begin to multiply in order to form the new tissue that will seal the wound. Lastly, tissue remodeling involves production of a protein called collagen to support the new tissue. Scars are formed during this final stage of wound healing. In the initial stages of wound healing, the wound and developing scar appear red or reddish-purple.
This is because the injured area sends signals to the body to direct more blood flow to the area to help the healing process. Part of this new blood blood flow is created by the spontaneous development of new blood vessels, something called angiogenesis.
Additionally, existing blood vessels will dilate to allow even more blood supply as well as inflammatory mediators, immune cells, nutrients, and growth factors to enter the area and repair the damage. Some wounds turn purple because of your body trying to heal itself. It's a natural process. I have had many bruises and things like this that turn purple. These broken tissue layers are trying to recover themselves. Wounds that turn purple I'm assuming occur because there is some level of bruising.
There is a blood clot I believe under the skin which gives it a bluish- purple appearance. The blood that leaks from broken blood vessels inside the wound clots giving the impression of purple skin.
It is merely the body sending out signals for aid to heal which results in an increase in blood flow to the area. The higher the saturation, the deeper the color, aka red to purple. Your body is sending inflammation chemicals to the site of the wound.
It could be bruising coming out it could also be where you cut and the blood vessels directly above the cut have broken down and caused this purple mark.
Just keep a close eye on it and see if it gets worse its not infection by the sounds of it but just watch it. Anonymous October 20th, am. Sometimes it's because of a direct result of broken blood vessels under the skin. It signals the rest of your body to assist the blood flow. Anonymous November 16th, pm. Blue or purple is normally an old bruise. After going blue this is in a situation of a bruised injury they will normally fade slowly ligher and lighter, and then eventually dissapear.
Anonymous December 3rd, pm. The reason a wound turns purple is because of broken blood vessels. The body, wanting to send nutrients to the injured area, creates new blood vessels. It can also be caused by a lack of oxygen to the area or simply bruising busted veins and capillaries cause blood to collect beneath the skin. Overtime, as the wound heals, the color will also fade. If you mean literally, like bruising - the reason for that is actually scientific.
The capillaries under the skin burst when hit with trauma, causing blood under the surface to be trapped within under your skin. Our actual blood color before reaching oxygen is much darker in color, and can look purple or blue because the light refracting through our veins. In case you were curious, our veins aren't actually blue, either.
They're dark red but reflect poorly in light, and end up casting a blue-ish hue because of it. Wounds turn purple because under the surface of your skin your body is replenishing collagen and there's an increased amount of blood flow in that area giving it it's purple hue. In addition to the broken blood vessels that surround the damaged area, our bodies form inflammation chemicals to speed up the recovery process.
The scars need this initial inflammation to trigger the healing process. The consequence of this is the reddish purple scars on our skins. Anonymous September 2nd, am. This may be due to bruising of skin which may occur after trauma to the skin. Anonymous June 23rd, am. Some wounds usually can turn purple because they contain a form of bruising within the outer or inner edges of the wound. Anonymous August 6th, pm.
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