Bruising reduction.

[Merryfield]

Have extensive dark bruising esp on legs. Am moisturizing arms and legs and just ordered arnica cream. Can I expect a reduction in this awful bruising steroid side effect as I taper down from medrol?? Am currently at 18,5 mgs. Thx.

[Koalajane]

I am on 5mg of prednisolone and still get it, mainly on my arms!

[Merryfield in reply to Koalajane]

rats. sorry to hear this. am buying tights in several colors to cover my legs. hideous bruising.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

My bruising disappeared about 8mg pred, which is about 7mg medrol, and I'm also on anticoagulant medication. But everyone is different - some people have to get quite low.

Mine was on my shins above my ankles - wonderful things long trousers!!!

[Merryfield in reply to PMRpro]

I do hope the bruising will decline.

[Kiwisufferer2019 in reply to PMRpro]

Yes I agree, the backs of my legs where puppy jumps up as I walk, a real mess, have nearly trained her not too, but those little claws are so sharp! Long pants are a life saver! I'm down tov9.5mg and very happy to say feeling much bettercthe last 2 days.

[Merryfield in reply to Kiwisufferer2019]

That’s good to hear.

[Jackoh]

My legs are quite bad on 7 mg. Have started tanning them to hide the bruises a bit, which it does. 💐

[Merryfield in reply to Jackoh]

Interesting. Hoping arnica helps, and covering them up. Have not tried tanning.

[Theadmiral]

Prednisone thins your skin and I find I only need to scratch my hands lightly and am covered in bruises. Never happened before I started on prednisone.

[Merryfield in reply to Theadmiral]

Absolutely right.

[MarksPoint]

My bruising /bleeding was on arms and 5 months after stopping Pred it seems to have gone away !

[Merryfield in reply to MarksPoint]

Your comment makes me hopeful.

[Bridge31]

I’m on 4.5 and the bruising hasn’t improved.

The prevalent discolouration they leave seems to be permanent I’m sorry to say.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bridge31]

I find the discolouration is finally fading - but it has taken over a year in come cases.

[Merryfield in reply to Bridge31]

Yikes.

[Lyndaki]

Sadly, even on 2mg…reducing to 1.5, I get bruises very easily on arms & shins.:-((

[Merryfield in reply to Lyndaki]

Guess our skin is permanently thinned😕

[Lyndaki in reply to Merryfield]

i think so…steroids & ageing aren’t a great combination!🙄

[Karenjaninaz]

I kept getting terrible wounds on my legs; the wound doc recommended taking Vit A. I did this for many months and it definitely improved.

Still can bruise but skin doesn’t rip.

Now take a multi with Vit A.

[Merryfield in reply to Karenjaninaz]

OMG. That was severe. Glad the A helped.

[GCAinCarolina]

Unfortunately I have been off prednisone for 6 months,now on actemra infusions, and still getting bruising. Hopefully you will fare better. I have used the arnica cream off & on for over a year and think it does help the bruising heal faster. Good luck!

[Merryfield in reply to GCAinCarolina]

Fingers crossed.

[KASHMIRI1]

I am on 6mg of pred and currently have very bad bruising on my shins. Arnica works very well for me. As soon as l notice a bruise l use the cream and take the 30 arnica pills. It really helps a lot.

[Merryfield]

I bought the cream. Pills next.