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What Is a Bruise? A bruise, also called a contusion or an injury in which the skin is not broken and sometimes called ecchymosis meaning discoloration of the skin through bruising. This happens when a part of the body is struck and the muscle fibers and connective tissue underneath are damaged but the skin doesn’t break. Bruises can happen for many reasons, but most are the result of bumping and banging into things or having things bump and bang into you.

Everybody bruises at one time or another. Although we all would like to prevent bruising, the facts of life are that we all will all occasionally end up with a bruise or bruises. These bruises can come about due to injury, or they can come about because of bodily changes as we age. While they aren’t a matter of life or death, they aren’t pretty to look at. Here’s a look at some various ways to help you reduce bruising easily.

One of the joys of changes in weather is that you get to wear all of those revealing clothes that you’ve been dying to get into all winter long. But bruises on your skin can put all of that on pause.