# Why don't I bruise?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-bruise/360121>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-bruise/360121 "2006-06-09T20:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-bruise/360121/1 "2006-06-09T20:53:19Z")

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I used to bruise when I was a kid. Normal black/blue/dark yellow/green whatever.

Somewhere between my teens and 30s I stopped bruising. No big bruises, no little incidental bruises you don’t even know how you got. Why would I bruise as a kid but not as an adult? Is this a good thing?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-i-bruise/360121/2 "2006-06-09T21:01:54Z")

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Children’s skin is thinner, than a young adult. An older adult’s skin is thinner than a young adult and looses much elasticity. You’ll likely find yourself getting a lot of bruises when you age a decade or two. Childern will scald and burn faster also.