Bruises can occur anywhere on your body. Pressure or injuries are the common source of bruising. When on the face, they can make it difficult for you to appear in public.
So, how can you get rid of a bruise fast (within 24 hours)? Can natural home remedies help relieve the clots on the face, legs, lips, toenails and arms within one day?
What other treatments can you try for quick solutions? How fast you can do it depends on how deep the injury is.
For deep bruises, there isn’t a quick solution. However, you can speed up the process with the tips below.
Can you get rid of a bruise in a day?
Bruising occurs as a bluish discoloration on the skin when the skin is exposed to trauma. This is as a result of blood collecting between body tissue and the skin.
- Depending on your skin color and complextion, you can get a bluish purple spot or a dark spot.
- In some cases, deep contusions can result in a little bit of pain or discomfort.
How fast a bruise heals depends on the severity of the injury. In some cases, the severity can be reduced and healing sped up using simple fast aid steps.
In other cases this may be impossible. Light bruises are easy to heal and could be gone in a day but moderate and critical bruises are complicated and take a while to heal.
How to get rid of bruises fast (overnight)
At times, when bruising occurs we wish we could get rid of it in the shortest time possible.
Depending on the type of the injury, it is possible to get rid of bruises fast, overnight or instantly. Below are some solutions to try. These will help take away the pain, inflammation, discoloration and swelling that comes with bruising.
Cold compress
Ice packs work best on bruises that are fresh. The ice helps to constrict the blood vessels. By so doing, blood will be prevented from leaking further.
The numbing effect also prevents you from feeling pain and inflammation. This helps to minimize redness as well as keep the bruise from swelling.
- Wrap up some ice in a clean cloth.
- Apply it on affected area for 15 minutes.
- Leave it to rest for at least an hour. Repeat the application.
- Do this in the first day of bruising to heal the contusion in 24 hours.
Warm compress
After the first 24 hours have passed, stop using ice packs and switch to warm compresses for the next one 24 hours, meaning up to 48 hours after the bruising.
This can be done using a warm water bag or by dipping a piece of cloth in warm water. This will help in dilating the blood vessels. This improves the flow of blood.
It also helps to remove blood from the area of bruising faster. Do this for 15 minutes at least three times in a day.
Avoid painkillers
To further accelerate the rate of healing, avoid taking blood thinning pain killers. Aspirin and ibruprofen should be avoided.
Avoid smoking
Also avoid smoking as it slows down the healing process by delaying tissue repair. Since the skin is not open in bruising, do not bandage it.
Smoking can worsen lip injuries. If you have a cut on your lip from love bites or other types of lip trauma, avoid smoking until your lips are fully healed.
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The use of arnica has been known to help a lot in fast healing of bruises, cuts and scrapes. One can apply it in its natural form or get its ointments.
Oral arnica is also available. Taking enough rest as well goes a long way. A little exposure to the sun could help as well.
The sun when not excessive acts as a natural healer of bruises.
See a doctor if you bruise easily
Where the contusuion is severe, the only fastest way to get rid of it would be by seeing a doctor. They will ensure they give the best treatment.
People who easily bruise are as well advised to visit a doctor when they suffer bruising.
Apple cider vinegar
For people who make use of home remedies, vinegar is a great one for bruises. It gives relief to pain and acts as an antiseptic.
- Mix apple cider vinegar with an equal amount of water
- Rub it on the affected area.
- This will as well help to increase flow of blood and heal the bruise quickly.
If you have lip bruises and cuts, try not to use concentrated vinegar. It is acidic and can cause burns on your mouth.
Healing bruises on face
A bruise on the face can be a cosmetic concern. It can appear on the face, lips and even around eyes. A lot of people would wish to get rid of such marks as fast as possible.
There are a number of things that one can do at home to heal face bruises fast. This is done by speeding up the healing process as well as reducing the severity of the contusion.
- To start off, asses the injury.
- In case there is too much swelling and pain in your face, it would be advisable to seek medical attention.
- The same applies in case one experiences nausea, vomiting, dizziness or mental confusion.
If the bruise is bearable and there are no out of the ordinary symptoms, start treating the facial injury as soon as it happens. This is the time when the remedies will have greatest effect.
Apply ice
Start the treatment by applying ice on the injured part of the face. This should be done for 15 minutes to help heal it instantly.
Ensure the ice is wrapped up in a piece of cloth to avoid frost bites which will worsen how the face looks. Do this after every hour for the first 24 hours.
The ice treatment will help in reducing swelling, pain, discoloration and inflammation.
Done well in the initial moments it will go a long way in helping to improve the appearance of the bruise. While still treating the face, ensure you take enough rest.
This will help to prevent additional blood pooling on the injured skin. Keep your head elevated as well to minimize the flow of blood through the damaged vessels. It will also help to reduce swelling.
Warm compress
After 24 hours are over, stop using ice packs and switch to warm compresses. This will help to get rid of any blood that may have pooled around the bruise.
This reduces discoloration. It also helps to speed up healing within a day.
Wet warm compresses work best.
- Soak a clean piece of cloth in warm water
- Rub it gently on the bruise.
- Do this for 15 minutes and repeat after an hour for up 48 hours.
Hide with makeup concealer
At times despite all the treatments, the discoloration may not go away as fast as you may wish. If this happens, you could try concealing the bruise on the face. In this case, you could temporarily hide bruises on the face with the help of makeup.
Caution though should be practiced so as not to infect the bruise. Only make use of hypoallergenic products that are fragrance free.
The applicators should be clean and the products new.
When choosing the concealer, get what matches your facial skin tone. You could as well make use of color correcting makeup.
This involves using colors that will cancel out the discoloration of the bruise. For example, a lavender corrector can diminish a yellow bruise while a green corrector can diminish a red bruise.
Bruise marks
A bruising occurs when blood vessels are injured. This could be cause by them being exposed to trauma whether through physical activities or accidents. Old bruise marks are common on toenails and feet.
Depending on severity, the cuts and wounds will heal in a few weeks time.
Unfortunately, they could leave some ugly marks long after they are gone. These could take months to fade away if no intervention is done.
To make bruise marks go away fast, try the following natural home remedies and treatments.
Apply ice packs on the marks. This will help to gradually fade them. This they do by preventing further leaking of blood to the area.
One can do this every morning until when the bruise is gone.
Apple cider vinegar soak
Applying vinegar on the bruise marks could help as well. Vinegar tends to have exfoliating properties which are good for getting rid of unwanted marks.
Soak a piece of cloth in it and apply it on the area. Massage it on and let it rest for 30 minutes.
Old bruises
Whether you engage in sports or not, it is likely to suffer occasional contusions once in a while. This is seen as some purplish stain on the skin. It is caused by the damage caused by trauma on blood vessels.
This results in some mild internal bleeding but which is not strong enough to break through the skin.
In most cases, bruising is never serious and should not be something to lose sleep over.
To treat and heal old bruises in the best way, it is best to start the healing process immediately they occur.
However, there are ways on how to get rid of old bruises on legs as well in case they were not treated early enough.
Ice the bruise on your leg
This is important to do as it helps in reducing the amount of blood seeping to the bruised area. The cold effect causes the blood vessels to constrict and thus lessen amount of blood that flows through the broken vessels into the bruised area. if this is not stopped, blood that flows into the area pools around.
Use a warm compress
After a day or so, one should apply warm compresses on the bruise to help move any blood that may have pooled on the injured area. Since this is an old bruise, there is a probability that there is some old blood stuck on it. To further prevent blood from pooling, keep the leg elevated.
Herbal remedies for instant relief
There also are some natural ways on how to get rid of bruises. Herbal remedies for old bruises on legs work great. Fresh parsley is known to better bruises. Crush some leaves and apply them on the bruise.
Vinegar
This can be mixed with witch hazel and used as a remedy for old bruises.The smell may not be so nice but it will do wonders for the bruise by helping blood circulation in the same way a warm compress does.
Rest
This will hasten healing. In case you are a sports person take a break. Stop jogging and other activities that may increase pressure on the leg. Too much activity will prolong the healing duration. Try as much as you can to be gentle on the injured leg.
In case even after a series of treatments the old bruise lingers on, it is important to see a doctor. The bruise could be as a result of a blood clotting disorder.
Also see a doctor where the bruising is severe and is more than a few inches as this could be an indication of internal bleeding.
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