Unexpected Bruising On My Face
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Unexpected Bruising On My Face

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I sleep on only one side and over the years I have woken up with redness or a faint bruise right under my eye, it wasn’t concerning at the time. On Thursday I had a doctor’s appointment and my husband went with me. He didn’t say anything at the time but later that evening he asked me to turn my face towards him. He said your face is all bruised on one side, I was shocked and headed for the mirror.

Sure enough, my face was lightly bruised alongside my eye, in the hairline, and all down my cheek close to my nose. He then said my face was bruised earlier that morning and was darker. I was surprised the doctor didn’t say anything.

I sat and thought about my day from the time I woke up and could find no reason for the bruising. I know that bruises don’t fade that quickly so I went to copilot to see what answer it gave. It was what I already knew. Bruising is caused by hitting something and that bruising takes 1-3 days to go away. Still perplexed.

The next morning I woke up with light bruising as well, not as bad as Thursday but still bruised. The only answer I could come up with was my pillow. I had slept on a goosedown pillow for years and several years ago changed to a harder pillow for more neck support. I ordered another goosedown and it’s scheduled to arrive today.

This morning I woke up to redness all around my eye and a small bruise. The bruising started three days ago and makes no sense. I’ll see if the new pillow makes a difference, if not I’m not sure what type of doctor to see.

Have you ever had this happen?

Melinda

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23 thoughts on “Unexpected Bruising On My Face”

  1. Interesting. Never heard of that happening before. Something tells me it may not be the pillow sitch and may be a hematic (blood-based) condition, or possibly relating to a lack of hemoglobin or oxygen in the blood, portentously caused by shallow breathing during sleep, again, *possibly*.

    Let me know what you find out, will you? Very curious situation. Let’s hope it goes away soon. 😉💗

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    1. I think your right, it’s something else. I slept great on my new pillow but still woke up with a bruise under my eye. It wasn’t very big but was there. I have several other health issues going on right now, I’m having to push this to the back for now. Thanks for your feedback. Copilot did mention something about blood based. :(

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        1. I left my doctor a message in the portal and I’m interested in what he has to say. My last labs also showed my Iron Binding Capacity was low which related tot he same thing. I believe your are on target. Thanks for the feedback.

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  4. Melinda, I’ve not had it happen to me, but my mom bruises easily, due to medication she’s on, mainly steroids, and also ageing, when your older you can bruise more easily. I’d say see your primary care physician, xoxo

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  5. Oh wow. That’s a bit scary and troubling, especially not having any answers. I hope and Pray that you figure out what it is and that it stops .

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