Purple-ish legs after showers?

[Ninastar]

omfg I think im an alien. I just had to have a cold shower (I didnt plan it it just happened when i have the conditioner in my hair) and when i came out, my legs looked all purple and bruised. its starting to fade now but is it normal? Has this ever happened to anyone before?

[setanta]

All depends if you've had a knock on them recently. Have you?

[Ninastar]

I don't even know what that means... Do I want to? :shocked:

[setanta]

I don't even know what that means... Do I want to? :shocked:

I mean if you've bumped your legs against anything recently.

[Smithy]

Isnt it jut the blood or something, because it was hot and then cold

[King Gizzard]

probably bruising from the water if youve got it on quite fast and its cold water

(i know that sounds loltastic but its probably true)

[GypsyGoth]

OMFG
http://i39.tinypic.com/111sbv7.jpg

Are you ok? Are you not human anymore?

[setanta]

That's true yeah, probably just the heat effecting your blood flow and then coming out into the cold afterwards. Nothing to worry about.

[Lewis.]

It's probably just the change of temperature.. It's like when it's really cold outside and your cheeks go really red. Nothing to worry about :)

[Smithy]

If you screwed up the baby im gonna kill you :nono:

[Ninastar]

I mean if you've bumped your legs against anything recently.

Oh right. I thought you meant something naughty. :blush2:

[Ninastar]

Thanks guys. I think its all gone now. they are still red. I probs just over panicked. I do it all the time. s

[setanta]

Oh right. I thought you meant something naughty. :blush2:


Lol, not at all silly.

[Mrluvaluva]

Carrie had that problem...

[Princess]

That baby is SO cute! It's probably just the change in temperature. When I veet my legs the water is never warm and they always go a funny color after.

[Firewire]

Sounds like hypothermia!

Probably not though. You wouldn't get it from being in a shower for a short length of time.

[Shasown]

There isnt wrong with you, de-oxygenated blood pools in the legs, as the skin cools the fresh bright blood that normally keeps your skin pink is prevented from moving through the subsurface capillaries to prevent over cooling the blood, this means that lower lying de-oxygenated blood is allowed to show through, this blood is darker in colour and looks blue/purple through the skin.

The purple hue should disappear after you warm up or start increasing the blood flow into and from the legs by exercising them.