Your skin is so soft! You have such great skin! We get that all the time. How do we achieve that? Have a collagen disorder. Yep, that's it. While our skin may be super soft and stretchy it has it's downfalls. It can be super thin, bruise easily, tear easily, and not heal correctly. We are also known to have transparent skin, where you can easily see all the blood vessels under the skin.
What does that really mean?Skin changes
In all types of EDS except the vascular type, the skin feels soft and stretchy - a bit like dough. It is also very easy to pull the skin upwards and away from the body - it appears to be very elastic. When you let go, the skin immediately returns to its normal position.The skin may also be very delicate so that it bruises and becomes injured easily. This is because blood vessels near to the skin surface may be very delicate and fragile and can be damaged easily. Problems with skin healing and excessive scarring may be a problem in some people. In the vascular type, the skin may look as if you can see through it (translucent) so that you can see blood vessels underneath the skin.
So, the next time you see someone with extra soft skin you might not ask the "What do you use?" question. There are more answers to that than you may be prepared to take.
Source - http://patient.info/health/ehlers-danlos-syndrome-leaflet
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