Known as actinic purpura, these result from normal aging combined with sun damage. They can occur with minor trauma or even ...

Other signs include elastosis (a coarse, yellow, cobblestoned effect of the skin) and actinic purpura (easy bruising related to vascular wall fragility in the dermis) (Gilchrest, 1990).

Solar purpura is a condition that causes bruises to appear on the skin without any kind of injury or trauma. These bruises are harmless and don’t hurt because they’re not caused by an injury.