Infection - Cutting at the elbow joint.

[DropDead-]

I cut on my elbow joint a few weeks ago,and again about two hours ago. After about 6-8 seconds it bled a lot(wondering why it took so long to start bleeding?)
I didn't put a lot of pressure into it,but because the skin there is so thin i guess it made it worse.
The scars i have from the cuts a few weeks ago are raised,it confuses me because the other scars i have(which are on my arm and were a lot deeper) are flat =/

I was just wondering why it took so long to bleed and also why the scars are raised??
Thanks xxx

[Mandimoo]

the scars could be raised because you move that bit a lot and it could be aggrevating them? they could also be keloid scars.

maybe it takes longer to bleed because in different positions (bent, unbent etc) different veins are put under different amounts of pressure? i'm not sure about this...it's just an idea. maybe pm AD see if she can answer it, mand x

[Sorrowfree]

Do you mean the inside of your elbow? There are veins close to the surface there; they're often used to draw blood. Do you think you could have nicked a vein?

[DropDead-]

Mandimoo: But i always assumed keloid scars come from very deep cuts? Yeh i will pm her. thanks xxx

Sorrowfree: Yes the inside of my elbow. I don't know,i might of,but i doubt it,i mean it would of bled a lot lot more than it did.

I honestly don't know why i cut there,probably because it hurts more when i move my arm,than if i cut somewhere different. I'm guessing it's mroe dangerous there right?

[Mandimoo]

not always. my little borther had an operation on his elbow, just to slide something under the skin to help a broken bone heal faster, he still has a huge keloid scar a few years on.

it could also be lumpy because the blood runs so close underneath it...maybe it pushes some fat inbetween for protection?

[.ghost.]

I have a few scars that are raised which weren't as deep as some of my flat ones, I think it depends sometimes on how you treat the wound afterwards or some just turn keloid and some don't I think.

Be careful about the inside of your elbow, like Sorrowfree said there a veins close to the surface and you could easily hit one by accident.

[banana split]

keloid scars also depend on your skin type. I don't cut deep but all my scars are keloid, when my doctor saw them a few weeks back (she was taking my blood pressure) she said it was to do with my skin type.