merrill@gigi.DEC (Rick GIGI::Merrill DECRITE) (08/03/84)
The length of time it takes a "dark contusion" to heal depends upon the age of the individual. I've seen a 1 yr old shake a heavy bruise in days while a similar bruise stayed on a 40 yr old for months and on a 90 yr old forever (now 102 yrs old!). I suspect all of this depends upon the circulation and cell-count so that face and thigh bruises would take a long time while chest and arm contusions would heal faster ( this sentence is just a guess). Rick