Capillaries underneath the skin getting broken is the cause of it. You could be light-skinned or have delicate capillaries. There isn't anything you can do about it aside from paying close attention to what you're doing with your body.

These are the basics Causes of bruising easily or widespread bruising include: * Bleeding disorders * Hemophilia * Von Willebrand's disease * Ehlers-Danlos syndrome * Immune disorder * Leukemia * Aplastic anemia * Disseminated intravascular coagulation * Scurvy * Blood vessel hemorrhage Here is a link with hundreds of things it could be: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/bruising/causes.htm Certain medications and dietary supplements are other causes of bruising. Blood thinning, cortisone and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines can all cause excessive bruising as can fish oil, vitamin E, garlic, ginger and ginkgo. Bruises composed of multiple tiny red dots, bruises that are raised, multiple bruises that appear for no known reason, or bruises located around the belly button or behind the ear, should be evaluated by a doctor. They may signal internal bleeding, autoimmune diseases or blood disorders.

The causes of bruising easily are various. It can be due to ineffective platelets or its low number in blood. Also, fragile blood vessels are likely to be the reason of bruising, sometimes it can be managed with vitamin c supplements. Else, aspirin is blood thinner; do you take it very often? I’m sure that simple blood test would give you the right answer. It’s still not excluded that your iron level is not the cause of bruising, even though you have healthy nutritional habits. It is true that leukemia, hemophilia and liver damages are also among the possible causes of bruising. The first you should to is to go to laboratory and check up your platelets. Deficiency in the B vitamins B-12 and folate may lead to a low platelet count and easy bruising and bleeding. Vitamin C deficiency (very, very uncommon) or excess vitamin E may cause the same thing. In women, a disorder that causes easy bruising is an inherited condition called von Willebrand's disease. This disease is due to a lack of a certain factor important in the blood clotting process. A related disorder is factor IX deficiency; this more often causes bleeding after surgery or cuts rather than easy bruising. Excess intake of aspirin or other non steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (Motrin, Advil, Anaprox) may also lead to easy bruising. For evaluation of your bruising, start with your family doctor or internist. That doctor will probably do some blood tests; if necessary, he or she can refer you to a hematologist, a specialist in blood disorders.

it is one of those givens. women tend to bruise very easily. its because you all are so peachy tender.