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avril
avril
Does anybody know why my blood is a really dark colour. its not even red or brown its almost black and its worrying me. Can i just ask too what is worse. 1 or 2 deep. or 100's little one's. Just a question??
deleted_user
deleted_user
Not sure why it happens or which is worse but the same thing happened to me not long ago, someone said it meant you were going deep *shrug* sorry I can't be of more help
deleted_user
deleted_user
how deep did you cut. the blood in your veins and your arterys are different colors. one is darker. that is all i know.... other than that... i dunno
deleted_user
deleted_user
except, I know when I was bleeding black I wasn't into the veins or arteries, can you tell which ones its coming from?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I've heard that it has something to do with hemoglobin (sp?). I think if your blood is darker that means you have higher levels of hemoglobin. I'm not doctor, so I have no idea really, it's just a possibility.

As far as which is worse, it depends on what you think is worse. The deeper ones will definitely bleed more and leave bigger scars, but the smaller ones will leave more scars. The more bleeding could definitely be bad, but if you think the scars are worse...

It's kind of like quality over quantity...as messed up as that sounds.
deleted_user
deleted_user
hope you're ok!
try2smile
try2smile
I think its the deeper you cut the darker it is im not too sure really, and i was wondering that but i think a lot of little ones are better than deep ones because the deeper they are the more damage they make and leave.
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