I always try to have a very healthy diet. It is almost embarassing to have bare legs and arms. These are blood thinners and can increase the ease of bruising or severity of the bruise even from a slight injury. If you are on ginko, perhaps you should review with your doctor the need for ginko. Persons on Coumadin should not take ginko as their bleeding time would be too long.
Bruises appear darker and more readily on people with fair skin.
People with darker skin have more melonin pigment in their skin, so bruises don't appear as easily. Vitamin C makes small blood vessels less fragile and helps reduce bruising. A vitamin C supplement is not necessary in addition to your multivitamin, however, if you follow the recommendations of the Food Guide Pyramid for 5 fruits and vegetables each day, you can get more vitamin C. Eat foods that are rich sources of vitamin C like orange juice, citrus fruits, kiwi, green peppers and broccoli, which may reduce the severity of your bruising. Vitamin K helps improve clotting time and good foods sources of vitamin K are green vegetables, soybeans, dried beans or peas. Vitamin C is the most easily destroyed vitamin there is.