As seniors grow older, their skin often becomes more delicate and fragile. This means that it can easily become damaged by cuts, scrapes, and bruises. By putting on specially designed clothing designed for skin protection, they can reduce the number of injuries they develop. The skin protectors can also help protect any damage that they have already experienced and help to prevent it from becoming worse.Skin protection does not have to look like a senior is wearing some kind of medical clothing. Besides being comfortable, they come in many fashionable types and colors, including flesh color, blue, gray, black, pink, camo, and more. It is available as arm sleeves, forearm sleeves, calf sleeves, and leg sleeves. Some arm sleeves also help protect the skin on your hands. Because they just slip on your arms or legs, they can be put on or removed anytime and anywhere.
There are many different types of skin protection. Arm sleeves, for instance, are available in a loose style, snug but not tight enough to cut off the circulation, as compression sleeves, fleece-lined, elastic to hold them up, etc. They are washable, some are anti-bacterial, they wick away moisture. In some versions of skin protection, the fabric adds a layer of warmth, but cool in summer.
