This picture shows the unusually elastic skin (can be stretched
much further than normal skin) of a patient with Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome, a condition that affects connective tissues. This
condition also causes skin to be easily bruised, heal poorly, form
"cigarette paper" scars, and joints that are unusually flexible
(hyperflexible, hypermobile).
Review Date: 10/10/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of
Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
