How to Get Rid of A Hickey

1. Hickeys

Ok, so we all know that hickeys are the result of an overzealous set of lips suction-cupping themselves to an area of skin and sucking until surface blood vessels break, right? Right, so I won't elaborate on the subject any more here.Find Gyms in your area

2. How to Get Rid of a Hickey

The question remains, once all of that blood is trapped right beneath the skin's surface, how do you get rid of it?

Tips for Hiding and Removing Hickeys

• If you catch the hickey soon enough, your can minimize the mark by immediately applying ice.
• Surface stimulation will help disperse the blood. Gently rub and massage the area.
• Using a comb or a hairbrush to massage the area works better than fingers and hands.
• Using any tubular object with a domed end, apply steady pressure over the hickey and twist. It will hurt, but it will help. Lipstick caps, pen caps, and blistex caps work. The goal is to work the blood deeper into the skin.
• Make the hickey worse - if you use a curling iron, have your 'friend' reshape the hickey to match the pattern that it would make if you had burned yourself accidentally. This can work with any likely burn or bruise scenario. Do not burn yourself! Reshape the hickey with more suction.
• Utilize turtleneck sweaters, scarves, or makeup to cover it up.
• Rub vitamin K into the area.
• Apply a warm, moist, used tea-bag as a hot compress. Repeatedly re-wet and re-warm it as needed until the hickey disappears.
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