Life seems perfect, you spent a hot evening with that someone very special last night and today you're all excited about the interview for a great new job. Or maybe you have some family reunion you can't miss. Or perhaps have plans for a day with friends who will needle and third-degree you the whole time. But, whatever the case, it's a blow to discover the unintended result of last night's passion. The love bite. The scarlet mark of shame.
No two ways about it, there it is, your memento hickey! I know, you can't believe it, but alas, it's true. The question now is, cripes, you have to be gone in a couple hours. What can you do? How do you get rid of hickeys fast? We know, some will tell you that there's nothing you can do, you're stuck with it. We say phooey to that. Theories abound and we'll give you some, here.
As timeless as the old wives tale themselves is the popularity of the cold spoon. And be clear, when we say cold, we mean ice cold spoon. The story goes, if you place it on the hickey you'll observe a noticeable reduction in its spread. However, be forewarned, there are others who insist this method actually makes the hickey worse. This might be one of those personal physiology things. You might have to experiment to discover if this method works for you. If you do decide that's a good idea, we recommend experimenting when there's not quite so much at stake. (Hey, you could even get the hickey on purpose, just so as to experiment!)
Then there are the people who don't seem to know their neck from their teeth. There are all kinds of advice with teeth hygiene resources. Try scrubbing the spot with a tooth brush. This is thought to break up the clotting of the blood and get it circulating better. Another suggestion for getting the blood flowing is to apply mint flavored toothpaste. It's the mint that does the trick, but if you're going to be brushing your neck anyway? And if that doesn't work, maybe try flagellating the darn thing with some dental floss!
Though less exotic, a more time honored approach to stimulating blood circulation is massaging the area. No magic here, but it should offer some relief. Much more exciting though is the coin technique. It may sound a little gruesome to some, but apparently many people report great results. Using the finger and thumb of one hand stretch out skin of the place where you have the hickey. Meanwhile, in the other hand, holding the coin, scrape the edge of it over the hickey. What you're trying to do here is to disperse the blood. You want to be sure, then, to scrape from the center of the hickey, out toward the edges. Don't freak out when you're first done doing this. There definitely will be an unsightly red mark from the scraping, but, if you did it right (you understand that you're not actually supposed scrape off your skin, right"), that red mark will clear up in just a few minutes. And once that mark is gone, there should be, to coin a phrase, a marked improvement in your hickey.
If your hickey is at least 48 hours old, you can try a warm compresses. This can work well, but, take note, if your hickey is less than 48 hours old, you could make it quite a bit worse. (You do know when you got the hickey, right? This wasn't another of your three day benders?)
However, when all is said and done, the fastest way to get rid of hickeys is not actually to get rid of them at all, but just get rid of the sight of them. The turtle neck sweater is an old school classic for a very good reason; it works! If you can get away with scarves, that's another reliable classic. If the weather, though, will make such choices a tad too suspicious or uncomfortable, there's always make-up.
A little green, powered over the hickey, will neutralize the red. Then you can cover it with a flesh tone that matches your own for an excellent camouflage method.
There are indeed plenty of options. Which one you go for will be a personal choice, possibly based as much on timing needs and pain tolerance as good taste. Though, good taste should never be underrated.
The old line goes, once bitten, twice shy. You can decide for yourself if you want to learn from the wisdom of the ancients. If though it turns out that you just can't help yourself, rest easy knowing we got you covered, here at How to Get Rid of Hickeys Fast.
No two ways about it, there it is, your memento hickey! I know, you can't believe it, but alas, it's true. The question now is, cripes, you have to be gone in a couple hours. What can you do? How do you get rid of hickeys fast? We know, some will tell you that there's nothing you can do, you're stuck with it. We say phooey to that. Theories abound and we'll give you some, here.
As timeless as the old wives tale themselves is the popularity of the cold spoon. And be clear, when we say cold, we mean ice cold spoon. The story goes, if you place it on the hickey you'll observe a noticeable reduction in its spread. However, be forewarned, there are others who insist this method actually makes the hickey worse. This might be one of those personal physiology things. You might have to experiment to discover if this method works for you. If you do decide that's a good idea, we recommend experimenting when there's not quite so much at stake. (Hey, you could even get the hickey on purpose, just so as to experiment!)
Then there are the people who don't seem to know their neck from their teeth. There are all kinds of advice with teeth hygiene resources. Try scrubbing the spot with a tooth brush. This is thought to break up the clotting of the blood and get it circulating better. Another suggestion for getting the blood flowing is to apply mint flavored toothpaste. It's the mint that does the trick, but if you're going to be brushing your neck anyway? And if that doesn't work, maybe try flagellating the darn thing with some dental floss!
Though less exotic, a more time honored approach to stimulating blood circulation is massaging the area. No magic here, but it should offer some relief. Much more exciting though is the coin technique. It may sound a little gruesome to some, but apparently many people report great results. Using the finger and thumb of one hand stretch out skin of the place where you have the hickey. Meanwhile, in the other hand, holding the coin, scrape the edge of it over the hickey. What you're trying to do here is to disperse the blood. You want to be sure, then, to scrape from the center of the hickey, out toward the edges. Don't freak out when you're first done doing this. There definitely will be an unsightly red mark from the scraping, but, if you did it right (you understand that you're not actually supposed scrape off your skin, right"), that red mark will clear up in just a few minutes. And once that mark is gone, there should be, to coin a phrase, a marked improvement in your hickey.
If your hickey is at least 48 hours old, you can try a warm compresses. This can work well, but, take note, if your hickey is less than 48 hours old, you could make it quite a bit worse. (You do know when you got the hickey, right? This wasn't another of your three day benders?)
However, when all is said and done, the fastest way to get rid of hickeys is not actually to get rid of them at all, but just get rid of the sight of them. The turtle neck sweater is an old school classic for a very good reason; it works! If you can get away with scarves, that's another reliable classic. If the weather, though, will make such choices a tad too suspicious or uncomfortable, there's always make-up.
A little green, powered over the hickey, will neutralize the red. Then you can cover it with a flesh tone that matches your own for an excellent camouflage method.
There are indeed plenty of options. Which one you go for will be a personal choice, possibly based as much on timing needs and pain tolerance as good taste. Though, good taste should never be underrated.
The old line goes, once bitten, twice shy. You can decide for yourself if you want to learn from the wisdom of the ancients. If though it turns out that you just can't help yourself, rest easy knowing we got you covered, here at How to Get Rid of Hickeys Fast.
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