Ok, so we all know that hickeys are the result of an overzealous set of lips sucking themselves into an area of ​​skin and sucking until surface blood vessels rupture, right? Right, so I won’t go into more detail on the subject here.

How to get rid of a hickey

The question remains, once all that blood is trapped just below the skin’s surface, how do you get rid of it?

Tips to hide and remove hickeys

* If you catch the hickey early enough, you can minimize the mark by applying ice immediately.

*Surface stimulation will help disperse blood. Gently rub and massage the area.

*Using a comb or hairbrush to massage the area works better than fingers and hands.

*Using any tubular object with a domed end, apply steady pressure to the hickey and twist it. It will hurt, but it will help. Lipstick caps, pen caps, and blister caps all work. The goal is to make the blood penetrate deeper into the skin.

* Make the hickey worse: If you use a curling iron, ask your ‘friend’ to change the shape of the hickey to match the pattern it would make if you had accidentally burned yourself. This can work with any likely burn or bruise scenario. Do not burn yourself! Reshapes hickey with more suction.

* Wear turtlenecks, scarves, or make-up to cover it up.

* Rub vitamin K on the area.

* Apply a warm tea bag, wet and used as a hot compress. Re-moisten and heat repeatedly as needed until hickey is gone.

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