Life seems pretty great, you had a smoking night with a hot date last night and today you're totally psyched for the interview for that thrilling new job prospect. Or, maybe there's some big family gathering that you can't miss. Or, possibly its plans for a weekend away with your best buds, and the teasing and cross examinations will go on the whole time. Regardless of the reason, you're flabbergasted when you see it there...On your neck. No! A love bit left over from last night's passion? The scarlet mark of shame has burrowed into your throat.
You have a hickey! Really? I'm afraid so. So, what are you going to do about it? Some say there's nothing to be done; you have to just grin and bear. We'll have none of that. Yet, theories abound. And numerous strategies are available. Which should you try?
To start, there is the ever popular cold spoon. And when we say cold, we don't mean your mama's cold, we mean ice cold. Many swear that applying the ice cold spoon to you hickey is the best way to reduce its spread. In fairness, though, we better warn you that others claim you'll only make matters worse: the hickey will spread. I suspect this is one of those personal physiology things. You won't know how it works on you until you try it. Maybe experiment though when there's not so much at stake.
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.
Here's another option, useful for when the hickey is a bit older. If it is at least 48 hours old, and it's only now you need to get rid of it, warm compresses can be effective. This is a good one, but also a tricky one. Your hickey really does have to be minimum 48 hours old! (You do know when you got it, right? This wasn't another of those three day benders of yours?) If you use this method too early, it is very likely to make your hickey a whole lot worse. Don't play with fire, here.
And of course knowing how to get rid of hickeys fast doesn't preclude a little cheating. I mean, is it really about getting rid of the amorous evidence on your neck or just being presentable for an occasion? If the latter, the fastest way to get rid of it is to hide it. Of course the turtle neck sweater is a classic for a good reason. If you can pull off scarves, that's another solid standby. If these options are weather-inappropriate or too conspicuous a departure from your usual style, there's always make-up.
I haven't any experience with this, but my interior designer says that a little green powered over the hickey neutralizes its redness. This allows you to apply a flesh tone that matches yours for an effective camouflage approach.
So, you see, you've a variety of options. Which one you choose will depend on your personal taste, timing needs and perhaps pain tolerance.
They say, once bitten, twice shy. I don't know if that applies to you, but probably better to avoid dating the vampires. If you just can't help yourself, you know we always have you covered, here at How to Get Rid of Hickeys Fast.
You have a hickey! Really? I'm afraid so. So, what are you going to do about it? Some say there's nothing to be done; you have to just grin and bear. We'll have none of that. Yet, theories abound. And numerous strategies are available. Which should you try?
To start, there is the ever popular cold spoon. And when we say cold, we don't mean your mama's cold, we mean ice cold. Many swear that applying the ice cold spoon to you hickey is the best way to reduce its spread. In fairness, though, we better warn you that others claim you'll only make matters worse: the hickey will spread. I suspect this is one of those personal physiology things. You won't know how it works on you until you try it. Maybe experiment though when there's not so much at stake.
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.
Here's another option, useful for when the hickey is a bit older. If it is at least 48 hours old, and it's only now you need to get rid of it, warm compresses can be effective. This is a good one, but also a tricky one. Your hickey really does have to be minimum 48 hours old! (You do know when you got it, right? This wasn't another of those three day benders of yours?) If you use this method too early, it is very likely to make your hickey a whole lot worse. Don't play with fire, here.
And of course knowing how to get rid of hickeys fast doesn't preclude a little cheating. I mean, is it really about getting rid of the amorous evidence on your neck or just being presentable for an occasion? If the latter, the fastest way to get rid of it is to hide it. Of course the turtle neck sweater is a classic for a good reason. If you can pull off scarves, that's another solid standby. If these options are weather-inappropriate or too conspicuous a departure from your usual style, there's always make-up.
I haven't any experience with this, but my interior designer says that a little green powered over the hickey neutralizes its redness. This allows you to apply a flesh tone that matches yours for an effective camouflage approach.
So, you see, you've a variety of options. Which one you choose will depend on your personal taste, timing needs and perhaps pain tolerance.
They say, once bitten, twice shy. I don't know if that applies to you, but probably better to avoid dating the vampires. If you just can't help yourself, you know we always have you covered, here at How to Get Rid of Hickeys Fast.
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In addition to writing for How to Get Rid of Hickeys Fast, Tosh Caliberni also writes at its sister site, How to Get Rid of Mosquito Bites Fast.
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