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?
Almost everyone recommends the cold spoon. Make that an ice cold spoon. Placing it on the offending mark is claimed to reduce the spread of the hickey. Some though claim that it only makes it worse. Perhaps it's a matter of personal physiology. You'd have to experiment on yourself to know. Maybe better to experiment when there's not anything important or pressing on tap for the day. (Hey, you could even get the hickey on purpose, just so as to experiment!)
There are also those who apparently can't distinguish their neck from their teeth. There's a whole crazy bunch of hickey alleviation techniques based on employing dental hygiene resources. Particularly popular from this category is to scrub the hickey with a tooth brush. The thinking here is that it breaks up the clotting blood (which is what a hickey is, in case you didn't know). The idea is once you get the blood circulating the hickey fades away. Also in the dental hygiene category is the use of mint flavored toothpaste. It's supposed to be the mint that actually does the magic, but hey if you're going to be brushing your neck anyway? Why not? I say, if none of that works, try whipping your hickey into shape with some dental floss!
Less theatrical means to promote blood circulation lie in the homely old true blue use of massage. It will circulate the blood. If that's too vanilla for you, though, try the coin method? This one is for all you masochists out there. A bit out there, but it's supposed to work. Stretch out the skin on which you have the hickey, using the forefinger and thumb of one hand. In the other hand, holding the coin, scrape at the hickey with the coin's edge. You're trying to disperse the blood, so it's important to do your scraping in a pattern that draws the blood out from the center of the hickey, toward its perimeter. Once you're done, don't freak out if you have a red mark from the scraping. Did I mention you're not actually supposed to scrape off the skin? Well, you're not. And, if you didn't, the red mark should clear up quickly after which you'll see a marked improvement, to coin a phrase, (Sorry.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
I've heard it said that, once bitten, twice shy. I wonder if that's going to apply in your case. Well, whatever happens, you know we're always here to help with your cosmetic crises, 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?
Almost everyone recommends the cold spoon. Make that an ice cold spoon. Placing it on the offending mark is claimed to reduce the spread of the hickey. Some though claim that it only makes it worse. Perhaps it's a matter of personal physiology. You'd have to experiment on yourself to know. Maybe better to experiment when there's not anything important or pressing on tap for the day. (Hey, you could even get the hickey on purpose, just so as to experiment!)
There are also those who apparently can't distinguish their neck from their teeth. There's a whole crazy bunch of hickey alleviation techniques based on employing dental hygiene resources. Particularly popular from this category is to scrub the hickey with a tooth brush. The thinking here is that it breaks up the clotting blood (which is what a hickey is, in case you didn't know). The idea is once you get the blood circulating the hickey fades away. Also in the dental hygiene category is the use of mint flavored toothpaste. It's supposed to be the mint that actually does the magic, but hey if you're going to be brushing your neck anyway? Why not? I say, if none of that works, try whipping your hickey into shape with some dental floss!
Less theatrical means to promote blood circulation lie in the homely old true blue use of massage. It will circulate the blood. If that's too vanilla for you, though, try the coin method? This one is for all you masochists out there. A bit out there, but it's supposed to work. Stretch out the skin on which you have the hickey, using the forefinger and thumb of one hand. In the other hand, holding the coin, scrape at the hickey with the coin's edge. You're trying to disperse the blood, so it's important to do your scraping in a pattern that draws the blood out from the center of the hickey, toward its perimeter. Once you're done, don't freak out if you have a red mark from the scraping. Did I mention you're not actually supposed to scrape off the skin? Well, you're not. And, if you didn't, the red mark should clear up quickly after which you'll see a marked improvement, to coin a phrase, (Sorry.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
I've heard it said that, once bitten, twice shy. I wonder if that's going to apply in your case. Well, whatever happens, you know we're always here to help with your cosmetic crises, at How to Get Rid of Hickeys Fast.
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