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!
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.)
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.
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.
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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