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Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 1. Rub an ice cube in a circular motion or up and down on the hickey till the ice is melted or almost melted.
2. Get a wash cloth and soak it in hot water or lukewarm water, ring the rag out, and rub it on the hickey till the cloth gets cold.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 till it's gone or almost gone.
It may take all day or it may take a couple of hours. It works great, especially when you get one of the purple hickeys.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 My girlfriend gave me a big hickey and I needed to make it disappear. Here is what I did:
-Rub ice on the area until it is numb. This helps, and makes it feel better.
-Rub it for awhile with the pencil eraser, using strong pressure. You should see it getting better.
-Use a hot cloth on it. This might sting a bit.
-Put some Icy Hot on it, rub it in with the pencil- I swear it works!
The aspirin paste thing is messy and not a real great idea. It didn't do anything but make a mess.
I made my huge purple hickey turn into a small red spot in about an hour.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Use a hair dryer. Focus on the affected area while simultaneously combing the hickey with a hair brush.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Since one person can't really speak for all teenagers, there is a simple suggestion, ask your son or daughter. Plan it together, give them the ideas, ask them which games they would like to play (if any). And when it comes time for the party, answer the door so you are aware of who is in your home. Let your child start the games. Come in to check on the food and pull your child aside to ask how things are going, or if you need to remind everyone of the rules. Not only will your child be happy with you're not invading the party, but you're also giving them some mature responsibilities of hosting a party.
Now for some advice:
1. When it comes to food, normal food is fine, the thought of eating "blood", "body parts", "fungus", or other fake nasty things make me sick. Halloween candy, and snacks are fine.
2. Give your guest a thrill. When they don't expect you to come and check up on them, buy or rent a super scary costume, like a Hollywood horror bad guy or crazy bum or clown. If you have control of the lighting where they can't see, turn off the lights and sit down next to a guest, have a friend turn back on the light, and surprise! Or just enter from a back door or bang on a window for an easy escape.
3. Light decorations with dim lighting is best. No balloons or cutesy faces. Go for more realistic, slightly Gothic castle-like look.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 If you happen to be needing to dye your hair a dark or reddish color, color your hair and make sure to get dabs of the hair color chemicals all over your skin....especially around the area with the hickey. This way, it just looks like you had a horific hair coloring job that you did yourself. Sad, but that's the route i had to take. Note: you will look like butt. Use this as a last resort!!!
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Apply toothpaste to the afflicted area before you go to bed. Rub it in until it is not visible. Do this for 1, maybe 2 nights, and the hickey will disappear faster.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 if you need to hide the evidence of a hickey, and you just cannot get rid of it in time, then disguise is as something else. I got a rope and scratched myself over the hickey. It may hurt more, but it hides it effectively and fast. Plus, instead of your parents, or other girlfriends getting mad at you, they have sympathy and are even nicer toward you.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Take a penny and, using the edge, drag it across the hickey. This helps to disperse the blood so that it can be reabsorbed quicker, thus helping fade the hickey nearly twice as fast.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Amazingly, using light pressure with a comb in a crisscross direction across the hickey will unclot the blood and help the hickey fade away.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Dip the bristles in warm water and use gentle circular strokes on the hickey.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 A great way to cover up a hickey that's started to fade is using green eye shadow on it before you apply your foundation or concealer. The green actually counteracts the redness of the hickey making it easier to hide. When I tried it, it was impossible to see the once mighty hickey!
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Get a cotton ball and soak it in hot water and rub the hickey for about ten minutes. Your neck might get red, but that will go away. The hickey might not go all the way away, but it gets pretty darn close!
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 I tried cold compresses for as long as I could take freezing my neck. Then I followed with hot compresses using a very hot, moist facecloth and rubbing it as hard as I could. Then I thought, how about using diaper rash cream, it takes the redness of baby's bum. And it worked. So there you go.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Hold a warm washcloth soaked with a sea-salt solution (Epsom salt and warm water) and hold it against the hickey for a few minutes. Then, take a comb and comb the area up and down (circles aren't as effective). My Texas-sized, plumb-colored "curling iron burn" nearly vanished!
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Take a needle and poke the Advil capsule, squeeze the liquid out into a little cup or bottle cap, add a small amount of flour and put it on the hickey. Let it dry, then dab it off with a warm washcloth.