How to Get Rid of a Hickey

If you are wondering how to get rid of a hickey, there are many methods you can try. While many hickeys may feel good at the time, they can often be unsightly and embarrassing the next day. Hickeys, also called love bites, are red-like marks that are left on the skin after a person sucks or bites on it.
 

1. Cover up the hickey with makeup.  Try using a concealer in order to cover up your hickey. Make sure the concealer matches your skin tone, or you will be drawing out more attention to your love bite. After covering your hickey with a concealer, try putting makeup foundation on it and then covering it with face powder. Adding extra layers of makeup to cover up your hickey will protect you from potential snide comments from people.
2. Use a healing approach. Try applying ice to the hickey several times a day. Ice will help to reduce swelling and further bruising by decreasing blood flow to the area. Keeping the area elevated is also a good way to reduce the redness of a hickey. You can also apply heat to the hickey the next day for about 15 minutes. This will work to get the blood flowing faster.
3. Try a home remedy. Separate and heat cabbage leaves and apply to the hickey area. Cabbage has anti-inflammatory properties that will help with the swelling. Witch hazel can be applied as a cool compress on the skin and that also helps to reduce the redness. Comfrey has been used to treat bruising and is available as a cream or oil. Simply apply the comfrey to the hickey and it will work to treat the redness and swelling in the area.

By trying any of these methods, you may save yourself from many secret looks or knowing glances. While having a hickey isn't the worst thing in the world, it can be highly embarrassing, so make sure you take care of the hickey quickly in order to avoid the area becoming more red and swollen than it already is.