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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
How do you get rid of a hickey?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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How do you get rid of a hickey?
by allaction0, Aug 28, 2006 12:00AM
Hickeys can look pretty embarrasing...
What is the best way to get rid of one? I just have a small discoloration that is mostly brownish that I acquired last night from necking. I understand that the cause is a bruise that occurs when the capillaries under the skin are broken... I have an important meeting on Tuesday, and a hickey would look very unprofessional. Covering it up is not a possibility - I need to have it healed and gone from the skin. Some of the treatments I've seen on the web are:
-Hot compress
-Cold compress
-Cold spoon rubbing
-Rubbing magnets/batteries on it
-Cortizone cream
-Arnica gel
-Rubbing it with a toothbrush
-Applying toothpaste to it
-Blow drying it and using a comb to brush it
-Get a sunburn on it
Is there any truth to these options helping to remove such discoloration? I need to have it gone within 48 hours - PLEASE HELP! Are there any other options that actually work?
Thanks!
What is the best way to get rid of one? I just have a small discoloration that is mostly brownish that I acquired last night from necking. I understand that the cause is a bruise that occurs when the capillaries under the skin are broken... I have an important meeting on Tuesday, and a hickey would look very unprofessional. Covering it up is not a possibility - I need to have it healed and gone from the skin. Some of the treatments I've seen on the web are:
-Hot compress
-Cold compress
-Cold spoon rubbing
-Rubbing magnets/batteries on it
-Cortizone cream
-Arnica gel
-Rubbing it with a toothbrush
-Applying toothpaste to it
-Blow drying it and using a comb to brush it
-Get a sunburn on it
Is there any truth to these options helping to remove such discoloration? I need to have it gone within 48 hours - PLEASE HELP! Are there any other options that actually work?
Thanks!
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Aug 29, 2006 12:00AM
, Aug 29, 2006 12:00AM
I'm sorry, but bruises go away in their own good time. Those treatments you read about are not likely to do anything positive--in fact, they may delay things. Covering it, with a band-aid or makeup, are the only things likely to be of use in such a short time frame.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
where EXACTLY is the hicky? i am pretty creative so i may be of help with concealing it until it goes away. not to add salt to your wound but they last a while and it wont be gone by tues. (assuming its big and dark).
i even said i burned myself with my curling iron. guess you cant use that one.
sometimes concealer/make up will help to hide it. go a shade lighter than your face skin tone and blend in. cover with some loose powder.
keep your hands away from the area or you will draw attention to it.
are you very sure all your worried about is the meeting or someone else seeing it perhaps? either way, unless there is something new to the market,.............. time heals all wounds.
what did you decide to do?