hickey. ugh. help.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

okay, so I realize this is a quite juvenile question and I apologize for it. I'm just desperate here.

my fiance and I are in a long distance relationship. I came home this weekend to see him, and he subsequently lives in the same town as my parents, so I sleep at their house and I will be spending time with them this weekend.

he and I were extremely happy to see each other and now, as a result?

hickeys.

my super conservative parents will FLIP (as they have done in the past and "demanded" that they see no more on my neck, which is just ridiculous considering I'm 21, but whatever).

I need to get these gone, FAST. I realize I can use scarves and things to try and hide them but I need remedies that will actually reduce the bruising asap. I'm willing to try most anything.

thanks in advance to anyone who helps.

Comments

[ericalorraine.livejournal.com]

I've heard people talk about putting a spoon in a freezer and when it's super cold to put it on the hickeys.

good luck! no fun having to deal with controlling parents.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

oooh okay I will definitely try that. probably tomorrow, so that my parents won't discover spoons in the freezer and go, "wtf?"

thanks for the good luck, I'll need it!

[futuristicplans.livejournal.com]

My dad (of all people!) told me that if you put a metal spoon in the freezer, and then hold the frozen metal against the hickey, it'll go away.

I've never really tried that, though.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

awesome, hey, at this point I'm willing to try anything. thank you!

[suicidekitty911.livejournal.com]

i tried it many many many times in HS....it never worked for me!

[fcukt.livejournal.com]

ive heard more than a few people say something about a lipstick cap.
take the lipstick cap off and twist it on the hickey.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

oh wow, really? I'll try that too, thanks!

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

so I tried that and it worked SO WELL. thank you for the tip!!!

[catchstars.livejournal.com]

Witch hazel works to fade bruises, if you can get some. It's usually available at health stores.

I've also heard things about teabags (black teas work best), and Preparation H.

[tankgirledward.livejournal.com]

you can get witchhazel at cvs

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

awesome, really? I will be going to a health store tomorrow. thank you!!

[tankgirledward.livejournal.com]

theatrical makeup is your friend, it can cover ANYTHING(i recomend bennye). you can also try dermablend or any scar cover product. I'll post again in a bit after i dig in my herb books to see if there is something else

[tankgirledward.livejournal.com]

All the herbs and such that are good for bruses take more time to prepare than i remember. Herba santa(Eriodictyon californicum) is the only herb I think you will be able to get a hold of and it doen't take a month and a half to prepare. Its neative to the western US. Check out your local helth food/herb store. If you can get fresh leaves its best but if not take the dried leaves, break them up, and put them in a cotton cloth bag and add hot water(you're making tea)then put the bag on the bruse or just skip the bag and put the mush on your neck and cover with a cloth. Witch hazel is the next best thing.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

where would I get theatrical makeup? that definitely sounds like a good plan to me!

[faeryguinevere.livejournal.com]

You can get a product from a co-op or health food store called arinca gel, and rub it into the hickeys. Arnica helps bruising go away much, much faster - it might not be a matter of hours, but a matter of (a few) days instead of (a few) weeks. When I put it on fresh bruises (like on my newly-walking, always-falling-down toddler), it makes a huge difference - the bruises are hardly noticeable the next day.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

ahhh awesome. I will see if I can locate some of that. thank you!

[girlnameddoor.livejournal.com]

Brushing them gently with a soft toothbrush also helps. I know, I just had to use that trick. Stupid neck eater...Anyway, I did that and the cold spoon and it helped, but they didn't go away entirely because I waited too long. So do it asap and apply concealer and foundation!

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

HAHA. men and their neck eating. what sucks is I bruise like a peach. he's not even, in my opinion, kissing all that hard, yet I look like someone whacked me in the neck with a baseball bat.

so the sooner the better on that spoon then?

[mari-mac1109.livejournal.com]

Physician's Formula Stick Concealers in green and yellow. The green will minimize the redness, the yellow will minimize the purple bruising. A liquid coverup to smooth out and maybe a pressed powder on top of that.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

oh wow, I didn't even know they had that. thank you!

[littlemissalien.livejournal.com]

Arnica cream is brilliant for reducing bruising quickly. My community midwives even recommend it for post-birth to help with all the swelling and bruising "down below" (her words!). :)

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

ah, nice! I will definitely be trying to find some of that tomorrow!

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

and you can get that at places like walmart, right? I'll probably be trying that!

[sweetthea.livejournal.com]

What I heard from my boyfriend was to put spoons into the freezer and let them get really cold or better yet something like peas, then get a lipstick cap and twist it hard onto the hickey (not the side with the hole) push and twist it on the hickey hard because what it does it separate the blood and then quickly add frozen peas/spoon.

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

I will definitely be trying all three of those things! thank you!

[sheson-fire.livejournal.com]

i may have this reversed but
putting coldness on them dulls them..but they take longer to heal
putting warmness on them will make them darker for a couple days..but they heal much faster..

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

really? I'll take dullness over healing faster, since I'll be leaving again on sunday. hopefully the cold is the answer cause I've been icing this bad boy for the past hour! lol. thank you for your response though!

[ellinht.livejournal.com]

arnica cream gets rid of bruises very very quickly!

[lunaadmirer.livejournal.com]

i have heard that putting visine on a zit helps the redness go away because it helps blood vessels contract (hence it helping get rid of red eyes), it might work for hickeys?

hehehe, i can just picture you now, a bag of frozen peas on your lap, a cold spoon in one hand, a visine bottle in the other and a lipstick cap on the floor next to a preparation H tube and an arnica gel tube.

good luck! :)

[loveofdaisies.livejournal.com]

oooh, I hadn't thought of that!! that might be worth a shot (and if not, it's a good tip for zits!)

hehehe, i can just picture you now, a bag of frozen peas on your lap, a cold spoon in one hand, a visine bottle in the other and a lipstick cap on the floor next to a preparation H tube and an arnica gel tube.

HAHA that's hilarious!!!

thank you so much!

[nebulosity.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never had a hickey, but I make bruise coloring disappear faster by gently (GENTLY) rubbing the bruise to give it more circulation. It decreases the discoloration for me in HALF the time. :)

Good luck!