6 Tips To Get Rid of Hickey Faster

Ah, hickey, the mark of love and passion. It can be quite embarrassing and put you in awkward conversations where you will either have to lie about it, saying that it’s an allergy or something (of course everyone will know the truth) or you will have to suffer endless hours of teasing from your friends. To avoid being in such situations you need to know all the clever ways in which you can hide your love bite. Let’s also look into how to get rid of a hickey faster.

# Hide it with Your Hair

See if you can manage to hide it with your hair. If the hickey is on the neck region, you might be able to hide it by simply leaving your hair loose.

# Try a Cold Compress

Use ice to reduce the redness and swelling. Keep ice on the love bite for half an hour or so, it will help soothe the skin.

# Massage the Area

Gently massage the area to reduce the discolouration. Be gentle or you will make it worse. You can also use aloe vera gel or coconut oil to massage the area.

# Try a Hot Compress

When you place a hot compress over the hickey, the warmth from it will improve blood circulation in that area and help heal the hickey faster by allowing the broken blood vessels to be reabsorbed into the blood stream.

# Apply Peppermint Oil

Apply a drop of peppermint oil to the affected area and massage gently. If you do not have pepper mint oil, use a used peppermint tea bag. Chill it in the freezer for ten minutes and use it as a cold press. You can also use a toothpaste with peppermint in it to massage the affected area.

# Take Vitamin K Supplements

Vitamin K helps prevent blood clots and is used to help treat bruises. So you can take vitamin K supplements to speed up the healing process. You can also apply creams or lotions with vitamin K to help heal the hickey faster.