- Hickey (Illustration)
You must have come across this one way or the other.A hickey, kiss mark, love bite, or bug bite is a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by the kissing or suckling of the skin, usually on the neck or arm. While biting might be part of giving a hickey, suckling is sufficient to burst small superficial blood vessels under the skin.
#1 HICKEY LOVES TO HANG AROUND
Unfortunately, hickeys like to hang around for a while. One to two weeks is the average stay of one of these marks so plan your skin showing accordingly.
#2
Pressure on your skin causes blood vessels to break, causing a bruise (often in the shape of lips.)
#3
While you won’t be able to make the color fade any faster, you can apply some ice to the hickey to help limit the amount of swelling that occurs.
#4
If you notice that you get hickeys really easily, you might have an iron deficiency. If this is the case, you should see a doctor and figure out what it will take to get your levels back to normal.
#6
Unfortunately there is no single cure that will get rid of your hickey. The only way for it to completely disappear is with time and patience.