What are Hickey?!


Question: I got a Hickey a few days a go and its purple to light pink and i was woundering how long it;s will take to go a way?


Answers: I got a Hickey a few days a go and its purple to light pink and i was woundering how long it;s will take to go a way?

lol....just give ot a couple days...i dont think u can take it away...just give it time

I dont know. no idea at all.........

2 days tops

LOL that's a bruise you get from someone sucking on your skin... or for the really big goobers.. the ones that do it to themselves with their own mouth or a vacuum cleaner hose.

One took me a good week and a half.

a few days to cover it up use makeup or wear a turtle neck

You get that when your boyfriend kisses (or sycks) you on the neck of something...

broken blood vessels.
you can gently rub it with a comb... don't ask me why, but it makes it less visible.

i'm not quite sure, but maybe a week or so. In the mean time, i would suggest covering it up with a dab of foundation.

hickeys are pretty much bruises. when you get a bruise, all your blood vessles surface and break. same thing happen went someone sucks on your body. it'll take a couple of days, maybe a week to go away depending on how big it is. need to hide it? where a scarf and apply lots of cover up. =) good luck!

A week or so, depending on how bad it is. You can always use concealer to help lighten it. Since it is winter, you can also get away with wearing a turtle neck sweater to hide it. My advice....if you ever desire to have another hickey, obtain in a place that is not visible. They are kinda gross...sorry. : )

It will go thru several color changes before completely going away. It's the same as a bruise. It starts off as purple, then may change to yelow, blue to a reddish to a lighter pink and should be gone a few days after that.

Hickeys occur when suction causes the small one cell blood vessels, known as capilaries, to burst and small amounts of blood rise to the surface. It will take a couple of days for the damage to heal.

i would give it around a week or two to go away cause all it is, is some blood vessels pulled to the surface of the skin.... if you don't want anyone to hardly notice keep your hair down and put make-up on it.... that usually helps a lot....=)

Its a bruise. It depends on how long it takes for a bruise to normally go away on your body. You can apply ice, that may help it go away faster.

Well, you should know what a hickey is if you have one :) ...it can get lighter or go away by putting a spoon in the freezer, then placing it where the hickey is and pressing down.

A hickey is blood that is squished inside of you, because of someone's aggressive sucking. Its just like a bruise

I would suggest getting one in a place that is not visible. It looks kind of dirty on people that have it all over their necks and stuff. Cover it up with foundation, wear your hair down, turtle necks or jackets will also help.

Slang meanings of Hickey
In North American slang, Hickey has more than one meaning:

Love bite or other bruise apparently orginating in Wales, or so Wilfred said.
Hickey is also a placeholder name used in the northeastern United States, a shortened form of the placeholder name doo-hickey.
A hickey is also a spot or discoloration on a press sheet due to specks of dust on a plate.
To "look like a right Mary Hickey" was traditional Dublin, Ireland slang for somebody, male or female, who was dressed inappropriately. This term has fallen into disuse.
A threaded electrical fitting used to connect a fixture to an outlet box.
A pipe-bending apparatus.

All the best :)

It is a bruice.

couple days





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