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Let's

Let's try not to be mean on this page, ok? .

Well, if there are directions how to best remove them, why not give instructions/experiences on how to best give them ? :)

I thought "How to" articles were not allowed.

COMB THEM OUT. with a brush or comb, it helps to stimulate the bruise. really.

Uncited sources

The section on removing love bites contained a large quantity of doubtful and uncited sources, so I have moved it here. If anyone can verify this information, please feel free to move it back to the article page with proper citations.

=== How to Look ``Love-bites usually occur during acts of sex and take anywhere from one to five days to fade entirely, depending on the severity of the 'bite'. Various ways have been suggested for making the love-bite fade faster. This may be desirable in cases where one doesn't want other people to know that he or she has been intimate with another person. Some suggest applying ice immediately after the mark is made to stop it from worsening. It is also suggested, once the bleeding has stopped, to stimulate circulation through numerous means, such as rubbing the area or exposing it to luke-warm water. These methods need to be applied several times in order to have a visible effect. Other methods for curing hickeys include awkward procedures such as the application of peanut butter, mayonnaise, oil, or tomato sauce to the affected area. Human ejaculate or semen is also effective in the removal of the bruises due to its high protein content and skin enriching vitamins. Some of these methods may completely remove the bites in a short time, but one should apply such methods gently so as to not cause further irritation to the area.

A common herbal remedy for love bites is the mountain plant Arnica, found in gel form at natural food stores.

Many violinists are said to have hickeys, due to the irritation caused by the chin rest while playing for prolonged times.

those look nasty

i'm sure it's fun to do that with your lover/sex-buddy, but the picture looks like flesh wounds that need imediate medical attention lol. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.38.85.163 (talk) 00:41, 28 December 2006 (UTC). yea it does —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.147.197.46 (talk) 05:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

lol so true--The Last Uchiha 02:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sirs, Image:Hickey.jpg is too close up to recognize it is the neck, caption or not. And what's that string? A cowboy hat chin strap? Please use a picture with more context. Jidanni (talk) 00:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty sure it's a thin silver necklace ;-). Deon555 (talk) 14:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The picture needs to be changed by a more suitable one, the current is frightening! Thanks.

Change the picture. It's exaggerated. Tx.

The picture is a huge exaggeration of what the average "love-bite" looks like. This photo can pass as a jungle disease. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.241.112 (talk) 02:42, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It would be helpful to desexualize the article

Anyone who really needs to look up hickey probably needs to learn about capillaries more than about the sexual context or slang terms. --Pleasantville (talk) 00:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why?

What is the purpose of this practise? Do some find neck sucking pleasurable? Am I missing something? 24.36.78.185 (talk) 03:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, yeah, you are missing quite a bit actually. Most people find kissing/sucking/biting the neck to be highly enjoyable, especially women. In my experience, the neck is perhaps the most arousing non-sexual erogenous zone, with the possible exception of the ears. Kissing the neck is crucial to any decent foreplay (tends to be a good place to start really).--Remurmur (talk) 19:28, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the kissing part, but why suck neck? I don't get it... 24.36.78.185 (talk) 16:30, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It may not be purely intentional, sexual arousal is a strong feeling that may very well be described as intoxicating. But there is sure to be many surprises to you as what some people enjoy. Wikipedia is in fact an excellent source of such information, may I suggest starting here? --Dront (talk) 15:45, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Must warn people of the deadly dangers of hickeys

Hickeys are effectively a wound to the skin. It breaks the skin. It increases the risk of STD and MRSA transmission. MRSA is largely fatal to the victim. People MUST know about this!!! Stop the hickeys!!! Please!!! Before it is TOO LATE!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.240.155 (talk) 00:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any references for that claim? It seems quite extraordinary and should thus be heavily backed up before being added to an article. --Dront (talk) 15:54, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion

I vote to keep even though it is a little bit of trivia.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:36, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved per discussion. - GTBacchus^(talk) 01:08, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hickey (injury) → Hickey

Clear primary topic. Page views: 31,217, 571, 316, 166. Marcus Qwertyus 03:35, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hickey is a disambig page and lists many other meanings. Here in England I had never heard of an injury called a hickey, but only knew of them as love bites. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:17, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Clear primary topic, as shown by page views. Yes, the title is an ENGVAR issue, but seeing as it has been stable at this title for so long, there is no need to move it to "love bite". Jenks24 (talk) 20:09, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

noteworthiness

What differentiates this from a bruise? Why is it its own article? Canine virtuoso (talk) 23:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Snoods

A a snood, mentioned in the beginning as a way to cover up a hickey, is a hair net (as stated on it's Wikipedia article.)75.100.13.21 (talk) 02:48, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deaths?

Today I just read this article that says that a Mexican 17 years old teenager died due to an embolism caused by a blood clot formed after a hickey.^[1]^[2]^[3]. I don't know how much of the article is true, but I was wondering if there are similar reported cases so ir could be added to the article--Jamez42 (talk) 01:36, 27 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the section. Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy requires that we pay attention to how much coverage exists in secondary sources about living persons and make presumptions in favor of privacy in the case of low-profile individuals. These people are unlikely to be considered "high-profile". Mz7 (talk) 04:08, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mz7, I just saw your removal. I agree with it. This is a small article that falls under the WP:Med scope. I'm involved with that WikiProject, and I'm not sure that any WP:Med editors would have wanted to retain the information. Without mentioning this one case, we can note that a hickey can be fatal...if there are one or more WP:MEDRS-compliant sources on the matter. I don't see any WP:MEDRS-compliant sources on the matter, however. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 04:27, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References

[1] "Un joven mexicano muere por embolia a causa de un chupetón en el cuello que le hizo su novia".

[2] "Adolescente muere por los 'chupones' que le hizo su novia en el cuello".

[3] "Muere mexicano por un beso de su novia".

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