I can't believe this provider gave me one!  She's super-professional and very cool.  

Any suggestions?

If someone gets real close, they will notice but works fairly well.  But time is the only true healer for a hickey.

Hate when that happens!!

Ken

Try Joe Blasco. You can get it at a good beauty supply store if you are in Los Angeles. They have cover ups that come in many colors.  Working in the TV industry I learned a trick or two.

Ben

You could always say you accidently burned yourself with the curling iron.

gave you a hickey..... And I , for one, would like to know who it is because I certainly wouldn't want it happening to me.

Would you be willing to give her name? I think that's fair enough.

How bout a dickey, as in retro 70's neck ornament...to cover up your hickey...

Sometimes I crack myself up...

A true hickey is blood that has been drawn into the interstitial space.  It's going to take time for natural breakdown of the heme molecule for it to go away.  Simior to a hematoma or bruise, the amount of blood (size) is somewhat related to time for it to dissappear.

The ice will shut down the blood supply to the area and the heat will increase the blood supply. Also, but to a lesser extent I would guess, ice will slow the chemical reactions that break in down and heat will do the opposite.

So the alternation of ice and warm make no sense to me.  What might make sense with the ice/heat thing is ice right after getting it.  That would discourage more bleeding into the area.  But after a few hours, the natural repair mechanisms would have progressed to the point that this would no longer be effective.  Heat will then increase blood flow to the area and help move the breakdown products from the site.

This is the stuff designed to cover scars, birthmarks and such.  Good luck to you!