TikTok lifehacks might be the next big movement that can change how we, as people, live our lives on a day-to-day basis. Some life hacks can really change our daily routines by saving us time or inconvenience, but some might just save our reputation.
For example, TikToker @mads.larocque's hack to make any outstanding hickeys disappear from visible areas. All you need is a whisk, and you're ready to rock.
Don't believe her? Check it out:
@mads.larocque Guys I am so happy rn! Lifesaver!! #fyp #foryou #hickeyremoval #remedy
In order to get rid of any hickey, all you have to do is rub the metal of the whisk against the mark, and voila! In an instant, it will disappear and leave minimal evidence.
And the scientists agree that this method is, in fact, effective.
How to remove a hickey Step 1: get a metal whisk Step 2: massage hickey area with the top of the metal whisk for… https://t.co/yYufHELHZR— 𝕷𝖆 𝕯𝖎𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊 (@𝕷𝖆 𝕯𝖎𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊) 1611715557.0
Because of that dumb tiktok I got a hickey i need a whisk now😭— ☁️ (@☁️) 1611943894.0
you GUYS... a whisk for a HICKEY WORKS JUST FYI🥺🙏🙏🙏🙏— hi i'm lindsay lohan from the parent trap (@hi i'm lindsay lohan from the parent trap) 1613250454.0
I need a round two 🥴 Throwback to when I was coming back to my ma’s house with a hickey. That plane ride was so str… https://t.co/v17WW4z6dZ— gabriel 🇯🇲🇹🇨 (@gabriel 🇯🇲🇹🇨) 1617409228.0
When you take a whisk to the affected area of a hickey, you are essentially spreading old pockets of blood around so that they no longer coagulate at the surface of the skin.
However, though effective, this way comes with certain risks, according to dermatologist Dr. Beth Goldstein.
Goldstein, talking to Insider, said that she'd recommend "time and coverup makeup" to deal with the hickey rather than "create more injury." The injury risk comes when the person applies the pressure of the whisk too greatly, potentially damaging major blood vessels.
Not tik tok teaching me to use a metal whisk to get rid of a hickey and it working 👀— 𝒽ℯ𝓎𝓁𝓁𝒾ℯ (@𝒽ℯ𝓎𝓁𝓁𝒾ℯ) 1611710721.0
Whoever found out that a whisk removes a hickey, THANK YOU SO MUCH— whore on the bathroom floor (@whore on the bathroom floor) 1612081265.0
I’m sure by now a lot of you have seen that tiktok where the girl gets rid of a hickey by rubbing a whisk on it. I’… https://t.co/T6JxBRbll3— Katie 🦋 (@Katie 🦋) 1612072888.0
@boyfurkey so here’s a before and after with 5 min of whisking. not totally gone but reduced drastically. you liter… https://t.co/DJInZiTXrp— sawah (@sawah) 1612202071.0
You’re not true friends until one of you has tried to whisk a hickey off the other’s boob— 𝕥𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕦𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕞 ♡ (@𝕥𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕦𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕞 ♡) 1614380448.0
The hack has now gone completely viral and is saving the lives of teenagers and professionals everywhere--teens, from their parents, and professionals, from their workplaces.
Though some people did report the hack did not exactly work for them, but others were reminiscing on their old-timey tactics for hiding and getting rid of hickeys:
Hickey's are basically blood clots using yuh mammy whisk not going to do anything https://t.co/fOSkrduxRU— ZhannaVictoria (@ZhannaVictoria) 1611723968.0
Discovered you can twist a whisk into a hickey like yall couldn’t make content like this for 90s babies too, I wore… https://t.co/cJmwSns9n6— Divine (@Divine) 1627295331.0
me just watching these stupid teenagers on tiktok try to use a whisk to remove hickeys knowing full well they’re ju… https://t.co/zawNjdNaZe— lua ⴵ (@lua ⴵ) 1632383196.0
nightly reminder: don’t do the hickey whisk thing, it doesn’t work....— soph ʲ is ia (@soph ʲ is ia) 1614573766.0
Panicked today because I had to come into work with a hickey. THE WHISK DID NOT WORK.— Ross (@Ross) 1626705498.0
So though it doesn't seem to be a universal fix, the whisk-hickey trick might just save you the next time you need it--so keep one handy, and thank TikTok for constantly changing our lives.