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Hickey
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2024) |
| Hickey | |
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| Other names | Kiss mark, love bite, bug bite, love mark |
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| Hickeys on the neck | |
| Pronunciation |
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| Specialty | Dermatology |
| Duration | 3–14 days |
| Causes | suction on skin |
A hickey, hickie, or sometimes referred to as a love bite in British English, is a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by biting or sucking the skin of a person, usually on their neck, arm, or earlobe.[citation needed] While biting may be part of giving a hickey, sucking is sufficient to burst small superficial blood vessels under the skin to produce bruising. A hickey is sometimes used to mark someone as being the target of a partner's romantic affection or as belonging to them.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ "Need To Get Rid of a Hickey ASAP? Try These 5 Tips". Health. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ^ "Andria Hickey helms programming at Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts - Concordia University". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
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