- Dr. Kunal Sood is an acute and chronic pain physician in Maryland.
- He revealed how to treat a hickey, despite never having had one himself
- The doctor frequently shares medical tips and tricks on his TikTok channel
A doctor has revealed the key to treating and getting rid of hickeys – despite never having had one himself.
Dr Kunal Sood is a board-certified acute and chronic pain physician who resides in Germantown, Maryland.
He frequently shares advice on his TikTok channel, where he has over 1.9 million followers.
More recently, he detailed how you can use ice packs and a hot compress to get rid of any love bites, although he admitted he’s never had any “experience” with hickeys.
Dr. Kunal Sood is a board-certified acute and chronic pain physician who has revealed the key to eliminating hickeys – despite never having one himself
He’s a board-certified acute and chronic pain physician who resides in Germantown, MD, and explained how to make those love bites go away.
More recently, he detailed how you can use ice packs and a hot compress to get rid of any love bites, although he admitted he has never had any experience with hickeys.
He captioned the viral video, which has so far garnered over 2.1 million views, “In case anyone needs it.”
The doctor dueted a clip of two girls trying to remove a hickey by rubbing a whip across their necks.
He said: “If you find yourself in a situation where you need to get rid of a hickey, here’s what you need to know.”
‘The first 24 hours you will want to apply something cold like an ice pack or a cold spoon.
“The reason is that the blood vessels have ruptured and are leaking blood, so you want to make them vasoconstrictor or constrict them to prevent further leaks.”
Dr. Sood then noted that after 24 hours, if you still have bruises, you should move on to applying a warm compress.
“At this point, the blood vessels have already leaked the blood they are going to evacuate.
“Now you want all that blood away from the site, you’ll want to apply something warm,” he explained.
People flooded the comments praising him for his advice, with many even saying his advice worked
At the end of the clip, he asked his followers to let him know if his advice worked, as he had “no experience with hickeys.”
People flooded the comments praising him for his advice, with many even saying his advice worked.
One person wrote: ‘Ahh! I did the freezer spoon thing! It worked!
Someone else added: ‘Ice cubes straight away then the next day warm squeeze is perfect.’
Another user commented, “I get rid of mine within an hour, multiple cold scoops, chap stick cap pushing into the hickey rotation and aggressively scrubbing 100% every time.”
“Thank you TikTok,” another person commented.
