Help me hide a black eye...

Factual Questions
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Err…self-explanatory subject line matter. IS there anything that will fade bruises faster? Sure, I know it’s broken blood vessels? But anything?

I’m a woman, so it’s not as cool as if I were a Fight Club member, if you know what I mean.

I do a decent job with makeup, but if anyone has other suggestions, I’ll be very grateful.

L

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Please tell us it’s not from spousal abuse?

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It’s not. But I’d still like to hide it. Actually, much of the reason I’d like to hide it is to avoid just this question. Particularly being married to a “just off the boat” irish man.

It was a self-inflicted stupidity.

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Makeup, sunglasses and an amusing story is all I can suggest.

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If it is red, I can suggest using a light green cover-up stick beneath regular makeup. It will keep it from looking orange.

Under the blue/black/purple part, try a cover stick a couple of shades lighter than your skin.

It will be hard to cover it completely. Good luck.

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I had the world’s biggest, blackest, purplist shiner on my chin last summer (punched during sparring in my karate class) - just in time for 3 back-to-back weddings.

I was able to cover it up with just my normal makeup, which is some of that liquid-to-powder stuff (I think it was CG Smoothers - I use something different now) and some concealer (this would probably work) that I just laid on kind of heavy until it all blended.

I’ve got a picture of myself at one of the weddings and you can’t tell anything’s wrong with my chin except for a little un-evenness where there was a bump. And I definitely don’t look over-makeuped.

Good luck!

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Anything to do with whacking a ceiling?

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As a matter of fact…

Ha ha, at least I can laugh about it now.

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For the first 48 hours:Ice/cold pack to the area 10-15 minutes every few hours to help decrease bleeding

After 48 hours, switch to heat (zip lock bag of warm water works well), 10-15 minutes 3 times per day, will help your body as it breaks down the blood cells and reabsorbs the blood under the skin.

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Thanks…I’m all over this. Since it’s been more than 48 hours (or right around there) I’ll go right for heat. Which will feel nice anyway.

Hurrah!