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My boyfriend just gave me a hickey and it's on the right side on my carotid artery! i'm really scared that i'm gonna die or something
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Don't worry: unless you are developing a rapidly expanding bruise you should be fine.
Answered 8/9/2014
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Relax: It will be fine. Hickies have been given and received in that very location for generations. You will be fine. It takes more than a hickey to damage a young healthy carotid artery.
Answered 10/24/2016
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