This happened a couple of days ago. My boyfriend and I were at the store this weekend and saw cupping therapy devices, and he wanted to get them to try them out.
We used them on our backs and the rest of our bodies (I think they helped?) when he had the great idea to cup his forehead and mine. I (wrongly) assumed that this would last 24 hours, max. We were both sorely mistaken.
Now, he and I have been sporting huge red circular hickeys on our foreheads for almost 3 days now. His is worse (thankfully), but mine isn’t much better. I put foundation on both of our spots, but it still looks pretty rough lol.
My coworkers think it’s hilarious (it is). My boyfriend has an interview coming up soon, too. Overall, I don’t recommend cupping your forehead. The rest of the circles disappeared from our bodies within 24 hours though. Haha
TL; DR: My boyfriend and I have the wonderful idea to use cupping techniques on our foreheads.
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aside from all that, was the actual therapy… helpful?
Any kid who made the mistake of getting a drinking cup stuck to their face knows this lesson well lol
You should immediately leave anyone who recommends cupping.
LMAO this is giving “trust me bro” energy forehead cupping??? that man set you both up hope the interviewers are into traditional medicine vibes.
Cupheads.
I did this to myself in middle school with one of those suction cup basketball hoops. Put it in my forehead, ended up with a giant red circle that lasted a couple days. I was mortified but my friends thought it was funny; they actually made me feel better by joking about it so much .
two people, one cup
There is no benefit from cupping. It’s as useful as going to a chiropractor. I’ve seen a resurgence of cupping with college athletes, and frankly it’s surprising. It’s totally pointless. Any benefit you perceive you are receiving is completely psychosomatic.
I stuck a suction cup to my forehead as a kid for about 20 minutes.
Had a bruise for a week.
i think we need pics
Omg, that’s hilarious, hope the marks fade soon!
“What’s this?”
“A brain-sucker”
“What’s it doing?”
“Starving”
Idk man, you willingly went along with something that mystically “removes toxins.” It’s kinda on you.
Cupping doesn’t do anything to begin with lol
Op, for a more effective cover up while it’s in the red stage apply your makeup in this order: use a green tinted concealer, then use regular concealer, and then foundation. Follow up with powder and a setting spray.
When it turns purply, use a orange/peach instead of green. All dependent in your skin-tone of course!
You need to cancel out the color or it’ll always look rough, and show up through the makeup. (I have fair-medium complexion and I find the peach is amazing for dark circles)
You can find both at Walmart for 4$ each. I use the elf brand and it blends nicely and it’s cheap. You can apply in thin layers depending on the coverage, but it will help it look more like skin and not a weird makeup patch. Don’t worry about it looking like too much makeup, it will have the opposite effect.
Told somebody to lick a big red wrapper and stick it to their forehead. It left a big red rectangle on their head. I just said it I didn’t know if they would do it or not.
I did the same. But I did it on my chin 😂😂
I’ve done something similar but to a lesser extent. My toddler has these spinny things for the bath and they suction to the wall. I suctioned it to my forehead and was spinning it around. Def had a hickey on my forehead after. Took forever to go away.
The night before my moms fist day at a new job, we were dong the suction cup thing at the dinner table. Mm stared her new job with a hickey around her mouth!
I’m not even sure what the purpose would be, you injured your forehead and need more blood flow there?????
Maybe you already know this and I’m mom-splaining you, but to cover up a dark spot with makeup, first use a primer that is the opposite color as the mark you are trying to cover. For redness, use green. For purple bruises, use yellow. Then put your concealer over that, and blend the edges.
Well you’ll never forget this moment in the relationship. Sounds like something funny that you’ll bond over and laugh about in a couple weeks. Don’t sweat it
Oh my word! I did this with my AirPods cover without thinking! Now on day 5 of walking around with a massive purple hickey on my forehead! Least it is not permanent
Doh, you ruptured a bunch of capillaries in your fore head. The face has many, and that is why most face wounds bleed profusely.
When I was a kid I stuck one of those popper toys to my forehead directly on a large vein. I instantly felt nauseous and almost passed out. The vein was swollen and I had a massive hickey for days. Big mistake.
Now, those poppers have a small hole in the middle. I guess I wasn’t the only one to do something stupid with one.
I was seeing a massage therapist/acupuncturist for sometime when she suggested “spooning” (I knew the one definition, but not that one). I get home and my wife asked what had happened to my back, it was pretty severe when I checked it out. I found out that spooning takes longer to fade than cupping, though I wouldn’t wanna cup my face.
When i cup some of my clients they come back 2-3 weeks later and they’re still visible.
Have fun.
Bought a device that doesn’t do anything beyond making marks on your skin, put it on his forehead and possibly ruined his upcoming interview. That’s brilliant. Hopefully he learns something from this, and you do too. And no, cupping didn’t help with anything, it’s snake oil.
Arnica is your new best friend!
Cupping is pseudoscience
As long as you are getting into old fashioned medical quackery, can I recommend blood letting?
Cupping your forehead is a clear sign that your vital humors are out of balance. You obviously have an excess of blood and I fear your black bile has become corrupted.
The best part about this thread is everyone chomping at the bit to tell others how sham-science cupping is. I can’t believe how militant they appear to be on this subject. It’s hilarious.
Aside from the funny marks that you two ended up getting on your foreheads, for OP and for anyone else coming across this post, cupping does nothing positive for you (except maybe whatever placebo effects).
It is known pseudoscience that was popularized by mainstream media influencers, and a lot of “health” quacks are riding the wave of profit from selling the services. There are absolutely 0 studies with evidence that it does anything at all, and any articles that tell you otherwise are either lying to market it to you or parroting false claims made by these websites/services.
And you don’t even need studies, just high school level biology to know the gist that what you’re doing is essentially just giving yourself bruises. The cupping suction breaks your capillaries which is what gives you those bruise-like marks – because that’s exactly what it is.
Don’t do cupping.
So, where are the pictures? 😁😁
Cupping went out of favor along with bloodletting.
I’m guessing you two are planning on having many many children
I did this as a kid. I had a unicorn bruise for a week
You’re dumb as shit lmao
Congrats, you’ve won the Darwin Award! What’s your address so we can send it to you?
“I’m part unicorn on my mother’s side.”
Don’t blame your boyfriend because you thought it was a good idea too. This is both of you. Take responsibility for your own part in it.
But also… what did you think was going to happen??
When I was a baby, I had a red mark on my forehead from the forceps the doctor used to deliver me. It went away after about 14 months. Good luck!
I looked like I’d been thoroughly beaten up when I did cupping. Faded just like a bruise – slowly, and changing to horrible colors along the way. Ugh.
have you tried a facial to get rid of it?
Lmaooo when I was a kid I found a suction thing that as meant to seal wine bottles in a vacuum. Let’s just say I had a red square on my forehead for like a week and it was hilarious looking back lol. Glad I got that out of the way as a kid, when you’re supposed to do dumb shit like this😂😂
When you were in elementary school did anyone ever tell you to squeeze your chin in your fist real hard for 15 seconds and you get a big ass hickey from it? First thing I thought of when I saw the heading 🤣🤣