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Product Name: | Bug Bite Thing Insect Bite and Suction Tool Control | 1051494 |
Product Description: | Bug Bite Thing is a suction tool that extracts insect saliva/venom from under the skin to help alleviate the itching, stinging and swelling that occurs with bug bites and stings. When you remove the irritant, your body stops producing the reaction that is causing the uncomfortable symptoms. Unlike topical creams and ointments, the problem is eliminated, not masked. Bug Bite Thing Insect Bite and Suction Tool Control | 1051494 |
Product SKU: | 5001744569_5001744569 |
UPC: | 864203000324 |
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Nope, once the 5G receptors are in your blood, it's too late. Sorry.
My daughter and wife have major mosquito reactions and this definitely helps. The sooner the better. My son and I, it does virtually nothing. YMMV on personal sensitivity.
Maybe this works decent for people that aren't as allergic as I am, but I have to wonder if some it is placebo effect at play.
We've tried, but not really. It's ideally made to extract liquids, which aren't wedged into the skin. A safety pin, some tweezers, and patience…
But thanks to this thread, I'm going to try the hot spoon method that a few people mentioned.
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WalMart sells them for $10, so the regular price at Lowes ($7.98) is still a savings if... like me.... you can't get the deal price at your local store.
Reviews in this thread seems to point to anecdotal evidence.
All reviews online are highly suspect. I found numerous social media posts, tik toks, and possibly sponsored YouTube videos claiming efficacy. It was also heavily hawked by shark tank.
I was unable to find medical/ peer reviewed articles measuring the efficacy of the device. Big red flag here.
The idea that this works across all bites is highly unlikely. The most common application seems to be mosquito bites so I'll discuss that.
The itch from a mosquito bite is caused by the injection of saliva into the blood streams. Various proteins and enzymes that help prevent blood clotting and aid in blood digestion enter the bite site to help the mosquito feed. These compounds are dissolved in the blood.
The idea that suction can remove these compounds from the blood is suspect. It would be like using this plunger to remove salt from water. It's not possible.
Could it remove the local blood filled with the compounds? Possibly, but after seeing people use this device, no significant amount of blood is removed. A mosquito bite is so tiny that they close rapidly at the completion of feeding literally closing the door on the chance of removing the tainted blood.
If anything the suction could cause small local vessels to rupture or swell thereby spreading the compounds throughout the bite site.
Most of my research indicates that this product is based on "folk wisdom" of cowboys sucking venom from snake bites.
I can never feel them bite. (Mosquitoes)
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