Mosquitoes Love Me. I Never Had Recourse For Their Torturous Bites — Until I Tried This Little Tool.

For as long as I can remember, mosquitoes have loved to feast on me. Wherever I am, the tiny flying terrors follow. And they’ll usually opt for my blood over that of any person with me, leaving me with unrelentingly itchy bites that keep me up at night and send me into fits of scratching throughout the day.

That mosquitoes adore me is not just in my head; as a twin, I have something of a built-in control variable. For decades, mosquitoes have chosen to feast on me over my other half. This is likely due to a combination of factors, according to entomologists, including one’s particular metabolism, lactic acid, body heat and clothing.

Years of using my nails to make sad X marks on my bites to dispel itching had rendered me pessimistic. So when I first came across the Bug Bite Thing, a tool designed to soothe discomfort and itching from bites, I paid it little attention. It seemed too good to be true.

But then, I tried it. And like reviewers who say it’s the best $10 they’ve ever spent, I soon found that the Bug Bite Thing changed my mosquito-fearing life for the better. It’s the best relief for itchy bites that I’ve ever had — by far.

The lightweight, “Shark Tank” approved tool has garnered over 50,000 5-star ratings on Amazon. It uses suction to ease bites and stings — a surprisingly effective technique.

“When mosquitoes bite, some of their saliva enters the skin,” explained Dr. Jocelyn Lieb, a dermatologist and the founder of Skin & Laser Center of NJ. Lieb noted that the saliva then triggers a response from your immune system, releasing the histamine that causes itching,

The Bug Bite Thing’s use of suction enables it to remove that inflammatory saliva, according to Dr. Anna Chacon, a dermatologist who focuses on