Did you ever wonder WHY some people get MORE bug 🦟 bites than others?
Nope, it's NOT your "blood type" or because you have "sweet blood."
Instead: It's got to do with your gut bacteria!
Certain species of mosquitoes actually prefer feeding on humans & show preferences between people...depending on your SKIN MICROBIOTA!
Your skin microbiota is an extension of your "gut microbiome" and is home to over 1000 different species of bacteria.
According to studies (Takken & Verhulst, 2017) our skin microbiome produces several "volatile compounds" that determines if mosquitos attack you!
Also, the LESS 👎 DIVERSE your skin microbiome, the MORE LIKELY you are to be "bug bait" too.
Sweat from people who have MORE diverse skin microbiomes is much less attractive to mosquitos than that from those with less diverse bacterial ecosystems.
Lastly, mosquitoes are attracted to ethanol that your body gives off AFTER you've been 🍷🍺🍾 drinking...eating sugary 🧁 ,dairy 🥛 starchy 🍚 salty 🍟 foods...or using AHA(Alpha Hydroxy Acid) skin products, due to the lactic acid they contain!
- Barbara O'neill 🤔
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I HAVE MOSQUITO BITES ON MY FEET SOMEONE SEDATE ME
I’m so itchy I barely slept
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Anybody else allergic to mosquito bites? It was way worse when I was a kid because I’d actually get giant welts. And of course, as a kid you can’t stop yourself from scratching, so I would scratch them open and get infections. It’s not as bad now, but look at my arm from a few days ago. This is just two mosquito bites. Across both arms and hands I had 6 in total. I never saw the damn thing, but it must’ve been in my bedroom. Thank God for sisters, cuz Sis gave me some steroid cream to put on it and that did wonders. 12 hours later it was all cleared up. Which is great because it stopped any welts from forming. Stupid mosquitoes. I know they are vital to our ecosystem but they need to stay out of my bedroom!
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Good morning, my dearests. Do you have a moment to hear about the word of our lord and savior
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*getting attacked by a countless number of mosquitoes*
hahah ladies, ladies, one at a time
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I got 9 mosquito bites on 1 leg...
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Illustration / Drawing / イラスト of Squid Girl / イカ娘 trying to swat a mosquito on her arm
For World Mosquito Day / 世界蚊の日
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Guys I have something to say
Mosquitoes are absolute PERVERTS
they come in the night, sometimes even under you clothes and then they bite you like what the freak dude.
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feeling like the eraserhead baby (theres a rlly swollen mosquito bite on my arm)
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I got bitten 17 fucking times by the same mosquito through the night. OH well i hope he had a good meal >:[
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a beautiful woman named AGHHHHHHHHGAHH ITCHY is sending my brain signals ;) (i have like 5 mosquito bites on each foot)
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The algorithm got my ass after I posted about YinWar then defended mosquitos to @befuddledcinnamonroll by suggesting a video to me of War's mosquito bites.
Can't believe my browser did this to me. Leave this boy alone!
Going incognito mode. Can't trust nothing!
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