Bruise Control

NoBruise! Wants to Hear From You

The purpose of this blog is to highlight human activities that, for better or worse, tend to cause bruising, swelling, pain and discomfort. Humans are odd creatures and seem to find no end to ways in which they can stumble, fall, flip or crash, physically or emotionally.

We focus mainly on the physical bruising caused by extreme sports, but also try to have fun with our play on words like featuring an out-of-touch politician under the "Swollen Heads" category or a TV news anchor stumbling around under "Bumblers."

We know we're meeting a need because our referral stats show us that many of you are searching for

How to get rid of

• a black and blue bruise

• an ugly bruise

• a toe bruise, a bruised toenail, a bruise under the toe (and every variation of toe bruising one can think of!)

And the No. 1 search term: How to get rid of bruises fast.

Then there are those who want healing:

• how to heal a bruised foot

• how to heal a bruised toe

• how to heal a swollen bruise

Again, the No. 1 search term: How to heal bruises fast.

So we're curious why the thousands of you who've visited have yet to try the bruise preventive we promote.

What keeps you from buying NoBruise! -- helping you prevent bruising and reduce swelling? The product costs too much. The shipping is too high. I had trouble with the shopping cart. Lack of trust. (Who are you guys?) (You'll also see how other users have answered.) Poll by PollHead

If you checked the last item, we're happy to send a free sample. Just send us an email with your name and address. Be sure to include NoBruise! sample in the Subject line.

Swollen Leg Bruise Treatment

"How difficult is it to avoid crashing into a bed in broad daylight? Apparently not all that difficult. At least that's what I told myself recently as my knee connected with the sharp edge of the bed frame with considerable force.

"Although unlikely, I actually thought the knee cap had been cracked, so severe was the pain and the wound in the skin. Searching for immediate relief, I remembered our packets of No Bruise!® in the first aide kit and applied one of the towelettes directly on the affected area for several minutes.

"The hoped for effect was immediate as the pain lessened dramatically. Within an hour, walking was very tolerable and by the next day only minimal residual discomfort, including the skin wound, was noticeable.

"Absolutely no bruising was visible!"

Thanks to Eloise Cottrell

Portland, Oregon

Skeptic Becomes NoBruise! Convert

To regular readers of this blog, you know that I'm a firm believer in the healing power of NoBruise!® A while back, a friend told me that the product just didn't work for her. I was dumb founded as I've never seen an instance where it DIDN'T work, even reducing soft tissue swelling.

So imagine my surprise upon receiving this unsolicited testimonial:

"This past week I was trying to get this large book case with doors on the bottom from my downstairs to the upstairs bathroom. I had to use the stairs outside and a dolly to do this, a little difficult I must say!

"Half way through I sat down to pray for help, as I didn't know if I could make it -- I was not quite half way up the stairs yet. I made it up and in the house but the book case came off the dolly on my foot.

"My foot wasn't broken but boy, did it hurt!

"I ran to get the NoBruise!® to try again differently (since it hadn't worked for me before.) I put the towelette on my foot (which was cut as well), and then wrapped it with packaging tape and left it for at least several hours.

"IT NEVER BRUISED !!!! NO SORENESS AND THE CUT HEALED REALLY FAST !!!!  I AM CONVINCED NOW !!!  IT WORKS AND WORKS GREAT !!!"

Thanks to Marilyn Bos, Sedona, Arizona

P.S. Don't try this at home. But DO stock up on NoBruise! to heal those unexpected bruises and cuts.

Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Backyard Bruises

NoBruise!® works great for me. Twice now I've had a chance to use it. Once I banged my shin really hard on the metal arm of an outdoor chair in my back yard. It hurt enough that I knew it would bruise pretty badly tomorrow (you can usually tell).

Then I remembered the box of NoBruise!® I had in the medicine cabinet. I tore open one packet and rubbed it all over the spot. Amazingly, the next day, there was no bruise to be seen! It was still a little tender, but not as much as it should have been. Three days later, still no bruise, and the tenderness was nearly gone.

I've used NoBruise!® on other occasions to prevent a bruise, and it seems to work every time - miraculously. Thanks for creating this amazing product. Knowing it has all-natural ingredients makes it even more desirable to my family and I.

Thanks to Paul Balyoz
Owner, Fastech Web Solutions
Chandler AZ Websites

Mosquito Bites | Natural Remedies

Most of us treat mosquito bites with commercial mosquito sprays, (cough! cough!) which do more to drive me into the house then prevent mosquito bites. I’ve tried herbal-based bug spray to little effect. (Although I do like the fragrance.)

There are two ways to look at mosquito bites: prevention and treatment.

Prevent Mosquito Bites – According to the Mayo Clinic, there are a few factors that place you at greater risk. Mosquitoes are more likely to bite

• Men
• Those with Type O blood
• Overweight individuals

Does that mean if you’re a fat guy you’re outta luck?! Not quite. Read on.

In my experience, I rarely remember to slather myself with mosquito repellent before the fact. I don’t think I’m alone on that score. So let’s move on to “treatments for mosquito bites.”

Treat Mosquito Bites – One way to treat mosquito bites is to avoid mosquitoes altogether. You can do this by eliminating sitting water anywhere in your yard, from old tires or wheelbarrows to standing water in plant containers or filling in low lying areas where water can pool.

Most of us are looking for itching relief, however. A customer wrote us recently to explain how she stopped the itching and swelling from mosquito bites:

“Having been born and brought up in a country that has no mosquitoes, I haven't much natural resistance to them. When I get "bitten" by them it itches like crazy for a number of days and often forms large white welts. I have tried many natural mosquito remedies before without much success.

"Last night my husband and I were sitting outside, and I didn't notice until it was too late that I had a cloud of mosquitoes around my feet and ankles. The itching began right away and I was going crazy trying not to scratch the bumps that had formed.

"My husband suggested that I try the NoBruise!®, which I did. As soon as I rubbed it on, the itching stopped right away and never came back. In fact I completely forgot about the bites until later in the evening when I was amazed to see that there were no white welts anywhere.

"Today there is no evidence of the bites at all. Love this stuff!"

Thanks to Elizabeth Fletcher, Annapolis, MD

Using NoBruise!® as a mosquito bite remedy never occurred to me, but it makes perfect sense that it would be a natural remedy for mosquito bites. I also like its distinctive, homeopathic fragrance.

**Send us your testimonials, and we’ll send you a box of NoBruise!® at no charge.

**Gross mosquito image courtesy of HowStuffWorks (which is a very cool site, by the way.)