How To Use Buzzy

A brief overview of what comes in a box with a purchase of Buzzy, how to use Buzzy, and general best practice.
To find our products & more information, go to: BuzzyHelps.com
00:00 - Introduction
00:13 - What's included
00:23 - Ice Wings
00:40 - Buzzy for injections
00:58 - Clean Buzzy in clinical settings
01:04 - Change the batteries
01:14 - Joint & muscle pain relief
Buzzy® has been used to block pain from over 31 million needle procedures. Just like cool running water soothes a burn, Buzzy uses a patented combination of cold and vibration to replace pain with temperature and movement. Over 20 independent clinical trials prove Buzzy® works!

[@Feelkkari]

Is there a way you can remove the elastic band from the back of the bee if we don’t want to use the ice pack?

[@raquelvasquez5152]

Does it work every part of your body with any size needle such as the one that goes in your spine? That's a giant needle. What happens if you leave buzzy on the location for too long? Are you sure the ice pack has to be frozen? I don't remember my burger using a frozen one, and she removed buzzy once my skin was numb instead of just moving and let it keep vibrating.

[@vibracool7159]

Yes this is a video in France using Buzzy for a lumbar puncture (spinal tap). For deeper or longer procedures the ice adds pain relief, but for an IV only the vibration gives 90% of the numbing. www.dailymotion.com/video/x2za9vu

[@TheCrystalgrn]

Where you you place the buzzy prior to ear piercing?

[@BuzzyHelps]

put the rounded end without the switch closest to the ear with Buzzy lying on his side, pressed against the cheekbone

[@kristopherjones7997]

Does it work for drawing blood

[@BuzzyHelps]

Yes, about 2/3 of the studies that have been done on Buzzy are for blood draws. buzzyhelps.com/pages/clinical-trials

[@clarissaarevalo883]

How does the area stay disinfected if it's over the area the shot goes?

[@vibracool7159]

You numb the area for 30-60 seconds, then slide above for the nurse to wipe with alcohol swab then inject. You don't disinfect the area until immediately before the injection.

[@sienna5534]

Would this work with numbing cream?

[@BuzzyHelps]

There was a study done to see how much using Buzzy + numbing cream helped, and it was most useful for dark-skinned patients (I think the study specified Black patients). That said, many of our kids with chronic illnesses or cancer and women on IVF use both. Numbing cream and vibration only are good with superficial pain, cold and vibration good for deeper. No harm in using both!

[@h3artands0uLL]

@@BuzzyHelps what does the color of skin have to do with feeling pain?
Isn’t that the same thinking that led to the experimentation of Black women, specifically Black slaves, by doctors in which they wouldn’t even try to administer any pain relief because they thought that “Black people feel no pain”?
I’d like to know scientifically why it is thought that melanin affects sensation of pain supposedly

[@BuzzyHelps]

@@h3artands0uLL The difference is not about feeling pain, it’s that skin of color typically has higher amounts of lipids and tighter junctions between cells preventing absorption of topical anesthetics. There are plenty of inadequate or damaging studies implying racial differences in medicine which don’t exist, as well as horrific examples from Tuskeegee Airmen being denied treatment to Henrietta Lacks' cells used without permission to of course the monstrous experiments by the obstetrician JMS whose name I won't even type. However, dermatologists of color have published excellent reviews with guidelines to show what we do and do not know about skin care to support better care of people. Here’s one article, there are many similar trying to make sure people of color get the best care for skin despite literature that has often been white-focused. When it comes to pain, we want to make sure practitioners and patients with darker skin know the lipid content may mean topical anesthetics need longer to work well. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34232006/ We also want people to know that black and brown people often DO experience more pain (e.g. with childbirth) and are STILL undertreated compared to white women. www.reuters.com/article/us-health-postpartum-pain/black-hispanic-mothers-report-more-pain-after-delivery-but-get-less-pain-medication-idUSKBN1XM2R4

[@sheatopianvillage_2336]

@@BuzzyHelps ...hmmm
So what is the medical field doing in this regard? Especially with research showing higher levels of pain in patients with more melanin?

[@matthewpearson5229]