What product are you surprised works?

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DevilKisses
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17 Aug 2016, 12:47 am

When I was in Hawaii I knew I wouldn't apply sunscreen enough. I took some weird orange pills that claimed to protect you from sunburns. I didn't get burnt.


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17 Aug 2016, 3:24 am

Sports Tape. I don't play sports, but my knees are weak, and when I put tape on them, they feel a bit better and it is easier to walk. I don't know how it works.


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17 Aug 2016, 3:57 am

Capzasin-HP cream works really well for headaches. When I get a really severe migraine headache, I apply some cream to my forehead and the back of my neck. At first, the area will feel really hot for about a half hour, but once that sensation goes away, so does the pain.



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17 Aug 2016, 10:41 am

^^ Wow, I SOOOO wanna try that, sometime!! I'm so glad I saw that!!

In response to the OP: I'm always surprised ANY pill works, because I've always wondered how it knows where to go? LOL



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17 Aug 2016, 10:51 am

When any pill actually works, I think it is normally because only of the placebo effect. This is especially true for medicine that people spend millions of dollars on every year to treat the symptoms of something that can't be cured and will run its course in a short time, like a cold. But I think you'd still get sunburned even if you thought you didn't, so wow.



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17 Aug 2016, 10:54 am

lostonearth35 wrote:
When any pill actually works, I think it is normally because only of the placebo effect. This is especially true for medicine that people spend millions of dollars on every year to treat the symptoms of something that can't be cured and will run its course in a short time, like a cold. But I think you'd still get sunburned even if you thought you didn't, so wow.

I might have gotten a bit red, but it was nothing like the sunburns I got in Ecuador.


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