In the summer I suffer the mosquito bites. When the bites are on the face, they are fade away next day. However the bites on the leg or waist, they can last several days. (I try not to scratch, which may disturb the organization's self-healing). Does anyone have a similar experience.
The regeneration capability is different in different part? or the mosquito have different virulence? or the clothing？or just illusion?
I can imagine two explanations:
1) waist or even leg are perhaps more abundantly sweating, what can have an irritating effect;
2) mosquito's attempt to bite on face is probably more quickly noticed and stopped, leaving less time for deep and effective (from the mosquito's viewpoint...) bite.
Of course, these are only my "guesses", I do not really know!
Sorry my previous answer, mistake.
So, I do not know the reason. But for bites in the face take a cotton cloth (handkerchief), put an ice cube into it or soak it in vinegar and put it on the bite - it will resolve the itching and swelling faster.
I agree with Roman on the disturbance phenomena that would reduce biting time and add that the recruitment of hypersensitive immunity cells is achieved differently in different parts of the body. I have also noticed that in a group, the person who remains still without much movement as in short nap/sleep is preferred by biting mosquitoes compared to active individuals. This may suggest that the mosquitoes choose to bite motionless parts of the body to avoid interruption. A complete deep bite would deposit more allergen material(s) which would prolong the effect.
Perhaps the difference in the biting time explains the severity of the bite in the waist versus the face. we are more likely to respond faster to chase them away when on the face compared to the waist
The face is known to have more blood supply compared to other body parts, which facilitates faster healing.
Could the thickness of the tissue across which the bite in search of a blood vessel occurs have effect?, the amount allergens causing heavy hypersensitivity reaction?
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