The gel stays on your bite and neutralizes the acids and poisons the bugs inject into your skin. Bugs like mosquitoes, chiggers and noseeums love me and this stops the itch faster than any product i've ever used.

A small amount does the trick so a tube of after bite lasts a long time. We usually buy the after bite that has a dab on applicator. Only downside is that it is not a pen, it's an ointment like substance in a tube.

This gel immediately helps the itching and irritation. This was an ointment or a cream, and my original after bite was in stick form - you just roll it on. In 10 minutes, the itch is gone, and the bite disappears.

Only active ingredient listed is sodium bicarbonate. No sting, no help. Once that sensation wears off after a couple seconds, the itching remains. The listing says the active ingredient is ammonium.