We Tried A Device That's Supposed To Erase Period Cramps And This Is What Happened
It’s time to Livi-a our best lives while on our periods.
Periods. They're the worst. You bloat, you break out, and you're in pain. Oh, and it happens every freaking month. But what if there was a device that turned off your period cramps? That's what Livia is trying to do.
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The device, which will be available worldwide in October, was created with help from Chen Nachum, the co-founder & CEO, who was inspired by his father's medical research into bedsores.
Nachum told BuzzFeed that Livia started when his father found a frequency that helped with pain from bedsores and it evolved from there. When asked what Nachum hopes to accomplish with this device, he told BuzzFeed that he hopes Livia generates conversation around periods, the pain women face, and helps every woman have a more comfortable period.
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BuzzFeed talked to Dr. Jen Gunter, OB/GYN and pain specialist, who gave us the rundown. Gunter explained that Livia seems to work as a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation unit (TENS unit), which does work for pain management. The idea is that the vibration from the device travels faster than pain, and the brain likes the signal it gets first. If you get a vibration signal, that will then shut the door to pain.