Originally Posted by viki

Yes, actually... well my mom and grandma did it to me. I used to get bronchitis a lot when I was a kid and there's an old remedy that involved getting little bottles, getting all the air out of them by lighting the inside on fire, and suctioning them to your back.

It doesn't hurt at all but you get big bumps on your back that are even higher than the ones pictured. It was always a lot of fun when my mom would do it.

A few years back I remember someone got arrested because they considered it child abuse. I used to love it and there definitely wasn't any pain, but it did look horrendous.