Medicines by Mailbox-are they any good for allergy testing?

[LegoTherapy]

I’ve been referred for nut allergy testing by my GP but the wait is 18 months. I’m pretty sure I don’t have an almond allergy and it was a flare of rosacea due to coming in out of the bitter cold into the heated house. It often happens that I become flushed but because my lips were a little tingly the GP has referred me. I get tingly lips randomly anyway. I’ve looked into private allergy testing but don’t have hundreds of pounds spare. Medicines by Mailbox offer a finger prick test for allergies. Has anybody used them who’d be happy to share their recommendations or a warning to not bother?
My diet is restricted enough and I don’t want to restrict it unnecessarily for another 18 months if I can avoid it. TIA

When I was looking into discerning if I had an allergy, I came across videos explaining that there are different types (and levels) of allergy/intolerance.

And that as a foodstuff enters the gut - you can have a reaction in the gut to the foodstuff (think bloating. gas etc), that type of intolerance won't necessarily show in the "markers" that are tested for in blood, and that the markers that test positive in your blood might not necessarily cause issues such as gas/bloating, some collateral suggested that the markers don't necessarily mean an allergy - more information was needed.

I ended up doing a pinprick test that came back that I had markers to a ton of food including eggs, white and yolk, yeast, tomatoes and a raft of other stuff that i seemingly was consuming with no ill effects. Safe to say I didn't cut all this stuff out of my diet because like you, I have a very reduced diet anyhow based on food diaries and symptoms. But saying that - none of my symptoms include anything that could be considered anaphylaxis or life threatening.

Save your money.

Our NHS lab specifically say to only request tests for a specific suspected allergy, and that symptoms and timing of onset must be provided in the investigation for the suspected allergy, as there is no clinical value in requesting tests to a range of allergens as a screen for an allergy.