No see ums
- Thread starter PeoplesElbow
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For God's sake please look at who you are responding to before you make suggestions such as these! She is the Queen of Catastrophe, the Damsel of Destruction, the Lady of the Literal, the Dowager of Demolition and the Wench of Waste!Live ones walking on your wood deck, maybe gasoline and a road flare? Works for spiders too
Any time because I am like that.Thanks limblips I love you too.
Well, yes. Chiggers don't like fire.
I stand corrected. Just not on my deck anymore.
Chiggers and spiders are toast though. Literally.
PeoplesElbow
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The wench of waste, I like that one.
No need to hide it. We know it was my bubbly personality and candy jar.
This is most likely how you got them. Caladryl - calamine lotion with benadryl. OR Get the CalaGEL from Technu. That might work, too
(Don't double up on all the products and overdose on Benadryl!)
Calagel might work even better than Caladryl...
Goldenhawk
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How about getting Benadryl pills - a systemic medication affecting the body's overall allergic response, not just a topical cream or ointment? Might help according to https://www.medicinenet.com/chiggers_bites/article.htm
jrt_ms1995
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And maybe keep your clothes on, too, when you sit down in that grassy field!
But, seriously, once a chigger bite starts itching, the actual animal is long gone, so the nail polish, acetone, varnish, etc. remedies are really doing nothing but damaging your skin with hazardous chemicals (though you may or may not feel better after). They claim, back in the redneck woods I come from, that those "treatments" would suffocate and kill the chigger (or red bug as they were more frequently called).
Stick with the hydrocortisone, calamine, benedryl, etc. itch relief remedies. But the only really cure is time.
jrt_ms1995
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A very, very bad idea!
If you have hand sanitizer that might work, since you don't have straight alcohol. Witchhazel might be an alternative too.
Hope you find relief soon. Having chiggers is awful.
That might be a little too dangerous, unless she stays close to shore.. The boaters are making up for lost time. A lot of sea trials today.
As far as chiggers, I've always found nail polish or New Skin™ dabbed on the spot and just grit your teeth and bear it. As jrt sad give them time. Unfortunately it seems like nothing works great. I've never had a severe case SG, but the nail polish does seem to reduce the intensity of the itching. The nail polish remover may be lacquer thinner and will help, unless it's the "safe" kind.
Scat
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Try it with a couple glasses of sangria
Well that made me lol. You're trying to kill me aren't you?
How sloppy of a drunk are you, and is the water over your head
If you can hold your liquor a few feet of water should be no challenge .... otherwise don't go any deeper that chest high
Scat
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With the patriots suck or without?
