CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
#11
RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
Yeh I just looked them up on the internet and the bath and polish are all old wise tails. Once they bite it is only cream that can help the itch.. You guys are right no digging into the skin and no bug in there, they said why polish oftens works is it just takes the itch away.. Walt
#12
RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
Actually, though they don't "burrow", they do attach to the skin and feed. A good bath right after you are out in the woods will wash them off and keep them from continuing to feed.Once the itching starts,scratchingwill usually knock them off, but the itching may not start for 12 - 24 hours after they startfeeding. The best treatments are OTC anti-itch creams or oral Benadryl. In severe cases, a prescription steriod cream may be used.
#13
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Posts: 29
RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
yeah there's this other stuff called duranon, you spray it on your cloths and let it dry for at least 24 hours. it works so good, it's likeit was made byGOD!i've only seen it in north carolina though. i read that they don't stay in u. and that only soap and water helps. the nailpolish just keeps you beautiful!lol i tried it too, until i looked on the internet.
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RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
ORIGINAL: TOFARSOUTH
yeah there's this other stuff called duranon, you spray it on your cloths and let it dry for at least 24 hours. it works so good, it's likeit was made byGOD!i've only seen it in north carolina though. i read that they don't stay in u. and that only soap and water helps. the nailpolish just keeps you beautiful!lol i tried it too, until i looked on the internet.
yeah there's this other stuff called duranon, you spray it on your cloths and let it dry for at least 24 hours. it works so good, it's likeit was made byGOD!i've only seen it in north carolina though. i read that they don't stay in u. and that only soap and water helps. the nailpolish just keeps you beautiful!lol i tried it too, until i looked on the internet.
#16
RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
ORIGINAL: mcouey
I treat my fall hunting duds with Repel Permanone spray. I have no troubles from chiggers or ticks.
I treat my fall hunting duds with Repel Permanone spray. I have no troubles from chiggers or ticks.
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manassas, VA
Posts: 3,612
RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
I will tell you the best thing to do once you get chiggers...get a hotttt shower then rub jock-itch cream or a womans product cream onto the chigger bites....takes the itch right out! Trust me gentlemen...I had the WORST chigger bites ever this summer....hundreds of massive swollen bumps on my rear from sitting down while fishing.....HURTIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!
#18
RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
It is actually the chigger larva that cause so much discomfort.And by the time they start itching,they are gone.
The bleach bath might help if you get in the tub as soon as you get home and clean them off before they do their damage.
Finger nail polish does help relieve some of the itch,basically becaus eit covers the area and protects it from anything ittitating the area.They even make otc anti itch stuff that goes on just like finger nail polish but has some anti itch medicine in it.
That is why your friend was able to get a shot to help,because it is an allergic reaction,a shot wouldn't help against a bug.
I usually just take a Benadryl.
They are extremely bad this year and Permanone (Duranon is the best I have found)spray goes a long way in keeping them off of you.
The bleach bath might help if you get in the tub as soon as you get home and clean them off before they do their damage.
Finger nail polish does help relieve some of the itch,basically becaus eit covers the area and protects it from anything ittitating the area.They even make otc anti itch stuff that goes on just like finger nail polish but has some anti itch medicine in it.
That is why your friend was able to get a shot to help,because it is an allergic reaction,a shot wouldn't help against a bug.
I usually just take a Benadryl.
They are extremely bad this year and Permanone (Duranon is the best I have found)spray goes a long way in keeping them off of you.
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RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
#20
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 3
RE: CHIGGGGGEEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!
I'm from Missouri and have had on more than one occasion chiggers so bad that I couldn't sleep. Once I made the mistake of laying down in tall grass while waiting for my ride home from camp. BAD IDEA! There wasn't an inch of my body missing the notorious bumps chiggers leave behind.
The best prevention really does seem to be taking a warm shower immediately after getting home. I haven't had the ring of fire since I started taking showers after hiking and fishing through tall grass.
If you're unlucky enough to have the ring of fire, a hot oatmeal bath really seems to help (something like Aveeno). When you get chiggers really bad, it's the only thing that seems to cover everything well enough.
The best prevention really does seem to be taking a warm shower immediately after getting home. I haven't had the ring of fire since I started taking showers after hiking and fishing through tall grass.
If you're unlucky enough to have the ring of fire, a hot oatmeal bath really seems to help (something like Aveeno). When you get chiggers really bad, it's the only thing that seems to cover everything well enough.