chiggar relief

Slickhead · August 16, 2013, 07:53:00 AM

I most have landed in a nest.
40 bites per foot and 20 around waist and pelvic region (yea)
any homemade or store bought stuff that works?

August 16, 2013, 07:59:00 AM

its been said before, PERMYTHRIN!
its the only thing I have found to really work the way you need it to work.

Blueridge · August 16, 2013, 08:02:00 AM

Nail polish

dragonheart · August 16, 2013, 08:10:00 AM

If I get them, I take a hot bath with some bleach in it. Do this as soon after exposure as possible.

dragonheart · August 16, 2013, 08:11:00 AM

I have also taken bleach directly to them. It was extreme but it was relief.

Robertfishes · August 16, 2013, 08:14:00 AM

Some guys say "meat tenderizer" helps relieve the itch. I used Absorbine Jr and think it worked somewhat.. For keeping them off of me for the last 25 years I have been using the permanone/peritherin sprays on my clothes..before that I used sulfur powder in a sock applied from the waist down, you just dust your bare skin.

Slickhead · August 16, 2013, 08:25:00 AM

Im ready to take a bath in clorox and absorbine jr!!!!!!!!!

MCNSC · August 16, 2013, 08:38:00 AM

Permythrin really works to keep them off. But that doesn't help after the fact. You may try hitting your thumb with a hammer or something, just to take your mind off the chiggers for a while.

VictoryHunter · August 16, 2013, 09:52:00 AM

Once they get you there isn't any relief. It's all about pre-treatment.

snakewood3 · August 16, 2013, 10:38:00 AM

Preparation H , yes the hemoroid relief ointment will bring instant relief from the itching. It works !!!

Rufus · August 16, 2013, 10:42:00 AM

There's anti-itch creams with hydrocortizone, 2%, that work kinda,Campho-Phenique, kinda too. Nasty buggers they are. Kinda why I'm not out at our range stumping right now is cause I'm not in the mood to bug spay up and go.
You would not guess the trouble I had to spell Campho-Phenique correctly since what I have here is generic.

Hope it works for you. You are infested. Sleep well did ya? :~}}

KentuckyTJ · August 16, 2013, 10:45:00 AM

More Cold Beer!

kbetts · August 16, 2013, 10:58:00 AM

Chigger Rid. Its in the itch relief isle at the drug store.

paoliguy · August 16, 2013, 10:59:00 AM

I got some Epsom Salts Foot Bath. It may just be plain old Epsom Salts in a more expensive package - I don't know, but it brought some relief. After soaking in hot Epsom Salt water, dry off and apply a bunch of rubbing alcohol. It worked for me as well or better than anything else I've tried.
Mark

smokin joe · August 16, 2013, 11:23:00 AM

The Epsom salts and alcohol works. Follow it up with some cortisone ointment and a strong over the counter antihistamine pill. The itch is a histamine reaction and something that controls that inflamation helps a lot.

Tim · August 16, 2013, 11:36:00 AM

I'm real interested to hear how you feel tomorrow if you try ALL these home remedies this evening!

Surely the chiggers will be gone!

Good luck.....they sure make life miserable!

darin putman · August 16, 2013, 11:51:00 AM

clorox kills them faster than anything I ever used and the burn is worth the relief to me.Have also used white vinegar, kills them without nearly as much pain but may take an extra treatment.We get them bad down here

rolltidehunter · August 16, 2013, 12:29:00 PM

nothing helps really. a hot bath. a hot hair dryer on them will make it burn.... but it burns sooooo goood!!!!! its all about pre- treatment. i could not count all the bites i had on me this year. it looked like i had a chiggar thong on!!! im not joking. i was bit from head to toe. i had over 1,000 bites... probably closer to 2,000 the dr said it was the worst case of insect bites he has ever seen.

i just thought my wife made horrible faces when she looked at me naked but this one toped them all!!!!

SKITCH · August 16, 2013, 01:10:00 PM

Scratching feels really good!!!!! I get it bad one yeAr and used nail polish and calamine lotion...the pink stuff. Calamine helped a little. Scratching till you bleed feels the best....but with not so good results!!

Slickhead · August 16, 2013, 01:46:00 PM

been hittin them with the 1% cort
helps a little