Poison Ivy Soap

[Biggamefish]

Another thing to try is TECNU.  They have a pretreatment you can wipe on before you go into an area if you think you might contact it and then they have a sorta soap you wash up after you might have gotten into it.  I use this stuff all the time and it works great and isn't that expensive.  You can pick it up at you local drug store to supermarket.

[Jon Stewart]

Thanks for all the tips. I know everyone doesn't get poison ivy and not all treatments work but at least there are some options out there and I for one appreciate that.  

I got it this year for the first time in 64 years.

[bosteldr]

I use homemade lye soap after exposure doesnt stop it completely but drys it up quickly and keeps it from spreading.  I get it weed-wacking the fence line. If I wash with lye soap after weed-wacking it keep it under control.  Just pop up in places I missed.

[JamesV]

I am lucky indeed to be able to walk thru poison ivy knee deep and climb trees covered in poison oak without having any problems. My son-in-law on the other hand can't even ride a 4 wheeler on cleared trails in the woods without getting covered.

[Bear Heart]

Only time I had it was a week long hunting trip in California.  Prolonged exposure to the oils jacked me up.

[Ifrit617]

Catch yourself some hogsweed. After the three months of agonizing burning, itching, and pain you experience from the stuff, poison ivy and mosquito bites won't bother you at all. Dont ask me how I know.

Jon

[Ifrit617]

Catch yourself some hogsweed. After the three months of agonizing burning, itching, and pain you experience from the stuff, poison ivy and mosquito bites won't bother you at all. Dont ask me how I know.

Jon

[RC]

You can get some zanfel from over the counter. It cost about 40 dollars a tube and works. I got poison ivy last week bad where I wiped sweat from my face while clearing land. It was clear the 3rd day and my eye was almost closed shut the first.It is a wash that bonds with the chemical that causes the problem and removes it from the pores in your skin. Relief in 30 seconds and the stuff goes away. Works great for me.RC

[Joshua Long]

When I lived in Ohio Tecnu was always in the house. I could mow or weedeat then take a cool shower washing with Tecnu and rarely have issues.  It works well after you have it too.

[gregg dudley]

Originally posted by JamesV:
I am lucky indeed to be able to walk thru poison ivy knee deep and climb trees covered in poison oak without having any problems.  

That was me for the first 37 years of my life.  I was fairly contemptful of the stuff.  Then I got it for the first time and got it every hunting season for three years in a row after that.  Been about 3 years since I had any bad reaction, but I usually have a bottle of tecnu around to wash with if I think i have been exposed.

As with many allergies, the reaction to poison ivy can come and go.