Stacie Tamaki wrote:lrrowe wrote:Two years ago I was the victim of Chiggers. That was really not fun. Finally had to go to my doctor for relief.
I do not think the Thermacell would have helped me. I walked through tall grass with shorts on.
Me too lrrowe! The mosquitoes though awful I could deal with. Same with the black fly and deer fly bites I get from time to time but the no-see-um (a specific type of chigger) bites were so bad in June I was losing too much sleep staying up all night trying not to scratch them so my doctor gave me prescription triple strength cortisone cream. That worked well until a few weeks ago when I got 27 mosquito bites in less than 48 hours (21 of them while in the house sleeping) The only thing that helped get me through the next few days was to keep ice packs on the bites when they flared up.
Unfortunately, chiggers are a way of life here in Missouri. Two things that really do help...First, wen the bites come up and BEFORE you scratch them open, dab clear nail polish over the swelling. It really does reduce the itching, it keeps you from scratching the affected skin, and it lasts a lot longer than anything else I've tried. Second, the minute a chigger bites you, they are dead. They are evolved to consume dissolved plant matter. The "saliva" they excrete to dissolve cellulose is what causes the extreme itching.
I love my Thermacell, but chiggers it don't help with!