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Redbugs, Chiggers, what ever you want to call them....HELP

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  1. jmr57

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    So yeah, I forgot to spray down before putting up some stands yesterday, and I got into them BAD. I just want to take a wire brush to my ankles...uuughhh. Anybody got a cure, a remedy, a witches brew, an old wives tale, or ANYTHING that might have helped them in the past deal with this non-stop itch? It's driving me kRAZzzE. Thanks
     
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    rednas5 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Hydrocortizone cream
     
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    headed to the drug store right now......after i stop at the hardware store and get me a wire brush....yyyeeeoow
     
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    michaelp Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Got a few myself saturday hanging stands. As mentioned above and time. Those are the only cures.
     
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    Vinegar, oatmeal compress, or my in-laws send some liquid stuff that smells like wintergreen that takes the itch away right now!
     
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    Tea tree oil?

    Clear nail polish.
     
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    Old school... spray the effected area with lighter fluid then light it with a match and when they run out stab them with a ice pick:wave:

    I have seen sticks in Walgreen's that work well,smells like ammonia but it does work i think it's called chigger rid.hope this helps.
     
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    ....went to Walgreens and couldn't find any :( .....but I got some hyrdro cream......a few usually don't bother me that bad, but I must have hit the "2011 Summer Chigger National Convention" this time


     
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    i have always put my legs and feet under the hottest running water i can handle for like 5-10 mintues, as long as i can stand it or feel like being there. And i apply lotion in the effected area.
     
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    Witch hazel will keep the itching away.
     
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    LMAO! :moose:
     
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