Remedy for Itching Mosquito Bites

Here's the story behind this useful tip. One day I was outside taking the trash out, and I noticed a bug on my arm. I smacked it and about 3 hours later I noticed it was 3 bites on my arm. The bug had got me good.

I heard a lady talking a week earlier about how clear nail polish stops itching and swelling around the injection site of the mosquito. So I tried it and it actually worked. It stopped the itching and the swelling went down.

All you have to do is get some clear nail polish and apply it to the bite. In about 8 to 10 hours the polish will start to crack and you may have to do the process again.

By Keyasha from Cincinnati Ohio

Archives: Article: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Archived on 06/24/2009 Hate that itch when you've been bitten by a mosquito? Well I stumbled upon a way to end the itch of a mosquito bite instantly! I hate mosquitos. I hate the awful itch that comes from their bite-even more. One spring morning I was cleaning my yard and carefully removing any stagnant water from around my potted plants, when I got a nasty bite from a mosquito. I went inside to get rubbing alcohol to put on the bite and some calamine lotion. I located the rubbing alcohol, in the medicine cabinet-but realized I was out of calamine lotion. I put the rubbing alcohol on my skin, and of course - began to scratch the irritated bite area. Needless to say-that itch can be unbearable and cause the skin around the bite to swell. To make a long story short - after I applied the rubbing alcohol, I put a piece of scotch tape directly on top of the bite and to my surprise - the itch stopped - immediately! I left the tape on for about 4 hours and when I pulled the tape off, I could actually see the poison extract from the mosquito - on the tape. Somehow the adhesive on the tape collected the fluid from the bite and I held the tape up to the light and I could see the tiny penetration hole on the tape from where I was bit. I have been using tape to end itching form mosquito bites ever since. It's funny how a simple piece of scotch tape can halt an unbearable itch. Apparently, the tape keeps the area around the bite from naturally expanding. After I removed the tape there was no further itching and no black mark left. I put some more rubbing alcohol on the skin after removing the tape. I know it may sound weird, but the next time you get a irritating mosquito insect bite, after you place your antiseptic on the bite-place a piece of scotch tape directly on top of that bite and feel instant relief with no insatiable urge-to scratch! By Big Bad Mama Feedback: RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love it! Crazy! But I will definately try it! I hate those damn boogers, although they may love me! (10/02/2004) By Marni RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This is very bizarre, but I tried this, and it mostly works. It took 33 pieces of Scotch tape! (We have stealth mosquitos here in South Louisiana; you don't know you're being bitten until all of a sudden you're going insane from the itching.) I've tried heat, alcohol, witch hazel, ammonia, soap and cold water, vinegar, various creams -- everything! But I have to say, the tape works better than anything! Thank you, Big Bad Mama! (04/15/2005) By Astrafiama Relieve Itching of Mosquito Bites With a Q-tip, dab straight ammonia on individual bites. Helps relieve itching and is one of the ingredients in the product Afterbite. By Tori (04/18/2005) By ThriftyFun RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The ammonia works for me. I am the only one in my family that gets attacked. Does anyone know why mosquitoes prefer one person to the other? I was stung six times by a wasp last summer -- it went in my shirt, down my back. I immediately used ammonia and the pain disappeared. I was at my neice's and was telling her to keep clear ammonia on hand for insect bites and stings. Within five minutes her husband came in from the yard and said he was stung by a bee. He used the ammonia and the pain disappeared. If the stinger is in your skin, you are supposed to scrape it out, a cleaned credit card will help. (04/18/2005) By mkymlp Relieve Itching from Mosquito Bites Dab bites with Listerine mouthwash or its generic equivalent. By truerblue (04/20/2005) By ThriftyFun Mosquito Bites Dab mosquito bites with vinegar to soothe the itch. By truerblue (04/23/2005) By ThriftyFun RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I found this website while searching about mosquitos...They are killing me now. I have in this room about 150 mosquito all flying on my head and biting my skin, all my body aches... I wanna cry but I can't. I always complain about mosquitos! I use Colonia or whatever you call it to stop the pain. It stops it immediately! But I don't have one in the house now and I can't stop the pain. lol =( (i) Help meeee! (/i) (b) Bye, I gotta go to school! ~_~ (/b) (04/29/2005) By Sarah. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks Big Bad Mama. My 5 1/2 year old daughter was itching like crazy so I tried your scotch tape idea and it worked on her instantly!!! (05/07/2005) By Amy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The vinegar made my bites feel a little better, but then they started to itch worse than before...I think I need the ammonia (05/28/2005) By Jamie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Vitamin C will stop the itching and speed the healing of all insect bites. THe more bites you have the more Vitamin C you need. Take enough to stop the itching and keep the level nearly that high while they heal. Vitamin C is safe. An overdose is not absorbed and will remain in your digestive system. Vitamin C powder is called Vitamin C Crystals is the best way to take high levels without the binders that tablets must include. The binders might be safe but too much makes my stomach rebell. (06/09/2005) By Barbaral RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Big Bad Mama, I just got a dozen mosquito bites as I was chasing fireflies outside and the itch was driving me nuts. Well, I looked up a remedy and found yours and IT WORKS!!!!! I grew up on the island of Okinawa Japan and always used a product called Moohi. It's a cream that smells like Icy Hot, but it got rid of the mosquito bite in one day. Japanese use a lot of natural remedies for things, so I am not sure exactly what was in it that made it work, but it did. Well, there is no Moohi in the U.S. but you can best believe that I will stock up on scotch tape now!!! Thank you so much !!!!! (06/21/2005) By Miss Butterfly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks for the help the itch went away but i ran out of scotch tape lol i have over 20 misquitto bites and its driving me crazy!!!! lol but the scotch tape is working so far thanks sooooooooooooo much (07/04/2005) By Paul RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just put the scotch tape on my 5 year old boy...10:20pm.... Here I am at 10:34 and he is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (b)Thank you so much !(/b) (07/17/2005) By Motherof4 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just covered (and counted!) 46 Mosquito Bites on my feet and ankles (after a weekend of camping) with your suggested Rubbing Alcohol and Scotch Tape. Amazingly, the horrible itching is gone!! And it's only been about one minute. Thanks so much for the tip! (07/18/2005) By Leah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just covered (and counted!) 46 Mosquito Bites on my feet and ankles (after a weekend of camping) with your suggested Rubbing Alcohol and Scotch Tape. Amazingly, the horrible itching is gone!! And it's only been about one minute. Thanks so much for the tip! (07/18/2005) By Leah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Scotch Tape & The Mosquito Bite This morning I was stung twice by a mosquito. I was very upset because normally, I am allergic to the bite. The area swells up to the size of a quarter. I decided to look on the net for a good way to reduce the swelling time. I came across this thread, and I tried it. Three hours after placing the scotch tape over the mosquito bite, the skin showed no signs of a bite. Thank You So Much(b)(/b) (07/21/2005) By Red Davis Rolly Pollies in the house Does anyone have a remedy for these critters. I seem to find them all over my floors. (09/05/2005) By Barbara RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked for me! Just told my Dad, he gets them all the time from being outside at night.....thanks! (09/11/2005) By Natv_Texan i LOVE IT omgosh.. i swell up when i get bitten by mosquitos... and i itch like crazy.. but i've tried your quick-relief trick,.. and OMG it works like MAGIC... u are AWESOME.. u should come out with a patent product and make some money! (09/18/2005) By Cindy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Does it work even if you didn't put the tape on the bite till the next day? (01/09/2006) By Maria RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just read this and recently bought a little book on many ways to use vinegar, white and cider. It says that applying a cotton ball dipped in vinegar helps stop the itch of mosquito and other insect bites as well as poison ivy or poison oak rashes. To keep gnats and mosquitos at bay, moisten a cotton ball with white vinegar and rub it over your exposed skin. An old Army trick to keep away ticks and mosquitoes: about three days before you leave on a camping trip, start taking 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar three times a day. Continue throughout our outing and you just might return home without a bite! (01/09/2006) By Anonymous RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites my kid (3 1/2) started crying in the night cause a skeeda got her about 10 times, so i went and rubbed this expensive stuff that they sell in teeny little 4ml sachets, it did jack s***. so i googled quick and found this, while i was sitting rubbing the cream on her one bit me. i tried the tape, it worked, on her and me. THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. (01/18/2006) By pro RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried the tape suggestion and it worked great. I had many sleepless nights before the tape and now I get my sleep. I did find I had to keep replacing the tape every 6 hours or so and after a day or two I could stop using it. I never found that it got rid of it in a day. This is the best thing I have found to stop the itching. Thanks a million times over! (01/19/2006) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites If I could, I would nominate you for Sainthood. Just tried your suggestion and it is working on 8 out of 9 bites. This might be the first summer that I don't have horrible scabs on my legs from all the itching. I have no idea what made you think of scotch tape and ammonia, but bless you for doing so. Thank you! (04/20/2006) By Christina RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites thank you so much for posting this, it really does work, i was going out of my mind with itching because this weekend i slep at a friends open lake house and must have gotten bit a thousand times in my sleep. i looked on the internet and found this now thanks to my fathers many office supplies i can rest easy. THANK YOU!!!! (05/30/2006) By britt. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This is unbelievable. A mosquito got under my sheets somehow last night and absolutely mauled me, I feel sooo much better after using the scotch tape! Thank you!!!! (06/01/2006) By Julie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I had never heard of putting tape on them before , but my son gets bit up really bad during the summer, I'll have to give this a try. Thanks for the tip....Michelle (06/01/2006) By Mrs.Rem05 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites clear nail polish will also work (06/01/2006) By imaqt1962 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I had a huge mosquito bite and it itched like crazy! When ever i scratched it it would bleed because it was pretty raw. I put scotch tape on it that i had in my cabnet and it stopped the itching immediatly. Thanks so much! i will definatialy use this method again. Especially in mosquito season (ouch!) -Hannah (06/13/2006) By Hannah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, I will give this a try. Got 7 bites 3 nights ago and they are golf ball size now and I can't sleep even with mass doses of benedryl and cortisone cream. Thank you, you will be lifted as a blessed angel if this works . (06/14/2006) By MissRed84 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites wow i am going to have to try this..i have 2 bites that have swelled up and merged into one big bump..and it is making me crazy..the itching and the pain....i am going to do this tonight..thankz (06/14/2006) By marisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Yeah, It worked on 99% of my bites! Yeah I can sleep!!!!! I also have heard of the clear fingernail polish too :P (06/16/2006) By Denise RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just put the tape on now. I went to a friend's graduation party a few nights ago and got over 15 bites. They were fine the night that I got them, but last night they itched like crazy. It is 5:29 in the morning and I haven't slept a wink. But the majority of the bites feel better already! Does this trick make them go down as well? (06/19/2006) By Miss Itchy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey thanks for the tip. See im allergic to mosquitos so that means i get bit all the time. And i get bit everywhere. This tip really has helped me. THANKS!!! (06/19/2006) By Tosha RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey! I tried this right away! I have 5 big bites on me right now, and although it still itches slightly, it's better than before! I guess if I used the ammonia too, all itchiness will go. (06/21/2006) By Sam RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites does duct tape work? (06/21/2006) By jennifer. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Right now i'm on vacation and i have this rectangle mosquito bite it's just wierd.... (06/26/2006) By Michael RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites i have 3 huge mosquitto bites, and i tried the rubbing alc./scotch tape method, works like a charm thans a lot!!!! i wonder if its just mental though (07/04/2006) By bittenbyBUGS your tip is so helpful! My buddy's suffered badly from biting by mosquitoes because of her smell since she was a child, i just thought about something i can do to help her. Great! Im gonna show her this amazing tip! (07/11/2006) By Angie Nguyen RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites That's great, unless you have hairy areas that are bitten!!!! (07/13/2006) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites When I first read this, I didn't believe it was true at all, so I gave it a try!...It worked instantly!! no more itching, but the only bad part, is that I look a bit funny with tape all over my arms and legs:P (07/16/2006) By Genna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I am so going to have to try this. I am allergic to them and get bit all the time. I have always used calamine lotion and gel deodorant to stop the itch. These are only temporary and soon i would be itching again. So next bite I get, I'm going to tape it up! (07/18/2006) By lifewithmadman RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hot water helps a lot too, as hot as you can stand it (07/24/2006) By Inga RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have been finding new mosquito bites every day for the past week! Yesterday, I found a new one that was huge!! To me, it looked like three bites in one. It was like 1/4" long and 1/8" wide. The swelling went down for a few hours, until something slightly brushed up against it. It started itching again and it also swelled up! Right now, it doesn't itch very bad, but as soon as it does itch, I am going to try this method. If this works for me, God Bless You. You will have made my life that much easier. (07/24/2006) By Itchy in Chelan, WA RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It works!!!!!!!! Thanks (07/26/2006) By donna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Over the weekend my feet and ankles got eaten up my mosquitos and the itching has been driving me NUTS!!!! I was looking online for something to stop the itching because nothing so far has worked and I came across this. I just tried it and it really works. It's only been a few minutes and the itching is gone. Thank you so much!!!! (08/01/2006) By Lisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried that and it really worked another thing that works is if u tlake a wet bar of soap and rub it all over where u got bit after a min. or so the itching really stops!!! (08/02/2006) By Miss. sweet blood RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This definitely works. after hearing this i thought of my own way to change it a little bit i bought Alcohol wipes that would be used for acne or facial cleansing and i put a pad around an area where the bites were and i just wrapped my ankle with a Ace bandage and that worked also but the scotch tape works miracles (08/06/2006) By Pat RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Well, right now i have about 50 bites on my legs alone, and a few on my arm. i just used the tape method, and finally i'm getting some relief. Of course last night i got absolutely NO sleep, so if this works while i'm work, the tape is definitely coming home with me! Thanks sooo much! (08/07/2006) By Jessica RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I got bit up on my feet and ankles on Sat night. I couldn't sleep a wink all night on Sunday. I came across your advice on Monday morning. Well it's been 20 minutes now and so far it is working. Thank you so much for the first relief I've had in over 24 hrs. Rubbing alcohol and tape? Go figure. (08/07/2006) By Dixie Joe RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites you da moma, just found this thread and poof! mosquito bite free, any more big moma remedies :). (08/14/2006) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites THAT IS AWESOME!!! I don't know how you came up w/ that but WOW!!! THANKS!! (08/19/2006) By lisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites For the past 2 days I've been going nuts with the 40+ mosquito bites all over my legs (I had a campfire in my backyard with friends). I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to go online and look up some tricks to get the itching to stop. When I saw this idea, I thought it was pretty farfetched, but figured I'd try. I swear, it really works. I look kinda stupid with tape all over my legs, but if it'll get me to sleep, then I don't care! THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH! :) (08/25/2006) By Josephine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites thank you soooo much! it works! (08/28/2006) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites (b)(/b)Wow Never Heard Of This Before...Gna Try It Right Away! Thanx BigBadMama!(b)(/b)(b)(/b)(b)(/b)(b)(/b)(b)(/b)(b)(/b)(b)(/b) (08/29/2006) By Sarah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, I just got bit, did what you told me, and what you said came true. Thanks!!!! (08/30/2006) By Ryan RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hi there! I didn't have rubbing alcohol or tape, so I tried Witch Hazel. Takes three applications, but works. I would have tried the tape, but the witch hazel worked first. (09/26/2006) By Sunshine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks for sharing this tip. I was able to sleep again. It's a weird method but hey.... it worked. (10/03/2006) By Pam RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay, this sounds really gross, but here goes...when I was about eleven years old, I got stung by a tiny Portuguese man'o war in Hawaii, and my cousin told me to put pee on it. I didn't do it, but just a couple weeks ago, I was itching like crazy from a mosquito bite during the night, and hydrocortisone cream wasn't working at all, and I didn't have anything else. So I tried a little pee and it got rid of the itch immediately. I guess it's cuz urine has such high ammonia content. What can I say? When you're desperate, you're desperate. Haven't tried the scotch tape yet, but I definitely will! (10/03/2006) By little momma! RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites thanx. this really worked well in my bites. (10/26/2006) By stephanie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I cant believe it, i read this post and was in so much pain i had to gave it a go , my husband thinks ive gone mad , im in the bathroom taping up my legs with scotch tape , he thinks its a new form of waxing . I dont care it WORKS , the itchings gone , i love you forever ! (11/27/2006) By ENGLISH ROSE RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites who'd think that mosquitos eat you alive in Hawii?? Well vacation changed! I'm covered in bites and I have been like this for hmmmm...... 4 days. Hope this works thanks cause it feels like it will. (12/24/2006) By Seinna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have never been bit by so many mosquitos until I moved to Hawaii! They look at me like an all you can eat buffet! Thank you so much for the idea! I'm sitting here with tape on my foot right now :) That's right my foot! They will get to any part of me they can ... (01/16/2007) By Tristanlie Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites What I do and this always works for me is if i can reach the mosquito bite i squeeze it until i see a small drop of clear liquid come out. This is the mosquito venom and it gets most of it out. Ofcourse it leave a red mark for a day or so, but it stops itching instantly. That's my tip. Use it at your own risk... :) (03/16/2007) By David If you don't have any tape... The best way I've found to alleviate itching is to run hot water over the affected area.... Being careful not to scald yourself run the affected area under water "as hot as you can stand". You don't have to hold it under the hot water for long.... just long enough for it to feel like the itching is getting worse. What the hot water does is it releases all of the histamines in the itchy area at one time. The histamines in the skin are what causes the "itchy" feeling. Once the histamines are released... it takes time for them to build up again. The effects of this treatment generally last between 2-6 hours. While temporary this remedy doesn't just lessen the itching... it (b)Stops the itching completely!!(/b) This not only works for bites... but for poison ivy and any other causes of itching. (It works wonders for poison ivy if used immediately before applying calamine lotion.) (b)Please do not use this remedy on young children.(/b) (03/19/2007) By Fallion RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites AMMONIA = In the "camping" area of large stores they sell tiny dauber tubes full of ammonia. You're supposed to daub a drop of ammonia onto the newly bitten area. Ammonia is supposed to stop itching, so why not apply it with a Q-tip instead of the fancy dauber & save a little money? If you're going camping or into "mosquito country", why not pack a few ammonia dipped Q-tips or cotton balls into a well-sealed small jar (or doubled zip-lock bags). Be sure to MARK YOUR CONTAINER & keep it away from kids! * After reading about the amazing TAPE remedy for bites, next time I get a bite, I'll use the Q-tip with ammonia tip, then when the ammonia is dry I'll apply a piece of scotch tape onto it. * Two tips in one! * (03/20/2007) By Cyinda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It's not so much the Tape, it's the blocking of air supply to the wound.. If you have badly bitten fingers a pair of tight rubber glove will do the trick... (03/27/2007) By For Years RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This really works! We just moved to Thailand from Canada, and I have been covered in mosquito bites for three weeks now. Anyhow, I covered all of my 'active' bites with scotch tape, and voila! The itching really did go away. So, even though I look strange - I counted 23 bites - I am not dreadfully itchy anymore. Thanks so much for the advice. (04/02/2007) By Leah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got back from Cuba and a few days later, as I was admiring my beautifully tanned legs, I noticed a bunch of red dots. I thought they were mosquito bites, but a friend told me they were actually sandfly bites. You know, like on Survivor when everyone has all those bites...same thing. So, clearly they're not mosquito because it had been about 3 days before any of them got itchy at all. Here I am, 8 days after my last night on the beach (by the way, don't spend time on the beach at night...it's beautiful & all, but a week later you'll still be paying for it!), and I woke up at 430am with incredible itching. I've read here about some people having around 20 bites; I've got 22 on the lower part of my left leg alone (that's all I had the patience to count). I've been surfing around trying to find answers to stop the itching: use vegemite (well i don't keep that on my shelf at home), amonia (i happen to be using a stick of After Bite and it seems I must have developed an imunity to it or something), and scotch tape. I'm sitting here with about 30 bits of scotch tape on my legs and only one or two spots is itching now. I think we might have found something! Maybe the ones that are still a bit irritated just need bigger bits of tape. I'll try that! Best of luck everyone!! (04/12/2007) By Monika RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked on 40 out of my 44 mosquito bites ! (05/17/2007) By AShley RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My husband and 4 year old went fishing, and of course my huband "forgot" the bug spray. So, for 2 nights and days my son has been miserable, so have I. Anyway, thank you for this tip. When it comes to my kids I try to use the least amount of harmful chemicals. He is now a "happy camper!" (05/18/2007) By amseso RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I got bit overnight on three spots on my forehead... i wake up to find three huge red bites on my face. i went on the web and saw this, it's been about 30 minutes now and the redness is gone... thank you (05/21/2007) By Thank God I Saw this RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Re stopping itching from mozzy bites: I use rubbing alcohol, no Scotch tape. I just scratch the bite - quite hard - whilst rubbing the alcohol on. It does the trick every time. Mick (05/22/2007) By Mick RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I was ravaged by black flies over the weeknd and I was reading this hoping maybe it would work on relieving the itch from them too, but unfortunately it's not working. I'll have to try this next time I get but by a mosquito though (05/29/2007) By Adirondackcamper RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Oh my goodness! I have exhausted the office's supply of scotch tape and now closely resemble a clear-wrapped mummy but at least I am comfortable. Thanks a lot for the tip. (05/29/2007) By jENN RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites it doesnt reallly work i could still feel itching under the tape =[ (05/31/2007) By honey1 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got wasted by misquitos over the last week. Probably had 40 of them or more. I tried this and also put some melaleuca oil, which my mother in law claims cures anything, on it first and ... it worked! I have tape all over my legs but ...its not itching! Very cool. Thanks bib mama (06/08/2007) By Rob RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites OMG i just found this b.c my family had a bonfire a few nights ago and im normally never bitten, but i woke up yesterday morning with atleast 20 bites all over my shins, ankles, and feet. I tried calamine lotion, but it didn't help and just smelled really bad. So i found thiss..and it is helping so much its not even funny. As soon as i put the alchohol on the itching stopped, but I thought I would add the tape just so I don't get the temptation to itch...and I have had the tape on for about 1 hour now and its working wonderfully. The only problem is that the tape is starting to fall off=]] (06/12/2007) By Kelly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites IT FRICKEN WORKS today i was in my pool me and my mom an dad made a fire and i got like 3 mosquito bites near the same spot put some alcohol and some scotch tape wait 30 mins take it off then i was like OMG IT WORKS IM GONNA GO POST A COMMENT. (06/17/2007) By matthew RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites OMG that works really well i got over thirty mosquito bites on one arm when i went hiking at Erma bell lakes in Oregon with my summer camp. I look dorky but feel great! Thank you SOOOOOO much! (06/22/2007) By Kelso Belso RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey Duck Tape also works! (06/28/2007) By Mike RE: See above The humor in all this is that no one looks at sites like these unless they've. been. bitten. I'm serious; anyways, I'm taped up ATM as well and awaiting the results. I usually put pressure on the bite spot to spread the poison around rather than let it stay concentrated, the problem with that is then you have what looks like a welt on yourself. The swelling is going down with the tape and it's only been 10minutes, stellar. (06/28/2007) By Ganz RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried the alcohol and tape, but it kept falling off. Then I grabbed the Elmer's Glue and dabbed some over my bites and it worked just as good or better! These bites have been driving me crazy for over a week now and I can't even sleep. Hopefully the glue stays on all night and I get a good nights rest!!!! (06/29/2007) By Cindy in the Poconos RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hi!!! I am camping in Greenport NY and we were attacked by Mosquitos or Gnats not sure which one but they were biting, BAD. Well I tried the alcohol and scotch tape, but it really didn't work and the tape didn't stay stuck. Then I was in my hubby's truck and found some electrical tape, on for an hour and feeling better but I think I made the tape to tight. Thanks for the advice, if this doesn't work in the am I am going to do a Baking Soda foot soak, my son got covered in Poison Ivy and Baking Soda (LOTS)bath cleared it up in 1 day. Not itch, weeping or anything. Back to basics is the way to go!!!! (07/06/2007) By Liz RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I wonder if Clear Fingernail Polish would also work? Hmmm... I wonder if it's the lack of oxygen to the bite, or the way we tend to leave tape & glue alone? ---> Who cares! ... Whatever WORKS! My money is on the Elmers Glue (it comes in regular or in School Glue, which is washable) * But, I would use Alcohol to disinfect & clean the area first... PLUS: the alcohol will make the tape or glue stick better too... (07/06/2007) By Cyinda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought all you people were crazy as loons talking about ridding the mosquito itch with tape. But here I sit, at 1:43AM, with 20 or so bites from Fourth of July antics, and I try the alcohol AND the tape (thank goodness for this extra tape I have from Christmas!) and...WALAAA! The itch is gone and I can sleep instead of netsurf.... (07/07/2007) By Melibel RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites ..... mosquitoes in New Jersey are awful this year. They're biting like dogs. Well, I was eaten alive over the weekend ....... and just found your scotch tape suggestion. IT'S EXCELLENT AND IT WORKS !!! We're heading to Jamaica for a month and I've already got a roll of tape in the bag. : )(b)(/b) (07/10/2007) By Mike from NJ RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm sitting here at 2:38 am... I've tried this and hope it works.. I didn't sleep last night... and I'm working on sleepless night #2. So far seems good - except one bite is still stinging. Going to put a new piece of tape on and try to sleep. So far, so good - Thanks!! (07/15/2007) By Moira RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites i have 148 mosquito bites.. i counted them starting at the top 1 on my chin 29 on my left arm 18 right arm 4 on my stomach 3 on my back 2 on my bum 55 on my left leg 34 on my right leg and they all itch so much..the tape os working actually thanks for the idea (07/16/2007) By Kristen RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought this sounded ridiculous but it worked. I ran out of tape at work and so I tried the only sticky thing I could find - a post it note! And it's worked. I was going out of my mind before and now I can finally stop stratching. Thank you so much for posting! (07/17/2007) By Vanessa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites the tape helps some what but I'm still looking for a cure all. the nice thing about using tape is when you walk it feels like its scratching the itch as it rips out hairs. heat definitely is a temporary help I have something called the itch zapper and its a great temporary relief but the itch comes back in a hr or so. I have found the best thing to help is swimming in the ocean the salt water helps or swimming in a pool that has just been shocked just be careful to keep the water out of your eyes. I have also taken salt and taped the salt crystals directly to the bite and that helps. I constantly get attacked by mosquitos I'm addicted to diet soda i drink at least 3 2 liter bottles of diet soda a day and mosquitos are attracted to the co2 (07/18/2007) By mustang03282 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay. So let's break it down scientifically, since you guys started to sound like my 8-year old brother. The itch, which is obserbed in mosquito bites is due to the stretching of the skin caused my inflamation. So, skin is stretched, only that very top layer of skin that is. Once that happens the itching sensation which makes you want to scratch that top skin surface (remove it) so that a new skin can grow instead. The scotch tape in this case (for those that worked for them) was tightly stuck to the skin, and when taken off took that top skin layer with minimal irritation because it's a swift action, alcohol rubbing helped making sure the live skin underneath is exposed to sterile surface, thus the alcohol use before and after. For those that did work for you, it's because of two reasons. Reason 1: the bite was overly scratched and it's a matter if infected bite now rather than a sensitive spot and reason 2: the method was not applied correctly but either not letting the alcohol dry off completely before applying the tape or the tape quality/characteristic doesnt provide intimate contact with the skin that will take out with it the top skin layer. So... no toxins or whatsoever was taken by the tape. No magic glue material doing the job either, but merely anything other than remove that dead skin is just because you stimulated another form of pain sensation that overwhelmed the nerves and took over the mild itch. My therapy is: cold water with moisturizing soap and brush off and clean the area of the bite and around it. Dry it gently, then sterilize with alcohol or peroxide or others. Then expose to open air with no cloths. Optional: apply menthol cream (the blue muscle pain relief cream) or an ointment such as hydrocortizone or zinc oxide (diaper rash creams) to speed up the recovery. And voila! (07/18/2007) By Bilal Packing tape sticks the best I always clean first with a cotton ball dabbed in alcohol and then use packing tape. It sticks better and doesn't fall off. When I treat using this method as soon as I've been bitten, the bites are a tiny red dot. If I don't use this method, they get as wide as an orange. So I don't know what it does, but it works and that's all I need to know! (07/21/2007) By Christine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got a nasty bite while walking my folks dog out here in Hilton Head, SC. We joke that mosquitoes are the state bird because there are so many and EVERYTIME you go outside, you definitely get bite. I have the tape on now and the itch stopped. Is the alcohol still necessary with the tape though. I put it on just in case. Thanks Big Momma (08/24/2007) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The tape idea works great, until it starts peeling off. You just have to reapply it after about 5-6 hours. (08/26/2007) By me RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried a couple things and clear nail polish worked really nicely. I just washed the bite off and spread it on and around my bite then left it on over night. I'll try this though. It sounds a little wacky but lots of people say it works. Thanks. (09/04/2007) By Tilly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites WE WERE SITTING HERE AT WORK (ON A RAINY DAY) AND DOING NOTHING BUT ITCHING OUR MANY, MANY, MANY MOSQUITO BITES. WE NEEDED RELIEF!!! WE FOUND THE STORY ABOUT THE SCOTCH TAPE AND TRIED IT, BUT WE ONLY HAD THE AMMONIA BASED PRODUCT. IT STILL WORKED WE HAVE NOW BEEN ITCH FREE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. OUR CO-WORKERS THINK WE ARE CRAZY BUT WHO CARES. WE MAY LOOK LIKE A PACKAGE WAITING TO BE SHIPPED UPS BUT WE ARE NOT SCRATCHING!! THANKS - VICKI & ARASILI (09/07/2007) By cow102674 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Mamma, you are a GODDESS! I have 154 bites on my feet, toes and ankles, I've been up for 24 hours, and the tape is a godsend, I think I might be able to sleep, I'm highly allergic to skeeters,and they love my diabetic blood. I got annihilated yesterday, and they have been itching like crazy since then. I have also mass dosed myself with benadryl, and even that didn't help. Thank the Goddess for you! (09/10/2007) By MicheleMarie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks so much for idea, I did not sleep at all last night and up this morning to find something to help it. I'm allergic to these bites they swelled up to golf ball size and I put Tape on it and guess what no itching, you are the best and I wish I could thank you in person Thanks again :) (10/16/2007) By Chad RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dear god...please let this idea work. 2mins later =D works like a charm (10/29/2007) By Murfsta RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites To the lady that started this thread..thank you. I think you're an angel in disguise. It actually works. Now I'm off to go to sleep. (12/08/2007) By Tess RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Does it still work if I was bitten two days ago and the bites are still itching? Guess i'll try it anyway, nothing to lose. (01/30/2008) By Kimbi RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The tape seems to be working for me. I've only had it on for about fifteen seconds or so, but it's making rather good progress. ^__^ Also trying the bites that don't itch anymore but are still red. (03/08/2008) By Anon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, this is a really great tip. I'm all for weird remedies when it comes to skin ailments as long as they work. This definitely fits the bill! I am mildly allergic to mosquitoes and will get those ugly half-dollar sized swellings, but now that I'm covered in masking tape I am finally breathing a sigh of relief! (03/15/2008) By cetaphil RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have read countless articles and blogs about how to stop the itch of a mosquito bite. 2 words is all you need to know. Lemon Juice. The real stuff. Take a paper napkin, dab a little on the napkin, wipe over the affected area and the itch is instantly gone and in a few minutes, the welps are gone. No BS here. Try it. Later! (03/22/2008) By g-man RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I easily get about 10 bites in one area when outside. i just came back from camping and have them all over the top of my feet and ankles. I read this article grabbed some scotch tape at my desk and the intense itching stopped! Thanks! (04/28/2008) By boredatwork RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My 5 year old daughter, who could not sleep due to itching, got 3 bites, on both her ankles, and one on her thigh, I tried the tape......she is now finally asleep!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! (04/29/2008) By betsy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay so this Anon posted and I would really like to know your results! Please post back, it's killing me! (b)Editor's Note:(/b) It has been almost two months so it is unlikely that they will return to this site. We have had a lot of reports about this working though. (05/02/2008) By Steinbrenner RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought for sure that all of the positive responses were as a result of psychosomatic suggestion. As it turns out, no matter how hard I try to be the skeptic, the tape actually worked. It takes a few minutes to work but it is a wonderful relief. I used rubbing alcohol to clean the area first and gave it few seconds to dry and then I applied the tape. Within 5 minutes the itching was relieved. I believe I was bitten by a horse or deer fly. The bites were red and swollen and have now reduced in size, color and irritation. Kudos to the curious fellow/lady who decided to experiment by putting tape on their bite! (05/02/2008) By Michelle RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm still speechless. It's 3:17 am and I'm covered in tape. Whoever thought that such a simple item can solve the misery. I've suffered every summer for the past 20 years. (05/04/2008) By Crystal RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks heavens for the Internet and you! I have surfed and surfed for mosquito bite relief ideas and finally found this site! What a godsend!! Now, usually, if I know if have been bitten, I do the hot water trick, because it really works. But that only works if you do it right away, and sometimes I wake up with bites that I didn't know about the next day, and then later they itch so much that I can't stand it. I have tried every home remedy and product out there, and was going to beg my Dr. for yet another Rx cream to try, but not now! Now, I did try scotch tape at first, and it still itched, just not as much. So I took that off and used a bigger piece of duct tape, and WoW! Relief!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! p.s. I also use duct tape on my forehead lines every night. Kind of like a poor man's botox. It works great, too. Use as many layers as it takes to immobilize the frown muscles. :) Thank you again for the relief and the sleep. This is truly wonderful and so easy! (05/07/2008) By Desparate in OK RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This really works!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! (05/07/2008) By Desparate in OK RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have to say... THIS IS AMAZING. When I first read this I thought with how can this possibly work? It's been about 5 minutes since I put duct tape on my bites and I don't feel anything. Thank you so much (05/20/2008) By andrew RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Well, I tried it about an hour ago, and so far, its working. I have about 20 bites so lets see if it gets me through the night. Thanks! (06/01/2008) By Marcie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have a postage stamp and some Fashion Tape on my 5 bitesthat I got over night and it's working so far! Only been about 5 mins but anything sticky seems to work! I AM IN LOVE (06/07/2008) By Crystal RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Liquidskin also work well and as a bonus it is also antiseptic. It's the type of liquid bandage that you can buy at the pharmacy to replace a bandaid plaster. it also help the healing process a lot and it is free of dangerous chimical that duct tape has. (one of my cat died after licking a bit of duck tape!) Liquidskin is safe as it is designed to be used on skin and wounds, even bleeding ones. (06/10/2008) By Daniella RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow. It really works. After I applied the tape the itch tapered off and then stopped all together. This bite has been bothering me for 3 days now too and now I finally feel relief. Thanks for the tip, I will be sure to pass it on! Misia (06/10/2008) By Misia Eldridge RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites After uselessly applying anti-itch creams like crazy, I can't believe the solution was right on my desk! I'm covered in tape, but not itchy at all! Thank you! (06/10/2008) By Lukky RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm usually very skeptical about stuff like this, but tried it anyway. It does work. It took roughly 15-20 minutes after I applied the alcohol and tape before I felt no itchiness at all. I'm going to tell my friends and family about this nifty tip. Thanks a lot! (06/11/2008) By Barbara RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much. (06/11/2008) By Name here RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love the tape, hadn't heard of it before and some more tips that have helped with mosquito bites: 1. If you've been bitten but don't have ANYTHING around to put on the bite, just use spit. it takes down some of the swelling and itching, not as effective as some other things but at least provides some relief. 2. For really swollen bites, tigerbalm helps reduce it. 3. As a preventative measure: mosquitoes HATE the smell of lavender. plant lavender in your garden or use lavender oil on your skin will lessen the mosquito's attraction to you. I hate using the lemony chemical stuff from the apothecary so this works and smells much better! (06/13/2008) By moustique RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites In response to the posting on 07/18/2007 by "Bilal"... the reason why mosquito bites itch is because of the insect's saliva. When she bites, the saliva is mixed with our blood because it acts as an anticoagulant. The saliva triggers our bodies immune response and releases histamines at the site of the the bite. These histamines are why the bites itch! (06/16/2008) By JennyBug RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It surprisingly works! I used just a piece of scotch tape. I seem to have gotten several on both my legs. The bites were extremely itchy so I searched stop itching and this came up. I put a small pieces of tape covering the bites, and ta da! NO MORE ITCHING! Good job, tape! (06/19/2008) By bug scratcher RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked! I ran upstairs after reading this and put scotch tape on the worse bites (I have 34 bites) and now it isn't itchy! Right now, I have 7 pieces of tape on 7 bug bites! THANKS! (06/22/2008) By Dana RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just used antiperspirant (deodorant) to make my 4 year old stop bawling over an itchy bug bite in the middle of the night. After 15 minutes of trying hand cream, diaper cream, tape and everything else... deodorant worked instantly. It's worth the try. Now we are both gonna get some sleep! (06/24/2008) By Shannon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I cant wait to try this thanks (06/24/2008) By rebab RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow this sounds really good. Hopefully it will work! Just yesterday, and I was only outside for maybe 30 minutes and it seems as if a mosquito ate me up each minute because I have 32 (I counted!) So i begged my mom to pick up any thick sort of tape and rubbing alcohol and it better work! I have like five ginormous ones on my left arm and one on my ankle, aaah! (06/26/2008) By Nicole. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I also had a huge mosquito bite that itched so bad that made me think of me cutting off my skin where my mosquito bite was at.So I went on the internet to find something to stop it & I found this & it works now I'm always using this "method" p.s. Can I use this for my children? (06/29/2008) By ghostwhisper RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites There is no such thing as mosquito venom/poison, its your own immune systems attacking the bite's area. (07/04/2008) By Anon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I've known this remedy for years. And yes, it usually works. I think it has something to do with the air exposure to the bite location making it itch. Tape cuts off exposure to the outermost layer of skin. (07/05/2008) By Shiggity RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got a new puppy so I've been spending more time outside at night working on housetraining and such, so I've recently become a mosquito buffet.. At current count i have 10 in various stages of itching and healing on my legs! On thursday at work the itching was unbearable.... neither the hydrocortisone cream or spray worked for me, went out on the internet and found this post. I just happened to have some scotch tape at my desk so I put some on and PRESTO! Itching relieved by about 98%!!! Something so simple can provide so much relief. In the next couple days i experimented with other tapes and so far old fashioned masking tape works the best by far. Thanks so much for this post...I've been telling everyone! (07/05/2008) By justnbexxx RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you! It does relieve the itch a bit. I only had masking tape, but it's working so far. I've only had it on for 15 minutes or so, but I'm definitely glad to have some relief. (07/06/2008) By Heather Hopkins RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Didn't work for me. I put the tape on the bites that were irritating me. It's been 10 minutes and they're still itchy. (07/07/2008) By Jenna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I could not believe it would work but I had nothing to lose and tried it. Thank goodness I did.... Relief! (07/08/2008) By Melissa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I was at a birthday party two days ago and stepped outside to stretch after eating a lot of good food. A few minutes later, my legs started itching intensely. I tried Afterbite, alcohol, and Benadryl with very mimimal relief. I was about to try a baking soda paste when I decided to check online for relief ideas. Am I glad I did that. If I had checked this out before this morning, I would not have had a sleepless night and missed work today. Thank you, IT WORKS! (07/14/2008) By wanda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! (07/14/2008) By Tiana RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites tape did NOT work for me! i didn't use rubbing alcohol, so maybe that is a key step. lemon juice worked a little. (07/17/2008) By bill RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites omg. This stopped my itching! I'm so glad I found this in time! Thank you lots! My mom didn't believe me but when she tried it she was like, "wow, it works! Who would of thought tape would stop the itching!" Thank you! (07/18/2008) By natalie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, thanks for that good hint. I haven't had a chance to use it yet (the bastards always seem to bite you on the back where you can't easily reach!). Anyway, I'm out of my regular stuff and thought I'd try Google (Sure enough, I was bound to find a few. Yours is the only one I read). My "regular stuff" does a good job at eliminating the itch. It's called Bactine. It's a clear fluid, like water, and can be picked up at most any pharmacy. One touch with a few drops and the itch is quickly gone. (07/20/2008) By Gary RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks! Works great. (07/23/2008) By Marie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Another thing you may want to try (if you don't want tape covering your whole body) is putting (b) petroleum jelly (/b) on the bitten area. It does the same thing tape does and lasts a bit longer. I have been using an anti-itch cream as a base and putting petroleum jelly on top to seal it from air - works great. The whole reason these work (petroleum jelly, tape, liquidskin, nail polish) is because they stop the bite from getting air, which is what makes the bite swollen and itchy. :) (07/24/2008) By Kristin RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you! I have 7 bites (not sure what kind of insect, I'm guessing a spider). I have been using hydro cortisone with little success. I read your post and had Bactine (didn't realize it helped with excruciating itching!) It worked, instantly! You are the best! (07/26/2008) By Itchy in Ohio RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I somehow got a LOT of mosquito bites recently - over ten and a lot on my feet. I'll see if this works, though I believe my feet may look funny. ha ha (08/02/2008) By A knew idea I haven't tried this yet but mine and yours go together. I never thought this would work till I did it. what u do is tape a penny over your bug bite and about 20 min later its gone. The itch, not he bug bite. If you leave it on for too long then the area you put the penny will be green. Like 9 or 10 hours I'm talking though. and I have found the putting tape over the penny works better but a plain penny still works. (08/03/2008) By Bobby RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hello all, I have about 20 bites that have been driving me crazy for several weeks now. I have tried caladryl and benadryl and it only helps temporarily. I did the alcohol and tape and it stopped the itching! Who would've thought! Thank you! (08/03/2008) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much for the advise. My 2 year old daughter got some nasty mosquito bites and she has been itching them. I did the tape and alcohol and it seems like they are not bothering her anymore. Thanks again. (08/17/2008) By Adam -Pittsfield Ma RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I think covering a bite makes it less irritated from clothes or other things rubbing it, which is always what starts the itch for me. (08/27/2008) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love you. Seriously. I've keep getting these bites on my upper thighs, and have been scratching them so hard that they'd get huge and swollen, and I'd sometimes break the skin. This stops all that. I worship you from afar... (08/29/2008) By Jenni RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just used this it works AMAZING! But can you use an alcohol pad? Well that's what I did just now so hopefully it works! It feels a ton better already! THANK-YOU. I have millions of bug bites on my legs and arms. (08/31/2008) By Yummy88 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites At first I cut off pieces of tape that were sorta small and it didn't work it was still itchy as hell and I finally just ended up wrapping tape around my ankle where i have like 5 bites and it does start to work. I guess its best to cover the whole area around your bite. Thank you for the help. (09/01/2008) By Douglas RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have 41 mosquito bites after going to a dock at night in the summer and have been trying everything. I feel like a science experiment with Vicks on one, witch hazel on another, tooth paste, alcohol, baking soda, tape, and so far the two best are vicks and the tape. The tape is a little annoying its self, but if it works. I'm happy. (09/01/2008) By Cecilia RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dear 'Big Bad Mama' YOU ROCK!! Thank you! In addition to 20 bites on my legs, I took my dog for a walk covered in bug spray because I am tired of the swollen bites I have been itching in MISERY... Well, I forgot to put the spray on my neck and they got me! I was in tears of frustration I am so fed up with these bites. I googled a remedy because the plethora of products I have bought to relieve the itch (which is now enough to send the drug store owners kid to college I bought so many different ones) don't work. Your remedy popped up and I ran try it. Ahhhhh......I can feel human again. All the good karma and happy stuff thrown your way. Thank you!! (09/07/2008) By nedley71 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have read every entry on this thread, and though mosquito bites are the dreads. I have had to laugh. Some of you people were funny. I too suffer from those curses of nature, but here is something that will help stop them in the first place, at least around your house. Assuming you don't have stand water for them to breed, here is one thing that Mosquitoes absolutely hate and that is garlic. When I have had to go out at night on the porch I would rub a clove of garlic on my neck or arms and they wont touch you. If you Google garlic spray for your yard one light spraying will keep them out of your yard for up to a month. It comes in one gallon cans and is sprayed on with a regular home bug sprayer. Do your grass bushes and plants ans they won't come around at all. It even works for camping areas It won't send them out of the forest but will protect you in the immediately area. Works good. While walking away from your camp site a necklace of garlic will keep them away from you. I know were talking about Mosquitoes not vampires, but aren't they one in the same? Good Luck (09/22/2008) By John RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Mosquitoes don't inject poison, that is your own bodily fluids. Also, do not apply rubbing alcohol as it will dry out the skin and irritate it more. (09/24/2008) By Brian Jung RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It works for other itching, too. I just covered my itchy ankles with strapping tape and it worked right away. I have no idea why they are doing are doing this , but for 2 weeks my ankles and feet have been swollen, bright red, burning, and itching. My BP is fine so I figure it's probably an allergy since I am allergic to everything or something circulatory with my varicose veins and my sensitivity to cold and dampness. Anyway, it works. No sleeping pills needed tonight, thank you so much. (09/29/2008) By Northwinns RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My bites just started itching and since I am at work I don't have access to a lot of stuff but I do have hand sanitizer on my desk so I decided to try and the itching stopped immediatley. (10/16/2008) By Heather RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I haven't tried it yet, but it seems like it has been working for others, so I'm gonna go find some tape and hope it works! (11/03/2008) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks so much mate, this worked instantly. Awkward method but it helped the mozzie bite on my foot and it was driving me crazy. Again thanks dude :-) (12/18/2008) By Alex RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It really does work. I have about 10-15 bites on each leg and was scratching up a storm. Applied tape and bingo no more scratching. Looks kind-a funny though! (01/05/2009) By April It works! I originally read about the hot water trick in the Bottom Line newsletter years ago, and it works every time. Use running water or a soaked wash cloth as hot as you can possibly stand for 1-2 min. Immediate relief. You may have to repeat if the water isn't hot enough the first time. It should only be done on yourself, not others such as small kids. Also, it's a lot of work if you have lots of bites in hard-to-reach areas. I got bit last night and had too many in hard-to-reach places for the hot water trick, so I tried the tape. It started working as soon as I put it on! Thanks for sharing, and thanks to Google for finding. +1 Karma (01/13/2009) By Bill RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Although most will tell you that leaving the area exposed is better, if you can't stop yourself from itching it, it is definitely better to cover it regardless of what some say. Tape is a good idea as it prevents you from touching the area (as itching will cause further inflammation and more swelling). Alcohol is good to use before and after and even if your not using tape (like for almost healed bites), just make sure it has dried in before applying the tape and that the surrounding skin is dry too. You are in a hot country and heat causes humidity so chances are your skin is constantly hot and moist. Stand in front of a fan to make sure the alcohol dries in before applying tape. Also, try to keep cool, as feeling hot makes you itch more! Having AC (Air-Conditioning) where you stay/sleep is a bonus as it keeps your skin cooler as opposed to constantly hot and moist, it will stop bites from swelling bigger and the coolness helps it to heal much quicker, what's more it keeps the ghastly mosquitoes away!, (fans blow hot air after a while). Ultimately the best way to stop itching is to avoid being bitten too much, by minimizing exposure. This does not mean spending the rest of your holiday under what I call the mosquito net prison! Lol. But do take the usual precautions especially when traveling with children, there are many online information sites. Good luck! (02/27/2009) By G from Jamaica RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This sounds nuts, but it works! Got about 8 mosquito bites while outside last night, which had already welted up and started to itch. I came in within about 10 minutes and gave each bite a good vigorous rubbing with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol on some cotton. Then I put on the Scotch tape, and left it on for about 3 1/2 hours. Today, I can't even tell I ever had bites, even after taking a warm shower, which usually reactivates itching for me. I only see two bites today - one that I missed and didn't treat until about an hour after the others, and that one doesn't itch at all today, it's just red. And there was one on my arm that I missed treating completely, which is still red and itchy today. But those two are kind of like "controls" in my experiment, so I know this alcohol/tape thing works! And I usually always have these items on hand, and they are not messy like some other remedies I have heard of. I didn't see any stuff on the tape like the original post describes, but it worked anyway. Thanks Big Bad Mama for the info! (05/26/2009) By Marie58 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dude, I had over 53 stupid bites! They drove me crazy for a day. I found this, and tried it. Within like 20 minutes the bites stopped itching, and I'm so happy! (06/18/2009) By K-psycho Report Spam or Abuse Article: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Archived on 06/24/2009 Hate that itch when you've been bitten by a mosquito? Well I stumbled upon a way to end the itch of a mosquito bite instantly! I hate mosquitoes. I hate the awful itch that comes from their bite-even more. One spring morning I was cleaning my yard and carefully removing any stagnant water from around my potted plants, when I got a nasty bite from a mosquito. I went inside to get rubbing alcohol to put on the bite and some calamine lotion. I located the rubbing alcohol, in the medicine cabinet-but realized I was out of calamine lotion. I put the rubbing alcohol on my skin, and of course - began to scratch the irritated bite area. Needless to say-that itch can be unbearable and cause the skin around the bite to swell. To make a long story short - after I applied the rubbing alcohol, I put a piece of scotch tape directly on top of the bite and to my surprise - the itch stopped - immediately! I left the tape on for about 4 hours and when I pulled the tape off, I could actually see the poison extract from the mosquito - on the tape. Somehow the adhesive on the tape collected the fluid from the bite and I held the tape up to the light and I could see the tiny penetration hole on the tape from where I was bit. I have been using tape to end itching form mosquito bites ever since. It's funny how a simple piece of scotch tape can halt an unbearable itch. Apparently, the tape keeps the area around the bite from naturally expanding. After I removed the tape there was no further itching and no black mark left. I put some more rubbing alcohol on the skin after removing the tape. I know it may sound weird, but the next time you get a irritating mosquito insect bite, after you place your antiseptic on the bite-place a piece of scotch tape directly on top of that bite and feel instant relief with no insatiable urge-to scratch! By Big Bad Mama Feedback: RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love it! Crazy! But I will definitely try it! I hate those damn boogers, although they may love me! (10/02/2004) By Marni RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This is very bizarre, but I tried this, and it mostly works. It took 33 pieces of Scotch tape! (We have stealth mosquitos here in South Louisiana; you don't know you're being bitten until all of a sudden you're going insane from the itching.) I've tried heat, alcohol, witch hazel, ammonia, soap and cold water, vinegar, various creams -- everything! But I have to say, the tape works better than anything! Thank you, Big Bad Mama! (04/15/2005) By Astrafiama Relieve Itching of Mosquito Bites With a Q-tip, dab straight ammonia on individual bites. Helps relieve itching and is one of the ingredients in the product Afterbite. By Tori (04/18/2005) By ThriftyFun RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The ammonia works for me. I am the only one in my family that gets attacked. Does anyone know why mosquitoes prefer one person to the other? I was stung six times by a wasp last summer -- it went in my shirt, down my back. I immediately used ammonia and the pain disappeared. I was at my niece's and was telling her to keep clear ammonia on hand for insect bites and stings. Within five minutes, her husband came in from the yard and said he was stung by a bee. He used the ammonia and the pain disappeared. If the stinger is in your skin, you are supposed to scrape it out, a cleaned credit card will help. (04/18/2005) By mkymlp Relieve Itching from Mosquito Bites Dab bites with Listerine mouthwash or its generic equivalent. By truerblue (04/20/2005) By ThriftyFun Mosquito Bites Dab mosquito bites with vinegar to soothe the itch. By truerblue (04/23/2005) By ThriftyFun RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I found this website while searching about mosquitoes. They are killing me now. I have in this room about 150 mosquito all flying on my head and biting my skin, all my body aches. I wanna cry but I can't. I always complain about mosquitoes! I use Colonia or whatever you call it to stop the pain. It stops it immediately! But I don't have one in the house now and I can't stop the pain. lol =( (i) Help meeee! (/i) (b) Bye, I gotta go to school! ~_~ (/b) (04/29/2005) By Sarah. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks Big Bad Mama. My 5 1/2 year old daughter was itching like crazy so I tried your scotch tape idea and it worked on her instantly!!! (05/07/2005) By Amy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The vinegar made my bites feel a little better, but then they started to itch worse than before, I think I need the ammonia (05/28/2005) By Jamie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Vitamin C will stop the itching and speed the healing of all insect bites. The more bites you, have the more Vitamin C you need. Take enough to stop the itching and keep the level nearly that high while they heal. Vitamin C is safe. An overdose is not absorbed and will remain in your digestive system. Vitamin C powder is called Vitamin C Crystals is the best way to take high levels without the binders that tablets must include. The binders might be safe but too much makes my stomach rebel. (06/09/2005) By Barbaral RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Big Bad Mama, I just got a dozen mosquito bites as I was chasing fireflies outside and the itch was driving me nuts. Well, I looked up a remedy and found yours and IT WORKS! I grew up on the island of Okinawa Japan and always used a product called Moohi. It's a cream that smells like Icy Hot, but it got rid of the mosquito bite in one day. Japanese use a lot of natural remedies for things, so I am not sure exactly what was in it that made it work, but it did. Well, there is no Moohi in the U.S. but you can best believe that I will stock up on scotch tape now! Thank you so much! (06/21/2005) By Miss Butterfly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks for the help. The itch went away but I ran out of scotch tape lol. I have over 20 mosquito bites and it's driving me crazy! lol but the scotch tape is working so far thanks so much (07/04/2005) By Paul RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just put the scotch tape on my 5 year old boy: 10:20pm. Here I am at 10:34 and he is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Thank you so much ! (07/17/2005) By Motherof4 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just covered (and counted!) 46 Mosquito Bites on my feet and ankles (after a weekend of camping) with your suggested Rubbing Alcohol and Scotch Tape. Amazingly, the horrible itching is gone!! And it's only been about one minute. Thanks so much for the tip! (07/18/2005) By Leah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just covered (and counted!) 46 Mosquito Bites on my feet and ankles (after a weekend of camping) with your suggested Rubbing Alcohol and Scotch Tape. Amazingly, the horrible itching is gone!! And it's only been about one minute. Thanks so much for the tip! (07/18/2005) By Leah Scotch Tape and The Mosquito Bite This morning I was stung twice by a mosquito. I was very upset because normally, I am allergic to the bite. The area swells up to the size of a quarter. I decided to look on the net for a good way to reduce the swelling time. I came across this thread, and I tried it. Three hours after placing the scotch tape over the mosquito bite, the skin showed no signs of a bite. Thank You So Much(07/21/2005) By Red RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked for me! Just told my Dad, he gets them all the time from being outside at night, thanks! (09/11/2005) By Natv_Texan i LOVE IT omgosh. I swell up when I get bitten by mosquitoes and I itch like crazy but I've tried your quick-relief trick, and OMG it works like MAGIC. You are AWESOME! You should come out with a patent product and make some money! (09/18/2005) By Cindy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Does it work even if you didn't put the tape on the bite till the next day? (01/09/2006) By Maria RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just read this and recently bought a little book on many ways to use vinegar, white and cider. It says that applying a cotton ball dipped in vinegar helps stop the itch of mosquito and other insect bites as well as poison ivy or poison oak rashes. To keep gnats and mosquitoes at bay, moisten a cotton ball with white vinegar and rub it over your exposed skin. An old Army trick to keep away ticks and mosquitoes: about three days before you leave on a camping trip, start taking 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar three times a day. Continue throughout our outing and you just might return home without a bite! (01/09/2006) By Anonymous RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites By pro RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried the tape suggestion and it worked great. I had many sleepless nights before the tape and now I get my sleep. I did find I had to keep replacing the tape every 6 hours or so and after a day or two I could stop using it. I never found that it got rid of it in a day. This is the best thing I have found to stop the itching. Thanks a million times over! (01/19/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites If I could, I would nominate you for Sainthood. Just tried your suggestion and it is working on 8 out of 9 bites. This might be the first summer that I don't have horrible scabs on my legs from all the itching. I have no idea what made you think of scotch tape and ammonia, but bless you for doing so. Thank you! (04/20/2006) By Christina RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much for posting this, it really does work, I was going out of my mind with itching because this weekend I slept at a friend's open lake house and must have gotten bit a thousand times in my sleep. I looked on the internet and found this. Now thanks to my father's many office supplies, I can rest easy. THANK YOU! (05/30/2006) By Britt RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This is unbelievable. A mosquito got under my sheets somehow last night and absolutely mauled me, I feel so much better after using the scotch tape! Thank you! (06/01/2006) By Julie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I had never heard of putting tape on them before , but my son gets bit up really bad during the summer, I'll have to give this a try. Thanks for the tip (06/01/2006) By Mrs.Rem05 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Clear nail polish will also work (06/01/2006) By imaqt1962 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I had a huge mosquito bite and it itched like crazy! When ever I scratched it, it would bleed because it was pretty raw. I put scotch tape on it that I had in my cabinet and it stopped the itching immediately. Thanks so much! I will definitely use this method again. Especially in mosquito season (ouch!) (06/13/2006) By Hannah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, I will give this a try. Got 7 bites 3 nights ago and they are golf ball size now and I can't sleep even with mass doses of benedryl and cortisone cream. Thank you, you will be lifted as a blessed angel if this works . (06/14/2006) By MissRed84 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow I am going to have to try this. I have 2 bites that have swelled up and merged into one big bump, and it is making me crazy with the itching and the pain. I am going to do this tonight, thankz (06/14/2006) By Marisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Yeah, It worked on 99% of my bites! Yeah I can sleep! I also have heard of the clear fingernail polish too :P (06/16/2006) By Denise RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just put the tape on now. I went to a friend's graduation party a few nights ago and got over 15 bites. They were fine the night that I got them, but last night they itched like crazy. It is 5:29 in the morning and I haven't slept a wink. But the majority of the bites feel better already! Does this trick make them go down as well? (06/19/2006) By Miss Itchy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey thanks for the tip. See I'm allergic to mosquitoes so that means I get bit all the time. And i get bit everywhere. This tip really has helped me. THANKS!!! (06/19/2006) By Tosha RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey! I tried this right away! I have 5 big bites on me right now, and although it still itches slightly, it's better than before! I guess if I used the ammonia too, all itchiness will go. (06/21/2006) By Sam RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites i have 3 huge mosquito bites, and I tried the rubbing alcohol/scotch tape method, works like a charm, thanks a lot! I wonder if it's just mental though (07/04/2006) By bittenbyBUGS Your Tip Is So Helpful! My buddy's suffered badly from biting by mosquitoes because of her smell since she was a child. I just thought about something I can do to help her. Great! I'm gonna show her this amazing tip! (07/11/2006) By Angie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites That's great, unless you have hairy areas that are bitten! (07/13/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites When I first read this, I didn't believe it was true at all, so I gave it a try! It worked instantly!! no more itching, but the only bad part, is that I look a bit funny with tape all over my arms and legs:P (07/16/2006) By Genna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I am so going to have to try this. I am allergic to them and get bit all the time. I have always used calamine lotion and gel deodorant to stop the itch. These are only temporary and soon i would be itching again. So next bite I get, I'm going to tape it up! (07/18/2006) By lifewithmadman RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hot water helps a lot too, as hot as you can stand it (07/24/2006) By Inga RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have been finding new mosquito bites every day for the past week! Yesterday, I found a new one that was huge!! To me, it looked like three bites in one. It was like 1/4" long and 1/8" wide. The swelling went down for a few hours, until something slightly brushed up against it. It started itching again and it also swelled up! Right now, it doesn't itch very bad, but as soon as it does itch, I am going to try this method. If this works for me, God Bless You. You will have made my life that much easier. (07/24/2006) By Itchy in Chelan, WA RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It works! Thanks (07/26/2006) By Donna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Over the weekend my feet and ankles got eaten up my mosquitoes and the itching has been driving me NUTS! I was looking online for something to stop the itching because nothing so far has worked and I came across this. I just tried it and it really works. It's only been a few minutes and the itching is gone. Thank you so much! (08/01/2006) By Lisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried that and it really worked another thing that works is if you take a wet bar of soap and rub it all over where you got bit. After a minute or so, the itching really stops! (08/02/2006) By Miss. sweet blood RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This definitely works. After hearing this, I thought of my own way to change it a little bit. I bought Alcohol wipes that would be used for acne or facial cleansing and I put a pad around an area where the bites were and I just wrapped my ankle with a Ace bandage and that worked also but the scotch tape works miracles (08/06/2006) By Pat RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Well, right now I have about 50 bites on my legs alone, and a few on my arm. I just used the tape method, and finally I'm getting some relief. Of course last night, I got absolutely NO sleep, so if this works while I'm working, the tape is definitely coming home with me! Thanks so much! (08/07/2006) By Jessica RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I got bit up on my feet and ankles on Sat night. I couldn't sleep a wink all night on Sunday. I came across your advice on Monday morning. Well it's been 20 minutes now and so far it is working. Thank you so much for the first relief I've had in over 24 hrs. Rubbing alcohol and tape? Go figure. (08/07/2006) By Dixie Joe RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites You da moma, just found this thread and poof! mosquito bite free, any more big moma remedies :). (08/14/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites THAT IS AWESOME! I don't know how you came up with that but WOW! THANKS! (08/19/2006) By Lisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites For the past 2 days I've been going nuts with the 40+ mosquito bites all over my legs (I had a campfire in my backyard with friends). I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to go online and look up some tricks to get the itching to stop. When I saw this idea, I thought it was pretty farfetched, but figured I'd try. I swear, it really works. I look kinda stupid with tape all over my legs, but if it'll get me to sleep, then I don't care! THANKS SO MUCH! :) (08/25/2006) By Josephine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much! It works! (08/28/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow Never Heard Of This Before, Gonna Try It Right Away! Thanx BigBadMama! By Sarah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, I just got bit, did what you told me, and what you said came true. Thanks! (08/30/2006) By Ryan RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hi there! I didn't have rubbing alcohol or tape, so I tried Witch Hazel. Takes three applications, but works. I would have tried the tape, but the witch hazel worked first. (09/26/2006) By Sunshine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks for sharing this tip. I was able to sleep again. It's a weird method but hey, it worked. (10/03/2006) By Pam RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay, this sounds really gross, but here goes. When I was about eleven years old, I got stung by a tiny Portuguese man'o war in Hawaii, and my cousin told me to put pee on it. I didn't do it, but just a couple weeks ago, I was itching like crazy from a mosquito bite during the night, and hydrocortisone cream wasn't working at all, and I didn't have anything else. So I tried a little pee and it got rid of the itch immediately. I guess it's cuz urine has such high ammonia content. What can I say? When you're desperate, you're desperate. Haven't tried the scotch tape yet, but I definitely will! (10/03/2006) By little momma! RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanx. This really worked well in my bites. (10/26/2006) By Stephanie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I cant believe it, I read this post and was in so much pain I had to gave it a go, my husband thinks I've gone mad. I'm in the bathroom taping up my legs with scotch tape, he thinks its a new form of waxing. I don't care it WORKS, the itching is gone, I love you forever! (11/27/2006) By ENGLISH ROSE RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Who'd think that mosquitoes eat you alive in Hawii? Well vacation changed! I'm covered in bites and I have been like this for hmmmm...... 4 days. Hope this works thanks cause it feels like it will. (12/24/2006) By Seinna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have never been bit by so many mosquitoes until I moved to Hawaii! They look at me like an all you can eat buffet! Thank you so much for the idea! I'm sitting here with tape on my foot right now :) That's right my foot! They will get to any part of me they can. (01/16/2007) By Tristanlie Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites What I do and this always works for me is if I can reach the mosquito bite, I squeeze it until i see a small drop of clear liquid come out. This is the mosquito venom and it gets most of it out. Of course, it leave a red mark for a day or so, but it stops itching instantly. That's my tip. Use it at your own risk... :) (03/16/2007) By David If you don't have any tape... The best way I've found to alleviate itching is to run hot water over the affected area, being careful not to scald yourself run the affected area under water "as hot as you can stand". You don't have to hold it under the hot water for long, just long enough for it to feel like the itching is getting worse. What the hot water does is it releases all of the histamines in the itchy area at one time. The histamines in the skin are what causes the "itchy" feeling. Once the histamines are released, it takes time for them to build up again. The effects of this treatment generally last between 2-6 hours. While temporary this remedy doesn't just lessen the itching, it stops the itching completely! This not only works for bites, but for poison ivy and any other causes of itching. It works wonders for poison ivy if used immediately before applying calamine lotion. Please do not use this remedy on young children. (03/19/2007) By Fallion RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites AMMONIA = In the "camping" area of large stores they sell tiny dauber tubes full of ammonia. You're supposed to daub a drop of ammonia onto the newly bitten area. Ammonia is supposed to stop itching, so why not apply it with a Q-tip instead of the fancy dauber & save a little money? If you're going camping or into "mosquito country", why not pack a few ammonia dipped Q-tips or cotton balls into a well-sealed small jar (or doubled zip-lock bags). Be sure to MARK YOUR CONTAINER and keep it away from kids! * After reading about the amazing TAPE remedy for bites, next time I get a bite, I'll use the Q-tip with ammonia tip, then when the ammonia is dry I'll apply a piece of scotch tape onto it. * Two tips in one! * (03/20/2007) By Cyinda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It's not so much the Tape, it's the blocking of air supply to the wound. If you have badly bitten fingers, a pair of tight rubber glove will do the trick. (03/27/2007) By For Years RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This really works! We just moved to Thailand from Canada, and I have been covered in mosquito bites for three weeks now. Anyhow, I covered all of my 'active' bites with scotch tape, and voila! The itching really did go away. So, even though I look strange - I counted 23 bites - I am not dreadfully itchy anymore. Thanks so much for the advice. (04/02/2007) By Leah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got back from Cuba and a few days later, as I was admiring my beautifully tanned legs, I noticed a bunch of red dots. I thought they were mosquito bites, but a friend told me they were actually sandfly bites. You know, like on Survivor when everyone has all those bites, same thing. So, clearly they're not mosquito because it had been about 3 days before any of them got itchy at all. Here I am, 8 days after my last night on the beach (by the way, don't spend time on the beach at night, it's beautiful and all, but a week later you'll still be paying for it!), and I woke up at 430 am with incredible itching. I've read here about some people having around 20 bites; I've got 22 on the lower part of my left leg alone (that's all I had the patience to count). I've been surfing around trying to find answers to stop the itching: use vegemite (well I don't keep that on my shelf at home), ammonia (I happen to be using a stick of After Bite and it seems I must have developed an immunity to it or something), and scotch tape. I'm sitting here with about 30 bits of scotch tape on my legs and only one or two spots is itching now. I think we might have found something! Maybe the ones that are still a bit irritated just need bigger bits of tape. I'll try that! Best of luck everyone!! (04/12/2007) By Monika RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked on 40 out of my 44 mosquito bites ! (05/17/2007) By AShley RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My husband and 4 year old went fishing, and of course my husband "forgot" the bug spray. So, for 2 nights and days my son has been miserable, so have I. Anyway, thank you for this tip. When it comes to my kids, I try to use the least amount of harmful chemicals. He is now a "happy camper!" (05/18/2007) By amseso RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I got bit overnight on three spots on my forehead. Iwake up to find three huge red bites on my face. I went on the web and saw this, it's been about 30 minutes now and the redness is gone. Thank you (05/21/2007) By Thank God I Saw this RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Re stopping itching from mozzy bites: I use rubbing alcohol, no Scotch tape. I just scratch the bite - quite hard - whilst rubbing the alcohol on. It does the trick every time.(05/22/2007) By Mick RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I was ravaged by black flies over the weekend and I was reading this hoping maybe it would work on relieving the itch from them too, but unfortunately it's not working. I'll have to try this next time I get bit by a mosquito though (05/29/2007) By Adirondackcamper RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Oh my goodness! I have exhausted the office's supply of scotch tape and now closely resemble a clear-wrapped mummy but at least I am comfortable. Thanks a lot for the tip. (05/29/2007) By Jenn RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It doesn't really work, I could still feel itching under the tape =[ (05/31/2007) By honey1 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got wasted by mosquitoes over the last week. Probably had 40 of them or more. I tried this and also put some melaleuca oil, which my mother in law claims cures anything, on it first and it worked! I have tape all over my legs but it's not itching! Very cool. Thanks big mama (06/08/2007) By Rob RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites OMG I just found this because my family had a bonfire a few nights ago and Im normally never bitten, but I woke up yesterday morning with at least 20 bites all over my shins, ankles, and feet. I tried calamine lotion, but it didn't help and just smelled really bad. So I found this and it is helping so much it's not even funny. As soon as I put the alcohol on the itching stopped, but I thought I would add the tape just so I don't get the temptation to itch. I have had the tape on for about 1 hour now and it's working wonderfully. The only problem is that the tape is starting to fall off=]] (06/12/2007) By Kelly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites IT FRICKEN WORKS! Today I was in my pool, me and my mom an dad made a fire andIi got like 3 mosquito bites near the same spot. I put some alcohol and some scotch tape and waited 30 minutes then take it off. I was like "OMG IT WORKS, I'M GONNA GO POST A COMMENT." (06/17/2007) By Matthew RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites OMG that works really well. I got over thirty mosquito bites on one arm when I went hiking at Erma Bell lakes in Oregon with my summer camp. I look dorky but feel great! Thank you SOOOOOO much! (06/22/2007) By Kelso Belso RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey Duck Tape also works! (06/28/2007) By Mike RE: See above The humor in all this is that no one looks at sites like these unless they've been bitten. I'm serious; anyways, I'm taped up ATM as well and awaiting the results. I usually put pressure on the bite spot to spread the poison around rather than let it stay concentrated, the problem with that is then you have what looks like a welt on yourself. The swelling is going down with the tape and it's only been 10minutes, stellar. (06/28/2007) By Ganz RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried the alcohol and tape, but it kept falling off. Then I grabbed the Elmer's Glue and dabbed some over my bites and it worked just as good or better! These bites have been driving me crazy for over a week now and I can't even sleep. Hopefully the glue stays on all night and I get a good nights rest! (06/29/2007) By Cindy in the Poconos RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hi! I am camping in Greenport NY and we were attacked by mosquitoes or gnats, not sure which one but they were biting, BAD. Well I tried the alcohol and scotch tape, but it really didn't work and the tape didn't stay stuck. Then I was in my hubby's truck and found some electrical tape, on for an hour and feeling better but I think I made the tape to tight. Thanks for the advice, if this doesn't work in the AM, I am going to do a Baking Soda foot soak. My son got covered in Poison Ivy and Baking Soda (LOTS). Bath cleared it up in 1 day. Not itch, weeping or anything. Back to basics is the way to go! (07/06/2007) By Liz RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I wonder if Clear Fingernail Polish would also work? Hmmm, I wonder if it's the lack of oxygen to the bite, or the way we tend to leave tape and glue alone? Who cares! Whatever WORKS! My money is on the Elmers Glue (it comes in regular or in School Glue, which is washable) * But, I would use Alcohol to disinfect and clean the area first. PLUS: the alcohol will make the tape or glue stick better too. (07/06/2007) By Cyinda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought all you people were crazy as loons talking about ridding the mosquito itch with tape. But here I sit, at 1:43AM, with 20 or so bites from Fourth of July antics, and I try the alcohol AND the tape (thank goodness for this extra tape I have from Christmas!) and...WALAAA! The itch is gone and I can sleep instead of netsurf.... (07/07/2007) By Melibel RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Mosquitoes in New Jersey are awful this year. They're biting like dogs. Well, I was eaten alive over the weekend and just found your scotch tape suggestion. IT'S EXCELLENT AND IT WORKS! We're heading to Jamaica for a month and I've already got a roll of tape in the bag. : )(b)(/b) (07/10/2007) By Mike from NJ RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm sitting here at 2:38 am... I've tried this and hope it works.. I didn't sleep last night and I'm working on sleepless night #2. So far seems good - except one bite is still stinging. Going to put a new piece of tape on and try to sleep. So far, so good - Thanks!! (07/15/2007) By Moira RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have 148 mosquito bites.. I counted them Starting at the top: 1 on my chin, 29 on my left arm, 18 right arm, 4 on my stomach, 3 on my back, 2 on my bum, 55 on my left leg, 34 on my right leg. And they all itch so much. The tape is working actually, thanks for the idea (07/16/2007) By Kristen RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought this sounded ridiculous but it worked. I ran out of tape at work and so I tried the only sticky thing I could find - a post it note! And it's worked. I was going out of my mind before and now I can finally stop scratching. Thank you so much for posting! (07/17/2007) By Vanessa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The tape helps some what but I'm still looking for a cure all. The nice thing about using tape is when you walk it feels like it's scratching the itch as it rips out hairs. Heat definitely is a temporary help. I have something called the itch zapper and its a great temporary relief but the itch comes back in a hr or so. I have found the best thing to help is swimming in the ocean the salt water helps or swimming in a pool that has just been shocked, just be careful to keep the water out of your eyes. I have also taken salt and taped the salt crystals directly to the bite and that helps. I constantly get attacked by mosquitoes I'm addicted to diet soda i drink at least 3 2 liter bottles of diet soda a day and mosquitoes are attracted to the co2 (07/18/2007) By mustang03282 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay. So let's break it down scientifically, since you guys started to sound like my 8-year old brother. The itch, which is observed in mosquito bites is due to the stretching of the skin caused my inflammation. So, skin is stretched, only that very top layer of skin that is. Once that happens the itching sensation which makes you want to scratch that top skin surface (remove it) so that a new skin can grow instead. The scotch tape in this case (for those that worked for them) was tightly stuck to the skin, and when taken off took that top skin layer with minimal irritation because it's a swift action, alcohol rubbing helped making sure the live skin underneath is exposed to sterile surface, thus the alcohol use before and after. For those that did work for you, it's because of two reasons. Reason 1: the bite was overly scratched and it's a matter if infected bite now rather than a sensitive spot and reason 2: the method was not applied correctly but either not letting the alcohol dry off completely before applying the tape or the tape quality/characteristic doesn't provide intimate contact with the skin that will take out with it the top skin layer. So... no toxins or whatsoever was taken by the tape. No magic glue material doing the job either, but merely anything other than remove that dead skin is just because you stimulated another form of pain sensation that overwhelmed the nerves and took over the mild itch. My therapy is: cold water with moisturizing soap and brush off and clean the area of the bite and around it. Dry it gently, then sterilize with alcohol or peroxide or others. Then expose to open air with no cloths. Optional: apply menthol cream (the blue muscle pain relief cream) or an ointment such as hydrocortizone or zinc oxide (diaper rash creams) to speed up the recovery. And voila! (07/18/2007) By Bilal Packing tape sticks the best I always clean first with a cotton ball dabbed in alcohol and then use packing tape. It sticks better and doesn't fall off. When I treat using this method as soon as I've been bitten, the bites are a tiny red dot. If I don't use this method, they get as wide as an orange. So I don't know what it does, but it works and that's all I need to know! (07/21/2007) By Christine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got a nasty bite while walking my folks dog out here in Hilton Head, SC. We joke that mosquitoes are the state bird because there are so many and EVERYTIME you go outside, you definitely get bite. I have the tape on now and the itch stopped. Is the alcohol still necessary with the tape though. I put it on just in case. Thanks Big Momma (08/24/2007) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The tape idea works great, until it starts peeling off. You just have to reapply it after about 5-6 hours. (08/26/2007) By me RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried a couple things and clear nail polish worked really nicely. I just washed the bite off and spread it on and around my bite then left it on over night. I'll try this though. It sounds a little wacky but lots of people say it works. Thanks. (09/04/2007) By Tilly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites We were sitting here at work (on a rainy day) and doing nothing but itching our many, many, many mosquito bites. We needed relief! We found the story about the scotch tape and tried it, but we only had the ammonia based product. It still worked we have now been itch free for about an hour. Our co-workers think we are crazy but who cares. We may look like a package waiting to be shipped ups but we are not scratching! THANKS - VICKI and ARASILI (09/07/2007) By cow102674 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Mamma, you are a GODDESS! I have 154 bites on my feet, toes and ankles, I've been up for 24 hours, and the tape is a godsend, I think I might be able to sleep, I'm highly allergic to skeeters,and they love my diabetic blood. I got annihilated yesterday, and they have been itching like crazy since then. I have also mass dosed myself with benadryl, and even that didn't help. Thank the Goddess for you! (09/10/2007) By MicheleMarie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks so much for idea, I did not sleep at all last night and up this morning to find something to help it. I'm allergic to these bites they swelled up to golf ball size and I put Tape on it and guess what no itching, you are the best and I wish I could thank you in person Thanks again :) (10/16/2007) By Chad RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dear god, please let this idea work. 2 minutes later =D works like a charm (10/29/2007) By Murfsta RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites To the lady that started this thread, thank you. I think you're an angel in disguise. It actually works. Now I'm off to go to sleep. (12/08/2007) By Tess RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Does it still work if I was bitten two days ago and the bites are still itching? Guess I'll try it anyway, nothing to lose. (01/30/2008) By Kimbi RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The tape seems to be working for me. I've only had it on for about fifteen seconds or so, but it's making rather good progress. ^__^ Also trying the bites that don't itch anymore but are still red. (03/08/2008) By Anon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, this is a really great tip. I'm all for weird remedies when it comes to skin ailments as long as they work. This definitely fits the bill! I am mildly allergic to mosquitoes and will get those ugly half-dollar sized swellings, but now that I'm covered in masking tape I am finally breathing a sigh of relief! (03/15/2008) By cetaphil RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have read countless articles and blogs about how to stop the itch of a mosquito bite. 2 words is all you need to know. Lemon Juice. The real stuff. Take a paper napkin, dab a little on the napkin, wipe over the affected area and the itch is instantly gone and in a few minutes, the welts are gone. No BS here. Try it. Later! (03/22/2008) By g-man RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I easily get about 10 bites in one area when outside. I just came back from camping and have them all over the top of my feet and ankles. I read this article grabbed some scotch tape at my desk and the intense itching stopped! Thanks! (04/28/2008) By boredatwork RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My 5 year old daughter, who could not sleep due to itching, got 3 bites, on both her ankles, and one on her thigh. I tried the tape. She is now finally asleep! THANK YOU SO MUCH! (04/29/2008) By betsy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay so this Anon posted and I would really like to know your results! Please post back, it's killing me! (05/02/2008) By Steinbrenner Editor's Note: It has been almost two months so it is unlikely that they will return to this site. We have had a lot of reports about this working though. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought for sure that all of the positive responses were as a result of psychosomatic suggestion. As it turns out, no matter how hard I try to be the skeptic, the tape actually worked. It takes a few minutes to work but it is a wonderful relief. I used rubbing alcohol to clean the area first and gave it few seconds to dry and then I applied the tape. Within 5 minutes the itching was relieved. I believe I was bitten by a horse or deer fly. The bites were red and swollen and have now reduced in size, color and irritation. Kudos to the curious fellow/lady who decided to experiment by putting tape on their bite! (05/02/2008) By Michelle RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm still speechless. It's 3:17 am and I'm covered in tape. Whoever thought that such a simple item can solve the misery. I've suffered every summer for the past 20 years. (05/04/2008) By Crystal RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks heavens for the Internet and you! I have surfed and surfed for mosquito bite relief ideas and finally found this site! What a godsend! Now, usually, if I know if have been bitten, I do the hot water trick, because it really works. But that only works if you do it right away, and sometimes I wake up with bites that I didn't know about the next day, and then later they itch so much that I can't stand it. I have tried every home remedy and product out there, and was going to beg my Dr. for yet another Rx cream to try, but not now! Now, I did try scotch tape at first, and it still itched, just not as much. So I took that off and used a bigger piece of duct tape, and WoW! Relief! Thank you, thank you, thank you! p.s. I also use duct tape on my forehead lines every night. Kind of like a poor man's botox. It works great, too. Use as many layers as it takes to immobilize the frown muscles. :) Thank you again for the relief and the sleep. This is truly wonderful and so easy! (05/07/2008) By Desparate in OK RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This really works! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! (05/07/2008) By Desparate in OK RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have to say... THIS IS AMAZING. When I first read this I thought with how can this possibly work? It's been about 5 minutes since I put duct tape on my bites and I don't feel anything. Thank you so much (05/20/2008) By Andrew RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Well, I tried it about an hour ago, and so far, its working. I have about 20 bites so let's see if it gets me through the night. Thanks! (06/01/2008) By Marcie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have a postage stamp and some Fashion Tape on my 5 bites that I got over night and it's working so far! Only been about 5 minutes but anything sticky seems to work! I AM IN LOVE (06/07/2008) By Crystal RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Liquidskin also work well and as a bonus it is also antiseptic. It's the type of liquid bandage that you can buy at the pharmacy to replace a bandaid plaster. it also help the healing process a lot and it is free of dangerous chemical that duct tape has. (one of my cat died after licking a bit of duck tape!) Liquidskin is safe as it is designed to be used on skin and wounds, even bleeding ones. (06/10/2008) By Daniella RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow. It really works. After I applied the tape the itch tapered off and then stopped all together. This bite has been bothering me for 3 days now too and now I finally feel relief. Thanks for the tip, I will be sure to pass it on! (06/10/2008) By Misia RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites After uselessly applying anti-itch creams like crazy, I can't believe the solution was right on my desk! I'm covered in tape, but not itchy at all! Thank you! (06/10/2008) By Lukky RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm usually very skeptical about stuff like this, but tried it anyway. It does work. It took roughly 15-20 minutes after I applied the alcohol and tape before I felt no itchiness at all. I'm going to tell my friends and family about this nifty tip. Thanks a lot! (06/11/2008) By Barbara RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much. (06/11/2008) By Name here RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love the tape, hadn't heard of it before and some more tips that have helped with mosquito bites: If you've been bitten but don't have ANYTHING around to put on the bite, just use spit. it takes down some of the swelling and itching, not as effective as some other things but at least provides some relief. For really swollen bites, tigerbalm helps reduce it. As a preventative measure: mosquitoes HATE the smell of lavender. plant lavender in your garden or use lavender oil on your skin will lessen the mosquito's attraction to you. I hate using the lemony chemical stuff from the apothecary so this works and smells much better! (06/13/2008) By moustique RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites In response to the posting on 07/18/2007 by "Bilal"... the reason why mosquito bites itch is because of the insect's saliva. When she bites, the saliva is mixed with our blood because it acts as an anticoagulant. The saliva triggers our bodies immune response and releases histamines at the site of the the bite. These histamines are why the bites itch! (06/16/2008) By JennyBug RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It surprisingly works! I used just a piece of scotch tape. I seem to have gotten several on both my legs. The bites were extremely itchy so I searched stop itching and this came up. I put a small pieces of tape covering the bites, and ta da! NO MORE ITCHING! Good job, tape! (06/19/2008) By bug scratcher RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked! I ran upstairs after reading this and put scotch tape on the worse bites (I have 34 bites) and now it isn't itchy! Right now, I have 7 pieces of tape on 7 bug bites! THANKS! (06/22/2008) By Dana RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just used antiperspirant (deodorant) to make my 4 year old stop bawling over an itchy bug bite in the middle of the night. After 15 minutes of trying hand cream, diaper cream, tape and everything else... deodorant worked instantly. It's worth the try. Now we are both gonna get some sleep! (06/24/2008) By Shannon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I cant wait to try this thanks (06/24/2008) By rebab RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow this sounds really good. Hopefully it will work! Just yesterday, and I was only outside for maybe 30 minutes and it seems as if a mosquito ate me up each minute because I have 32 (I counted!) So I begged my mom to pick up any thick sort of tape and rubbing alcohol and it better work! I have like five ginormous ones on my left arm and one on my ankle, aaah! (06/26/2008) By Nicole. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I also had a huge mosquito bite that itched so bad that made me think of me cutting off my skin where my mosquito bite was at. So I went on the internet to find something to stop it and I found this and it works now I'm always using this "method" p.s. Can I use this for my children? (06/29/2008) By ghostwhisper RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites There is no such thing as mosquito venom/poison, its your own immune systems attacking the bite's area. (07/04/2008) By Anon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I've known this remedy for years. And yes, it usually works. I think it has something to do with the air exposure to the bite location making it itch. Tape cuts off exposure to the outermost layer of skin. (07/05/2008) By Shiggity RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got a new puppy so I've been spending more time outside at night working on housetraining and such, so I've recently become a mosquito buffet.. At current count i have 10 in various stages of itching and healing on my legs! On Thursday at work the itching was unbearable.... neither the hydrocortisone cream or spray worked for me, went out on the internet and found this post. I just happened to have some scotch tape at my desk so I put some on and PRESTO! Itching relieved by about 98%! Something so simple can provide so much relief. In the next couple days i experimented with other tapes and so far old fashioned masking tape works the best by far. Thanks so much for this post. I've been telling everyone! (07/05/2008) By justnbexxx RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you! It does relieve the itch a bit. I only had masking tape, but it's working so far. I've only had it on for 15 minutes or so, but I'm definitely glad to have some relief. (07/06/2008) By Heather Hopkins RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Didn't work for me. I put the tape on the bites that were irritating me. It's been 10 minutes and they're still itchy. (07/07/2008) By Jenna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I could not believe it would work but I had nothing to lose and tried it. Thank goodness I did. Relief! (07/08/2008) By Melissa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I was at a birthday party two days ago and stepped outside to stretch after eating a lot of good food. A few minutes later, my legs started itching intensely. I tried Afterbite, alcohol, and Benadryl with very minimal relief. I was about to try a baking soda paste when I decided to check online for relief ideas. Am I glad I did that. If I had checked this out before this morning, I would not have had a sleepless night and missed work today. Thank you, IT WORKS! (07/14/2008) By wanda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! (07/14/2008) By Tiana RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Tape did NOT work for me! i didn't use rubbing alcohol, so maybe that is a key step. Lemon juice worked a little. (07/17/2008) By bill RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites omg. This stopped my itching! I'm so glad I found this in time! Thank you lots! My mom didn't believe me but when she tried it she was like, "wow, it works! Who would of thought tape would stop the itching!" Thank you! (07/18/2008) By Natalie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, thanks for that good hint. I haven't had a chance to use it yet (the bastards always seem to bite you on the back where you can't easily reach!). Anyway, I'm out of my regular stuff and thought I'd try Google (Sure enough, I was bound to find a few. Yours is the only one I read). My "regular stuff" does a good job at eliminating the itch. It's called Bactine. It's a clear fluid, like water, and can be picked up at most any pharmacy. One touch with a few drops and the itch is quickly gone. (07/20/2008) By Gary RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks! Works great. (07/23/2008) By Marie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Another thing you may want to try (if you don't want tape covering your whole body) is putting petroleum jelly on the bitten area. It does the same thing tape does and lasts a bit longer. I have been using an anti-itch cream as a base and putting petroleum jelly on top to seal it from air - works great. The whole reason these work (petroleum jelly, tape, liquidskin, nail polish) is because they stop the bite from getting air, which is what makes the bite swollen and itchy. :) (07/24/2008) By Kristin RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you! I have 7 bites (not sure what kind of insect, I'm guessing a spider). I have been using hydro cortisone with little success. I read your post and had Bactine (didn't realize it helped with excruciating itching!) It worked, instantly! You are the best! (07/26/2008) By Itchy in Ohio RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I somehow got a LOT of mosquito bites recently - over ten and a lot on my feet. I'll see if this works, though I believe my feet may look funny. ha ha (08/02/2008) By A knew idea I haven't tried this yet but mine and yours go together. I never thought this would work till I did it. what u do is tape a penny over your bug bite and about 20 min later its gone. The itch, not he bug bite. If you leave it on for too long then the area you put the penny will be green. Like 9 or 10 hours I'm talking though. and I have found the putting tape over the penny works better but a plain penny still works. (08/03/2008) By Bobby RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hello all, I have about 20 bites that have been driving me crazy for several weeks now. I have tried caladryl and benadryl and it only helps temporarily. I did the alcohol and tape and it stopped the itching! Who would've thought! Thank you! (08/03/2008) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much for the advise. My 2 year old daughter got some nasty mosquito bites and she has been itching them. I did the tape and alcohol and it seems like they are not bothering her anymore. Thanks again. (08/17/2008) By Adam -Pittsfield Ma RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I think covering a bite makes it less irritated from clothes or other things rubbing it, which is always what starts the itch for me. (08/27/2008) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love you. Seriously. I've keep getting these bites on my upper thighs, and have been scratching them so hard that they'd get huge and swollen, and I'd sometimes break the skin. This stops all that. I worship you from afar... (08/29/2008) By Jenni RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just used this it works AMAZING! But can you use an alcohol pad? Well that's what I did just now so hopefully it works! It feels a ton better already! THANK-YOU. I have millions of bug bites on my legs and arms. (08/31/2008) By Yummy88 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites At first I cut off pieces of tape that were sorta small and it didn't work it was still itchy as hell and I finally just ended up wrapping tape around my ankle where I have like 5 bites and it does start to work. I guess its best to cover the whole area around your bite. Thank you for the help. (09/01/2008) By Douglas RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have 41 mosquito bites after going to a dock at night in the summer and have been trying everything. I feel like a science experiment with Vicks on one, witch hazel on another, tooth paste, alcohol, baking soda, tape, and so far the two best are Vicks and the tape. The tape is a little annoying itself, but if it works. I'm happy. (09/01/2008) By Cecilia RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dear 'Big Bad Mama' YOU ROCK!! Thank you! In addition to 20 bites on my legs, I took my dog for a walk covered in bug spray because I am tired of the swollen bites I have been itching in MISERY... Well, I forgot to put the spray on my neck and they got me! I was in tears of frustration I am so fed up with these bites. I googled a remedy because the plethora of products I have bought to relieve the itch (which is now enough to send the drug store owners kid to college I bought so many different ones) don't work. Your remedy popped up and I ran try it. Ahhhhh......I can feel human again. All the good karma and happy stuff thrown your way. Thank you!! (09/07/2008) By nedley71 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have read every entry on this thread, and though mosquito bites are the dreads. I have had to laugh. Some of you people were funny. I too suffer from those curses of nature, but here is something that will help stop them in the first place, at least around your house. Assuming you don't have stand water for them to breed, here is one thing that Mosquitoes absolutely hate and that is garlic. When I have had to go out at night on the porch I would rub a clove of garlic on my neck or arms and they wont touch you. If you Google garlic spray for your yard one light spraying will keep them out of your yard for up to a month. It comes in one gallon cans and is sprayed on with a regular home bug sprayer. Do your grass bushes and plants ans they won't come around at all. It even works for camping areas It won't send them out of the forest but will protect you in the immediately area. Works good. While walking away from your camp site a necklace of garlic will keep them away from you. I know were talking about Mosquitoes not vampires, but aren't they one in the same? Good Luck (09/22/2008) By John RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Mosquitoes don't inject poison, that is your own bodily fluids. Also, do not apply rubbing alcohol as it will dry out the skin and irritate it more. (09/24/2008) By Brian RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It works for other itching, too. I just covered my itchy ankles with strapping tape and it worked right away. I have no idea why they are doing are doing this , but for 2 weeks my ankles and feet have been swollen, bright red, burning, and itching. My BP is fine so I figure it's probably an allergy since I am allergic to everything or something circulatory with my varicose veins and my sensitivity to cold and dampness. Anyway, it works. No sleeping pills needed tonight, thank you so much. (09/29/2008) By Northwinns RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My bites just started itching and since I am at work, I don't have access to a lot of stuff but I do have hand sanitizer on my desk so I decided to try and the itching stopped immediately. (10/16/2008) By Heather RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I haven't tried it yet, but it seems like it has been working for others, so I'm gonna go find some tape and hope it works! (11/03/2008) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks so much mate, this worked instantly. Awkward method but it helped the mozzie bite on my foot and it was driving me crazy. Again thanks dude :-) (12/18/2008) By Alex RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It really does work. I have about 10-15 bites on each leg and was scratching up a storm. Applied tape and bingo no more scratching. Looks kind-a funny though! (01/05/2009) By April It works! I originally read about the hot water trick in the Bottom Line newsletter years ago, and it works every time. Use running water or a soaked wash cloth as hot as you can possibly stand for 1-2 min. Immediate relief. You may have to repeat if the water isn't hot enough the first time. It should only be done on yourself, not others such as small kids. Also, it's a lot of work if you have lots of bites in hard-to-reach areas. I got bit last night and had too many in hard-to-reach places for the hot water trick, so I tried the tape. It started working as soon as I put it on! Thanks for sharing, and thanks to Google for finding. +1 Karma (01/13/2009) By Bill RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Although most will tell you that leaving the area exposed is better, if you can't stop yourself from itching it, it is definitely better to cover it regardless of what some say. Tape is a good idea as it prevents you from touching the area (as itching will cause further inflammation and more swelling). Alcohol is good to use before and after and even if your not using tape (like for almost healed bites), just make sure it has dried in before applying the tape and that the surrounding skin is dry too. You are in a hot country and heat causes humidity so chances are your skin is constantly hot and moist. Stand in front of a fan to make sure the alcohol dries in before applying tape. Also, try to keep cool, as feeling hot makes you itch more! Having AC (Air-Conditioning) where you stay/sleep is a bonus as it keeps your skin cooler as opposed to constantly hot and moist, it will stop bites from swelling bigger and the coolness helps it to heal much quicker, what's more it keeps the ghastly mosquitoes away!, (fans blow hot air after a while). Ultimately the best way to stop itching is to avoid being bitten too much, by minimizing exposure. This does not mean spending the rest of your holiday under what I call the mosquito net prison! Lol. But do take the usual precautions especially when traveling with children, there are many online information sites. Good luck! (02/27/2009) By G from Jamaica RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This sounds nuts, but it works! Got about 8 mosquito bites while outside last night, which had already welted up and started to itch. I came in within about 10 minutes and gave each bite a good vigorous rubbing with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol on some cotton. Then I put on the Scotch tape, and left it on for about 3 1/2 hours. Today, I can't even tell I ever had bites, even after taking a warm shower, which usually reactivates itching for me. I only see two bites today - one that I missed and didn't treat until about an hour after the others, and that one doesn't itch at all today, it's just red. And there was one on my arm that I missed treating completely, which is still red and itchy today. But those two are kind of like "controls" in my experiment, so I know this alcohol/tape thing works! And I usually always have these items on hand, and they are not messy like some other remedies I have heard of. I didn't see any stuff on the tape like the original post describes, but it worked anyway. Thanks Big Bad Mama for the info! (05/26/2009) By Marie58 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dude, I had over 53 stupid bites! They drove me crazy for a day. I found this, and tried it. Within like 20 minutes the bites stopped itching, and I'm so happy! (06/18/2009) By K-psycho Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Remedy for Itching Mosquito Bites Archived on 07/15/2009 To take the itch out of mosquito bites, and make them go away within a few days - rub the bite with a small piece of cut onion a few times a day. The juice neutralizes the itch and helps heal the bite. The more often you apply, the sooner the bite disappears. Everyone who tries it is astounded! I've heard it may work on other insect bites, but have not tried it on anything other than mosquito bites. Source: Farmers Almanac By Shelli from Boise, ID Feedback: RE: Remedy for Itching Mosquito Bites I've also found putting on clear nail polish on a mosquito bite works. Let it dry and leave it alone. Re-apply as neccesary. (06/25/2009) By blackhawks81 RE: Remedy for Itching Mosquito Bites A dab of ammonia is great for mosquito bites that you haven't scratched yet. (06/27/2009) By amhappy Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Remedy for Itching Mosquito Bites Archived on 07/15/2009 Hate that itch when you've been bitten by a mosquito? Well I stumbled upon a way to end the itch of a mosquito bite instantly! I hate mosquitos. I hate the awful itch that comes from their bite-even more. One spring morning I was cleaning my yard and carefully removing any stagnant water from around my potted plants, when I got a nasty bite from a mosquito. I went inside to get rubbing alcohol to put on the bite and some calamine lotion. I located the rubbing alcohol, in the medicine cabinet-but realized I was out of calamine lotion. I put the rubbing alcohol on my skin, and of course - began to scratch the irritated bite area. Needless to say-that itch can be unbearable and cause the skin around the bite to swell. To make a long story short - after I applied the rubbing alcohol, I put a piece of scotch tape directly on top of the bite and to my surprise - the itch stopped - immediately! I left the tape on for about 4 hours and when I pulled the tape off, I could actually see the poison extract from the mosquito - on the tape. Somehow the adhesive on the tape collected the fluid from the bite and I held the tape up to the light and I could see the tiny penetration hole on the tape from where I was bit. I have been using tape to end itching form mosquito bites ever since. It's funny how a simple piece of scotch tape can halt an unbearable itch. Apparently, the tape keeps the area around the bite from naturally expanding. After I removed the tape there was no further itching and no black mark left. I put some more rubbing alcohol on the skin after removing the tape. I know it may sound weird, but the next time you get a irritating mosquito insect bite, after you place your antiseptic on the bite-place a piece of scotch tape directly on top of that bite and feel instant relief with no insatiable urge-to scratch! By Big Bad Mama Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Archived on 06/24/2009 Hate that itch when you've been bitten by a mosquito? Well I stumbled upon a way to end the itch of a mosquito bite instantly! I hate mosquitoes. I hate the awful itch that comes from their bite-even more. One spring morning I was cleaning my yard and carefully removing any stagnant water from around my potted plants, when I got a nasty bite from a mosquito. I went inside to get rubbing alcohol to put on the bite and some calamine lotion. I located the rubbing alcohol, in the medicine cabinet-but realized I was out of calamine lotion. I put the rubbing alcohol on my skin, and of course - began to scratch the irritated bite area. Needless to say-that itch can be unbearable and cause the skin around the bite to swell. To make a long story short - after I applied the rubbing alcohol, I put a piece of scotch tape directly on top of the bite and to my surprise - the itch stopped - immediately! I left the tape on for about 4 hours and when I pulled the tape off, I could actually see the poison extract from the mosquito - on the tape. Somehow the adhesive on the tape collected the fluid from the bite and I held the tape up to the light and I could see the tiny penetration hole on the tape from where I was bit. I have been using tape to end itching form mosquito bites ever since. It's funny how a simple piece of scotch tape can halt an unbearable itch. Apparently, the tape keeps the area around the bite from naturally expanding. After I removed the tape there was no further itching and no black mark left. I put some more rubbing alcohol on the skin after removing the tape. I know it may sound weird, but the next time you get a irritating mosquito insect bite, after you place your antiseptic on the bite-place a piece of scotch tape directly on top of that bite and feel instant relief with no insatiable urge-to scratch! By Big Bad Mama Feedback: RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love it! Crazy! But I will definitely try it! I hate those damn boogers, although they may love me! (10/02/2004) By Marni RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This is very bizarre, but I tried this, and it mostly works. It took 33 pieces of Scotch tape! (We have stealth mosquitos here in South Louisiana; you don't know you're being bitten until all of a sudden you're going insane from the itching.) I've tried heat, alcohol, witch hazel, ammonia, soap and cold water, vinegar, various creams -- everything! But I have to say, the tape works better than anything! Thank you, Big Bad Mama! (04/15/2005) By Astrafiama Relieve Itching of Mosquito Bites With a Q-tip, dab straight ammonia on individual bites. Helps relieve itching and is one of the ingredients in the product Afterbite. By Tori (04/18/2005) By ThriftyFun RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The ammonia works for me. I am the only one in my family that gets attacked. Does anyone know why mosquitoes prefer one person to the other? I was stung six times by a wasp last summer -- it went in my shirt, down my back. I immediately used ammonia and the pain disappeared. I was at my niece's and was telling her to keep clear ammonia on hand for insect bites and stings. Within five minutes, her husband came in from the yard and said he was stung by a bee. He used the ammonia and the pain disappeared. If the stinger is in your skin, you are supposed to scrape it out, a cleaned credit card will help. (04/18/2005) By mkymlp Relieve Itching from Mosquito Bites Dab bites with Listerine mouthwash or its generic equivalent. By truerblue (04/20/2005) By ThriftyFun Mosquito Bites Dab mosquito bites with vinegar to soothe the itch. By truerblue (04/23/2005) By ThriftyFun RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I found this website while searching about mosquitoes. They are killing me now. I have in this room about 150 mosquito all flying on my head and biting my skin, all my body aches. I wanna cry but I can't. I always complain about mosquitoes! I use Colonia or whatever you call it to stop the pain. It stops it immediately! But I don't have one in the house now and I can't stop the pain. lol =( (i) Help meeee! (/i) (b) Bye, I gotta go to school! ~_~ (/b) (04/29/2005) By Sarah. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks Big Bad Mama. My 5 1/2 year old daughter was itching like crazy so I tried your scotch tape idea and it worked on her instantly!!! (05/07/2005) By Amy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The vinegar made my bites feel a little better, but then they started to itch worse than before, I think I need the ammonia (05/28/2005) By Jamie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Vitamin C will stop the itching and speed the healing of all insect bites. The more bites you, have the more Vitamin C you need. Take enough to stop the itching and keep the level nearly that high while they heal. Vitamin C is safe. An overdose is not absorbed and will remain in your digestive system. Vitamin C powder is called Vitamin C Crystals is the best way to take high levels without the binders that tablets must include. The binders might be safe but too much makes my stomach rebel. (06/09/2005) By Barbaral RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Big Bad Mama, I just got a dozen mosquito bites as I was chasing fireflies outside and the itch was driving me nuts. Well, I looked up a remedy and found yours and IT WORKS! I grew up on the island of Okinawa Japan and always used a product called Moohi. It's a cream that smells like Icy Hot, but it got rid of the mosquito bite in one day. Japanese use a lot of natural remedies for things, so I am not sure exactly what was in it that made it work, but it did. Well, there is no Moohi in the U.S. but you can best believe that I will stock up on scotch tape now! Thank you so much! (06/21/2005) By Miss Butterfly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks for the help. The itch went away but I ran out of scotch tape lol. I have over 20 mosquito bites and it's driving me crazy! lol but the scotch tape is working so far thanks so much (07/04/2005) By Paul RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just put the scotch tape on my 5 year old boy: 10:20pm. Here I am at 10:34 and he is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Thank you so much ! (07/17/2005) By Motherof4 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just covered (and counted!) 46 Mosquito Bites on my feet and ankles (after a weekend of camping) with your suggested Rubbing Alcohol and Scotch Tape. Amazingly, the horrible itching is gone!! And it's only been about one minute. Thanks so much for the tip! (07/18/2005) By Leah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just covered (and counted!) 46 Mosquito Bites on my feet and ankles (after a weekend of camping) with your suggested Rubbing Alcohol and Scotch Tape. Amazingly, the horrible itching is gone!! And it's only been about one minute. Thanks so much for the tip! (07/18/2005) By Leah Scotch Tape and The Mosquito Bite This morning I was stung twice by a mosquito. I was very upset because normally, I am allergic to the bite. The area swells up to the size of a quarter. I decided to look on the net for a good way to reduce the swelling time. I came across this thread, and I tried it. Three hours after placing the scotch tape over the mosquito bite, the skin showed no signs of a bite. Thank You So Much(07/21/2005) By Red RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked for me! Just told my Dad, he gets them all the time from being outside at night, thanks! (09/11/2005) By Natv_Texan i LOVE IT omgosh. I swell up when I get bitten by mosquitoes and I itch like crazy but I've tried your quick-relief trick, and OMG it works like MAGIC. You are AWESOME! You should come out with a patent product and make some money! (09/18/2005) By Cindy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Does it work even if you didn't put the tape on the bite till the next day? (01/09/2006) By Maria RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just read this and recently bought a little book on many ways to use vinegar, white and cider. It says that applying a cotton ball dipped in vinegar helps stop the itch of mosquito and other insect bites as well as poison ivy or poison oak rashes. To keep gnats and mosquitoes at bay, moisten a cotton ball with white vinegar and rub it over your exposed skin. An old Army trick to keep away ticks and mosquitoes: about three days before you leave on a camping trip, start taking 1 tablespoon of cider vinegar three times a day. Continue throughout our outing and you just might return home without a bite! (01/09/2006) By Anonymous RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites By pro RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried the tape suggestion and it worked great. I had many sleepless nights before the tape and now I get my sleep. I did find I had to keep replacing the tape every 6 hours or so and after a day or two I could stop using it. I never found that it got rid of it in a day. This is the best thing I have found to stop the itching. Thanks a million times over! (01/19/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites If I could, I would nominate you for Sainthood. Just tried your suggestion and it is working on 8 out of 9 bites. This might be the first summer that I don't have horrible scabs on my legs from all the itching. I have no idea what made you think of scotch tape and ammonia, but bless you for doing so. Thank you! (04/20/2006) By Christina RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much for posting this, it really does work, I was going out of my mind with itching because this weekend I slept at a friend's open lake house and must have gotten bit a thousand times in my sleep. I looked on the internet and found this. Now thanks to my father's many office supplies, I can rest easy. THANK YOU! (05/30/2006) By Britt RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This is unbelievable. A mosquito got under my sheets somehow last night and absolutely mauled me, I feel so much better after using the scotch tape! Thank you! (06/01/2006) By Julie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I had never heard of putting tape on them before , but my son gets bit up really bad during the summer, I'll have to give this a try. Thanks for the tip (06/01/2006) By Mrs.Rem05 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Clear nail polish will also work (06/01/2006) By imaqt1962 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I had a huge mosquito bite and it itched like crazy! When ever I scratched it, it would bleed because it was pretty raw. I put scotch tape on it that I had in my cabinet and it stopped the itching immediately. Thanks so much! I will definitely use this method again. Especially in mosquito season (ouch!) (06/13/2006) By Hannah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, I will give this a try. Got 7 bites 3 nights ago and they are golf ball size now and I can't sleep even with mass doses of benedryl and cortisone cream. Thank you, you will be lifted as a blessed angel if this works . (06/14/2006) By MissRed84 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow I am going to have to try this. I have 2 bites that have swelled up and merged into one big bump, and it is making me crazy with the itching and the pain. I am going to do this tonight, thankz (06/14/2006) By Marisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Yeah, It worked on 99% of my bites! Yeah I can sleep! I also have heard of the clear fingernail polish too :P (06/16/2006) By Denise RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just put the tape on now. I went to a friend's graduation party a few nights ago and got over 15 bites. They were fine the night that I got them, but last night they itched like crazy. It is 5:29 in the morning and I haven't slept a wink. But the majority of the bites feel better already! Does this trick make them go down as well? (06/19/2006) By Miss Itchy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey thanks for the tip. See I'm allergic to mosquitoes so that means I get bit all the time. And i get bit everywhere. This tip really has helped me. THANKS!!! (06/19/2006) By Tosha RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey! I tried this right away! I have 5 big bites on me right now, and although it still itches slightly, it's better than before! I guess if I used the ammonia too, all itchiness will go. (06/21/2006) By Sam RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites i have 3 huge mosquito bites, and I tried the rubbing alcohol/scotch tape method, works like a charm, thanks a lot! I wonder if it's just mental though (07/04/2006) By bittenbyBUGS Your Tip Is So Helpful! My buddy's suffered badly from biting by mosquitoes because of her smell since she was a child. I just thought about something I can do to help her. Great! I'm gonna show her this amazing tip! (07/11/2006) By Angie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites That's great, unless you have hairy areas that are bitten! (07/13/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites When I first read this, I didn't believe it was true at all, so I gave it a try! It worked instantly!! no more itching, but the only bad part, is that I look a bit funny with tape all over my arms and legs:P (07/16/2006) By Genna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I am so going to have to try this. I am allergic to them and get bit all the time. I have always used calamine lotion and gel deodorant to stop the itch. These are only temporary and soon i would be itching again. So next bite I get, I'm going to tape it up! (07/18/2006) By lifewithmadman RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hot water helps a lot too, as hot as you can stand it (07/24/2006) By Inga RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have been finding new mosquito bites every day for the past week! Yesterday, I found a new one that was huge!! To me, it looked like three bites in one. It was like 1/4" long and 1/8" wide. The swelling went down for a few hours, until something slightly brushed up against it. It started itching again and it also swelled up! Right now, it doesn't itch very bad, but as soon as it does itch, I am going to try this method. If this works for me, God Bless You. You will have made my life that much easier. (07/24/2006) By Itchy in Chelan, WA RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It works! Thanks (07/26/2006) By Donna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Over the weekend my feet and ankles got eaten up my mosquitoes and the itching has been driving me NUTS! I was looking online for something to stop the itching because nothing so far has worked and I came across this. I just tried it and it really works. It's only been a few minutes and the itching is gone. Thank you so much! (08/01/2006) By Lisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried that and it really worked another thing that works is if you take a wet bar of soap and rub it all over where you got bit. After a minute or so, the itching really stops! (08/02/2006) By Miss. sweet blood RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This definitely works. After hearing this, I thought of my own way to change it a little bit. I bought Alcohol wipes that would be used for acne or facial cleansing and I put a pad around an area where the bites were and I just wrapped my ankle with a Ace bandage and that worked also but the scotch tape works miracles (08/06/2006) By Pat RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Well, right now I have about 50 bites on my legs alone, and a few on my arm. I just used the tape method, and finally I'm getting some relief. Of course last night, I got absolutely NO sleep, so if this works while I'm working, the tape is definitely coming home with me! Thanks sooo much! (08/07/2006) By Jessica RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I got bit up on my feet and ankles on Sat night. I couldn't sleep a wink all night on Sunday. I came across your advice on Monday morning. Well it's been 20 minutes now and so far it is working. Thank you so much for the first relief I've had in over 24 hrs. Rubbing alcohol and tape? Go figure. (08/07/2006) By Dixie Joe RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites You da moma, just found this thread and poof! mosquito bite free, any more big moma remedies :). (08/14/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites THAT IS AWESOME! I don't know how you came up with that but WOW! THANKS! (08/19/2006) By Lisa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites For the past 2 days I've been going nuts with the 40+ mosquito bites all over my legs (I had a campfire in my backyard with friends). I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to go online and look up some tricks to get the itching to stop. When I saw this idea, I thought it was pretty farfetched, but figured I'd try. I swear, it really works. I look kinda stupid with tape all over my legs, but if it'll get me to sleep, then I don't care! THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH! :) (08/25/2006) By Josephine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you soooo much! It works! (08/28/2006) RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow Never Heard Of This Before...Gna Try It Right Away! Thanx BigBadMama! By Sarah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, I just got bit, did what you told me, and what you said came true. Thanks!!!! (08/30/2006) By Ryan RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hi there! I didn't have rubbing alcohol or tape, so I tried Witch Hazel. Takes three applications, but works. I would have tried the tape, but the witch hazel worked first. (09/26/2006) By Sunshine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks for sharing this tip. I was able to sleep again. It's a weird method but hey.... it worked. (10/03/2006) By Pam RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay, this sounds really gross, but here goes...when I was about eleven years old, I got stung by a tiny Portuguese man'o war in Hawaii, and my cousin told me to put pee on it. I didn't do it, but just a couple weeks ago, I was itching like crazy from a mosquito bite during the night, and hydrocortisone cream wasn't working at all, and I didn't have anything else. So I tried a little pee and it got rid of the itch immediately. I guess it's cuz urine has such high ammonia content. What can I say? When you're desperate, you're desperate. Haven't tried the scotch tape yet, but I definitely will! (10/03/2006) By little momma! RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites thanx. this really worked well in my bites. (10/26/2006) By stephanie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I cant believe it, i read this post and was in so much pain i had to gave it a go , my husband thinks ive gone mad , im in the bathroom taping up my legs with scotch tape , he thinks its a new form of waxing . I dont care it WORKS , the itchings gone , i love you forever ! (11/27/2006) By ENGLISH ROSE RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites who'd think that mosquitos eat you alive in Hawii?? Well vacation changed! I'm covered in bites and I have been like this for hmmmm...... 4 days. Hope this works thanks cause it feels like it will. (12/24/2006) By Seinna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have never been bit by so many mosquitos until I moved to Hawaii! They look at me like an all you can eat buffet! Thank you so much for the idea! I'm sitting here with tape on my foot right now :) That's right my foot! They will get to any part of me they can ... (01/16/2007) By Tristanlie Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites What I do and this always works for me is if i can reach the mosquito bite i squeeze it until i see a small drop of clear liquid come out. This is the mosquito venom and it gets most of it out. Ofcourse it leave a red mark for a day or so, but it stops itching instantly. That's my tip. Use it at your own risk... :) (03/16/2007) By David If you don't have any tape... The best way I've found to alleviate itching is to run hot water over the affected area.... Being careful not to scald yourself run the affected area under water "as hot as you can stand". You don't have to hold it under the hot water for long.... just long enough for it to feel like the itching is getting worse. What the hot water does is it releases all of the histamines in the itchy area at one time. The histamines in the skin are what causes the "itchy" feeling. Once the histamines are released... it takes time for them to build up again. The effects of this treatment generally last between 2-6 hours. While temporary this remedy doesn't just lessen the itching... it (b)Stops the itching completely!!(/b) This not only works for bites... but for poison ivy and any other causes of itching. (It works wonders for poison ivy if used immediately before applying calamine lotion.) (b)Please do not use this remedy on young children.(/b) (03/19/2007) By Fallion RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites AMMONIA = In the "camping" area of large stores they sell tiny dauber tubes full of ammonia. You're supposed to daub a drop of ammonia onto the newly bitten area. Ammonia is supposed to stop itching, so why not apply it with a Q-tip instead of the fancy dauber & save a little money? If you're going camping or into "mosquito country", why not pack a few ammonia dipped Q-tips or cotton balls into a well-sealed small jar (or doubled zip-lock bags). Be sure to MARK YOUR CONTAINER & keep it away from kids! * After reading about the amazing TAPE remedy for bites, next time I get a bite, I'll use the Q-tip with ammonia tip, then when the ammonia is dry I'll apply a piece of scotch tape onto it. * Two tips in one! * (03/20/2007) By Cyinda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It's not so much the Tape, it's the blocking of air supply to the wound.. If you have badly bitten fingers a pair of tight rubber glove will do the trick... (03/27/2007) By For Years RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This really works! We just moved to Thailand from Canada, and I have been covered in mosquito bites for three weeks now. Anyhow, I covered all of my 'active' bites with scotch tape, and voila! The itching really did go away. So, even though I look strange - I counted 23 bites - I am not dreadfully itchy anymore. Thanks so much for the advice. (04/02/2007) By Leah RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got back from Cuba and a few days later, as I was admiring my beautifully tanned legs, I noticed a bunch of red dots. I thought they were mosquito bites, but a friend told me they were actually sandfly bites. You know, like on Survivor when everyone has all those bites...same thing. So, clearly they're not mosquito because it had been about 3 days before any of them got itchy at all. Here I am, 8 days after my last night on the beach (by the way, don't spend time on the beach at night...it's beautiful & all, but a week later you'll still be paying for it!), and I woke up at 430am with incredible itching. I've read here about some people having around 20 bites; I've got 22 on the lower part of my left leg alone (that's all I had the patience to count). I've been surfing around trying to find answers to stop the itching: use vegemite (well i don't keep that on my shelf at home), amonia (i happen to be using a stick of After Bite and it seems I must have developed an imunity to it or something), and scotch tape. I'm sitting here with about 30 bits of scotch tape on my legs and only one or two spots is itching now. I think we might have found something! Maybe the ones that are still a bit irritated just need bigger bits of tape. I'll try that! Best of luck everyone!! (04/12/2007) By Monika RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked on 40 out of my 44 mosquito bites ! (05/17/2007) By AShley RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My husband and 4 year old went fishing, and of course my huband "forgot" the bug spray. So, for 2 nights and days my son has been miserable, so have I. Anyway, thank you for this tip. When it comes to my kids I try to use the least amount of harmful chemicals. He is now a "happy camper!" (05/18/2007) By amseso RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I got bit overnight on three spots on my forehead... i wake up to find three huge red bites on my face. i went on the web and saw this, it's been about 30 minutes now and the redness is gone... thank you (05/21/2007) By Thank God I Saw this RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Re stopping itching from mozzy bites: I use rubbing alcohol, no Scotch tape. I just scratch the bite - quite hard - whilst rubbing the alcohol on. It does the trick every time. Mick (05/22/2007) By Mick RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I was ravaged by black flies over the weeknd and I was reading this hoping maybe it would work on relieving the itch from them too, but unfortunately it's not working. I'll have to try this next time I get but by a mosquito though (05/29/2007) By Adirondackcamper RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Oh my goodness! I have exhausted the office's supply of scotch tape and now closely resemble a clear-wrapped mummy but at least I am comfortable. Thanks a lot for the tip. (05/29/2007) By jENN RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites it doesnt reallly work i could still feel itching under the tape =[ (05/31/2007) By honey1 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got wasted by misquitos over the last week. Probably had 40 of them or more. I tried this and also put some melaleuca oil, which my mother in law claims cures anything, on it first and ... it worked! I have tape all over my legs but ...its not itching! Very cool. Thanks bib mama (06/08/2007) By Rob RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites OMG i just found this b.c my family had a bonfire a few nights ago and im normally never bitten, but i woke up yesterday morning with atleast 20 bites all over my shins, ankles, and feet. I tried calamine lotion, but it didn't help and just smelled really bad. So i found thiss..and it is helping so much its not even funny. As soon as i put the alchohol on the itching stopped, but I thought I would add the tape just so I don't get the temptation to itch...and I have had the tape on for about 1 hour now and its working wonderfully. The only problem is that the tape is starting to fall off=]] (06/12/2007) By Kelly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites IT FRICKEN WORKS today i was in my pool me and my mom an dad made a fire and i got like 3 mosquito bites near the same spot put some alcohol and some scotch tape wait 30 mins take it off then i was like OMG IT WORKS IM GONNA GO POST A COMMENT. (06/17/2007) By matthew RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites OMG that works really well i got over thirty mosquito bites on one arm when i went hiking at Erma bell lakes in Oregon with my summer camp. I look dorky but feel great! Thank you SOOOOOO much! (06/22/2007) By Kelso Belso RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hey Duck Tape also works! (06/28/2007) By Mike RE: See above The humor in all this is that no one looks at sites like these unless they've. been. bitten. I'm serious; anyways, I'm taped up ATM as well and awaiting the results. I usually put pressure on the bite spot to spread the poison around rather than let it stay concentrated, the problem with that is then you have what looks like a welt on yourself. The swelling is going down with the tape and it's only been 10minutes, stellar. (06/28/2007) By Ganz RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried the alcohol and tape, but it kept falling off. Then I grabbed the Elmer's Glue and dabbed some over my bites and it worked just as good or better! These bites have been driving me crazy for over a week now and I can't even sleep. Hopefully the glue stays on all night and I get a good nights rest!!!! (06/29/2007) By Cindy in the Poconos RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hi!!! I am camping in Greenport NY and we were attacked by Mosquitos or Gnats not sure which one but they were biting, BAD. Well I tried the alcohol and scotch tape, but it really didn't work and the tape didn't stay stuck. Then I was in my hubby's truck and found some electrical tape, on for an hour and feeling better but I think I made the tape to tight. Thanks for the advice, if this doesn't work in the am I am going to do a Baking Soda foot soak, my son got covered in Poison Ivy and Baking Soda (LOTS)bath cleared it up in 1 day. Not itch, weeping or anything. Back to basics is the way to go!!!! (07/06/2007) By Liz RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I wonder if Clear Fingernail Polish would also work? Hmmm... I wonder if it's the lack of oxygen to the bite, or the way we tend to leave tape & glue alone? ---> Who cares! ... Whatever WORKS! My money is on the Elmers Glue (it comes in regular or in School Glue, which is washable) * But, I would use Alcohol to disinfect & clean the area first... PLUS: the alcohol will make the tape or glue stick better too... (07/06/2007) By Cyinda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought all you people were crazy as loons talking about ridding the mosquito itch with tape. But here I sit, at 1:43AM, with 20 or so bites from Fourth of July antics, and I try the alcohol AND the tape (thank goodness for this extra tape I have from Christmas!) and...WALAAA! The itch is gone and I can sleep instead of netsurf.... (07/07/2007) By Melibel RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites ..... mosquitoes in New Jersey are awful this year. They're biting like dogs. Well, I was eaten alive over the weekend ....... and just found your scotch tape suggestion. IT'S EXCELLENT AND IT WORKS !!! We're heading to Jamaica for a month and I've already got a roll of tape in the bag. : )(b)(/b) (07/10/2007) By Mike from NJ RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm sitting here at 2:38 am... I've tried this and hope it works.. I didn't sleep last night... and I'm working on sleepless night #2. So far seems good - except one bite is still stinging. Going to put a new piece of tape on and try to sleep. So far, so good - Thanks!! (07/15/2007) By Moira RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites i have 148 mosquito bites.. i counted them starting at the top 1 on my chin 29 on my left arm 18 right arm 4 on my stomach 3 on my back 2 on my bum 55 on my left leg 34 on my right leg and they all itch so much..the tape os working actually thanks for the idea (07/16/2007) By Kristen RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought this sounded ridiculous but it worked. I ran out of tape at work and so I tried the only sticky thing I could find - a post it note! And it's worked. I was going out of my mind before and now I can finally stop stratching. Thank you so much for posting! (07/17/2007) By Vanessa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites the tape helps some what but I'm still looking for a cure all. the nice thing about using tape is when you walk it feels like its scratching the itch as it rips out hairs. heat definitely is a temporary help I have something called the itch zapper and its a great temporary relief but the itch comes back in a hr or so. I have found the best thing to help is swimming in the ocean the salt water helps or swimming in a pool that has just been shocked just be careful to keep the water out of your eyes. I have also taken salt and taped the salt crystals directly to the bite and that helps. I constantly get attacked by mosquitos I'm addicted to diet soda i drink at least 3 2 liter bottles of diet soda a day and mosquitos are attracted to the co2 (07/18/2007) By mustang03282 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay. So let's break it down scientifically, since you guys started to sound like my 8-year old brother. The itch, which is obserbed in mosquito bites is due to the stretching of the skin caused my inflamation. So, skin is stretched, only that very top layer of skin that is. Once that happens the itching sensation which makes you want to scratch that top skin surface (remove it) so that a new skin can grow instead. The scotch tape in this case (for those that worked for them) was tightly stuck to the skin, and when taken off took that top skin layer with minimal irritation because it's a swift action, alcohol rubbing helped making sure the live skin underneath is exposed to sterile surface, thus the alcohol use before and after. For those that did work for you, it's because of two reasons. Reason 1: the bite was overly scratched and it's a matter if infected bite now rather than a sensitive spot and reason 2: the method was not applied correctly but either not letting the alcohol dry off completely before applying the tape or the tape quality/characteristic doesnt provide intimate contact with the skin that will take out with it the top skin layer. So... no toxins or whatsoever was taken by the tape. No magic glue material doing the job either, but merely anything other than remove that dead skin is just because you stimulated another form of pain sensation that overwhelmed the nerves and took over the mild itch. My therapy is: cold water with moisturizing soap and brush off and clean the area of the bite and around it. Dry it gently, then sterilize with alcohol or peroxide or others. Then expose to open air with no cloths. Optional: apply menthol cream (the blue muscle pain relief cream) or an ointment such as hydrocortizone or zinc oxide (diaper rash creams) to speed up the recovery. And voila! (07/18/2007) By Bilal Packing tape sticks the best I always clean first with a cotton ball dabbed in alcohol and then use packing tape. It sticks better and doesn't fall off. When I treat using this method as soon as I've been bitten, the bites are a tiny red dot. If I don't use this method, they get as wide as an orange. So I don't know what it does, but it works and that's all I need to know! (07/21/2007) By Christine RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got a nasty bite while walking my folks dog out here in Hilton Head, SC. We joke that mosquitoes are the state bird because there are so many and EVERYTIME you go outside, you definitely get bite. I have the tape on now and the itch stopped. Is the alcohol still necessary with the tape though. I put it on just in case. Thanks Big Momma (08/24/2007) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The tape idea works great, until it starts peeling off. You just have to reapply it after about 5-6 hours. (08/26/2007) By me RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I tried a couple things and clear nail polish worked really nicely. I just washed the bite off and spread it on and around my bite then left it on over night. I'll try this though. It sounds a little wacky but lots of people say it works. Thanks. (09/04/2007) By Tilly RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites WE WERE SITTING HERE AT WORK (ON A RAINY DAY) AND DOING NOTHING BUT ITCHING OUR MANY, MANY, MANY MOSQUITO BITES. WE NEEDED RELIEF!!! WE FOUND THE STORY ABOUT THE SCOTCH TAPE AND TRIED IT, BUT WE ONLY HAD THE AMMONIA BASED PRODUCT. IT STILL WORKED WE HAVE NOW BEEN ITCH FREE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. OUR CO-WORKERS THINK WE ARE CRAZY BUT WHO CARES. WE MAY LOOK LIKE A PACKAGE WAITING TO BE SHIPPED UPS BUT WE ARE NOT SCRATCHING!! THANKS - VICKI & ARASILI (09/07/2007) By cow102674 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Mamma, you are a GODDESS! I have 154 bites on my feet, toes and ankles, I've been up for 24 hours, and the tape is a godsend, I think I might be able to sleep, I'm highly allergic to skeeters,and they love my diabetic blood. I got annihilated yesterday, and they have been itching like crazy since then. I have also mass dosed myself with benadryl, and even that didn't help. Thank the Goddess for you! (09/10/2007) By MicheleMarie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks so much for idea, I did not sleep at all last night and up this morning to find something to help it. I'm allergic to these bites they swelled up to golf ball size and I put Tape on it and guess what no itching, you are the best and I wish I could thank you in person Thanks again :) (10/16/2007) By Chad RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dear god...please let this idea work. 2mins later =D works like a charm (10/29/2007) By Murfsta RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites To the lady that started this thread..thank you. I think you're an angel in disguise. It actually works. Now I'm off to go to sleep. (12/08/2007) By Tess RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Does it still work if I was bitten two days ago and the bites are still itching? Guess i'll try it anyway, nothing to lose. (01/30/2008) By Kimbi RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites The tape seems to be working for me. I've only had it on for about fifteen seconds or so, but it's making rather good progress. ^__^ Also trying the bites that don't itch anymore but are still red. (03/08/2008) By Anon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, this is a really great tip. I'm all for weird remedies when it comes to skin ailments as long as they work. This definitely fits the bill! I am mildly allergic to mosquitoes and will get those ugly half-dollar sized swellings, but now that I'm covered in masking tape I am finally breathing a sigh of relief! (03/15/2008) By cetaphil RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have read countless articles and blogs about how to stop the itch of a mosquito bite. 2 words is all you need to know. Lemon Juice. The real stuff. Take a paper napkin, dab a little on the napkin, wipe over the affected area and the itch is instantly gone and in a few minutes, the welps are gone. No BS here. Try it. Later! (03/22/2008) By g-man RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I easily get about 10 bites in one area when outside. i just came back from camping and have them all over the top of my feet and ankles. I read this article grabbed some scotch tape at my desk and the intense itching stopped! Thanks! (04/28/2008) By boredatwork RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My 5 year old daughter, who could not sleep due to itching, got 3 bites, on both her ankles, and one on her thigh, I tried the tape......she is now finally asleep!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! (04/29/2008) By betsy RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Okay so this Anon posted and I would really like to know your results! Please post back, it's killing me! (b)Editor's Note:(/b) It has been almost two months so it is unlikely that they will return to this site. We have had a lot of reports about this working though. (05/02/2008) By Steinbrenner RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I thought for sure that all of the positive responses were as a result of psychosomatic suggestion. As it turns out, no matter how hard I try to be the skeptic, the tape actually worked. It takes a few minutes to work but it is a wonderful relief. I used rubbing alcohol to clean the area first and gave it few seconds to dry and then I applied the tape. Within 5 minutes the itching was relieved. I believe I was bitten by a horse or deer fly. The bites were red and swollen and have now reduced in size, color and irritation. Kudos to the curious fellow/lady who decided to experiment by putting tape on their bite! (05/02/2008) By Michelle RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm still speechless. It's 3:17 am and I'm covered in tape. Whoever thought that such a simple item can solve the misery. I've suffered every summer for the past 20 years. (05/04/2008) By Crystal RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks heavens for the Internet and you! I have surfed and surfed for mosquito bite relief ideas and finally found this site! What a godsend!! Now, usually, if I know if have been bitten, I do the hot water trick, because it really works. But that only works if you do it right away, and sometimes I wake up with bites that I didn't know about the next day, and then later they itch so much that I can't stand it. I have tried every home remedy and product out there, and was going to beg my Dr. for yet another Rx cream to try, but not now! Now, I did try scotch tape at first, and it still itched, just not as much. So I took that off and used a bigger piece of duct tape, and WoW! Relief!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! p.s. I also use duct tape on my forehead lines every night. Kind of like a poor man's botox. It works great, too. Use as many layers as it takes to immobilize the frown muscles. :) Thank you again for the relief and the sleep. This is truly wonderful and so easy! (05/07/2008) By Desparate in OK RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This really works!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! (05/07/2008) By Desparate in OK RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have to say... THIS IS AMAZING. When I first read this I thought with how can this possibly work? It's been about 5 minutes since I put duct tape on my bites and I don't feel anything. Thank you so much (05/20/2008) By andrew RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Well, I tried it about an hour ago, and so far, its working. I have about 20 bites so lets see if it gets me through the night. Thanks! (06/01/2008) By Marcie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have a postage stamp and some Fashion Tape on my 5 bitesthat I got over night and it's working so far! Only been about 5 mins but anything sticky seems to work! I AM IN LOVE (06/07/2008) By Crystal RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Liquidskin also work well and as a bonus it is also antiseptic. It's the type of liquid bandage that you can buy at the pharmacy to replace a bandaid plaster. it also help the healing process a lot and it is free of dangerous chimical that duct tape has. (one of my cat died after licking a bit of duck tape!) Liquidskin is safe as it is designed to be used on skin and wounds, even bleeding ones. (06/10/2008) By Daniella RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow. It really works. After I applied the tape the itch tapered off and then stopped all together. This bite has been bothering me for 3 days now too and now I finally feel relief. Thanks for the tip, I will be sure to pass it on! Misia (06/10/2008) By Misia Eldridge RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites After uselessly applying anti-itch creams like crazy, I can't believe the solution was right on my desk! I'm covered in tape, but not itchy at all! Thank you! (06/10/2008) By Lukky RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I'm usually very skeptical about stuff like this, but tried it anyway. It does work. It took roughly 15-20 minutes after I applied the alcohol and tape before I felt no itchiness at all. I'm going to tell my friends and family about this nifty tip. Thanks a lot! (06/11/2008) By Barbara RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much. (06/11/2008) By Name here RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love the tape, hadn't heard of it before and some more tips that have helped with mosquito bites: 1. If you've been bitten but don't have ANYTHING around to put on the bite, just use spit. it takes down some of the swelling and itching, not as effective as some other things but at least provides some relief. 2. For really swollen bites, tigerbalm helps reduce it. 3. As a preventative measure: mosquitoes HATE the smell of lavender. plant lavender in your garden or use lavender oil on your skin will lessen the mosquito's attraction to you. I hate using the lemony chemical stuff from the apothecary so this works and smells much better! (06/13/2008) By moustique RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites In response to the posting on 07/18/2007 by "Bilal"... the reason why mosquito bites itch is because of the insect's saliva. When she bites, the saliva is mixed with our blood because it acts as an anticoagulant. The saliva triggers our bodies immune response and releases histamines at the site of the the bite. These histamines are why the bites itch! (06/16/2008) By JennyBug RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It surprisingly works! I used just a piece of scotch tape. I seem to have gotten several on both my legs. The bites were extremely itchy so I searched stop itching and this came up. I put a small pieces of tape covering the bites, and ta da! NO MORE ITCHING! Good job, tape! (06/19/2008) By bug scratcher RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It worked! I ran upstairs after reading this and put scotch tape on the worse bites (I have 34 bites) and now it isn't itchy! Right now, I have 7 pieces of tape on 7 bug bites! THANKS! (06/22/2008) By Dana RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just used antiperspirant (deodorant) to make my 4 year old stop bawling over an itchy bug bite in the middle of the night. After 15 minutes of trying hand cream, diaper cream, tape and everything else... deodorant worked instantly. It's worth the try. Now we are both gonna get some sleep! (06/24/2008) By Shannon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I cant wait to try this thanks (06/24/2008) By rebab RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow this sounds really good. Hopefully it will work! Just yesterday, and I was only outside for maybe 30 minutes and it seems as if a mosquito ate me up each minute because I have 32 (I counted!) So i begged my mom to pick up any thick sort of tape and rubbing alcohol and it better work! I have like five ginormous ones on my left arm and one on my ankle, aaah! (06/26/2008) By Nicole. RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I also had a huge mosquito bite that itched so bad that made me think of me cutting off my skin where my mosquito bite was at.So I went on the internet to find something to stop it & I found this & it works now I'm always using this "method" p.s. Can I use this for my children? (06/29/2008) By ghostwhisper RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites There is no such thing as mosquito venom/poison, its your own immune systems attacking the bite's area. (07/04/2008) By Anon RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I've known this remedy for years. And yes, it usually works. I think it has something to do with the air exposure to the bite location making it itch. Tape cuts off exposure to the outermost layer of skin. (07/05/2008) By Shiggity RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just got a new puppy so I've been spending more time outside at night working on housetraining and such, so I've recently become a mosquito buffet.. At current count i have 10 in various stages of itching and healing on my legs! On thursday at work the itching was unbearable.... neither the hydrocortisone cream or spray worked for me, went out on the internet and found this post. I just happened to have some scotch tape at my desk so I put some on and PRESTO! Itching relieved by about 98%!!! Something so simple can provide so much relief. In the next couple days i experimented with other tapes and so far old fashioned masking tape works the best by far. Thanks so much for this post...I've been telling everyone! (07/05/2008) By justnbexxx RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you! It does relieve the itch a bit. I only had masking tape, but it's working so far. I've only had it on for 15 minutes or so, but I'm definitely glad to have some relief. (07/06/2008) By Heather Hopkins RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Didn't work for me. I put the tape on the bites that were irritating me. It's been 10 minutes and they're still itchy. (07/07/2008) By Jenna RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I could not believe it would work but I had nothing to lose and tried it. Thank goodness I did.... Relief! (07/08/2008) By Melissa RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I was at a birthday party two days ago and stepped outside to stretch after eating a lot of good food. A few minutes later, my legs started itching intensely. I tried Afterbite, alcohol, and Benadryl with very mimimal relief. I was about to try a baking soda paste when I decided to check online for relief ideas. Am I glad I did that. If I had checked this out before this morning, I would not have had a sleepless night and missed work today. Thank you, IT WORKS! (07/14/2008) By wanda RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! (07/14/2008) By Tiana RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites tape did NOT work for me! i didn't use rubbing alcohol, so maybe that is a key step. lemon juice worked a little. (07/17/2008) By bill RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites omg. This stopped my itching! I'm so glad I found this in time! Thank you lots! My mom didn't believe me but when she tried it she was like, "wow, it works! Who would of thought tape would stop the itching!" Thank you! (07/18/2008) By natalie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Wow, thanks for that good hint. I haven't had a chance to use it yet (the bastards always seem to bite you on the back where you can't easily reach!). Anyway, I'm out of my regular stuff and thought I'd try Google (Sure enough, I was bound to find a few. Yours is the only one I read). My "regular stuff" does a good job at eliminating the itch. It's called Bactine. It's a clear fluid, like water, and can be picked up at most any pharmacy. One touch with a few drops and the itch is quickly gone. (07/20/2008) By Gary RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks! Works great. (07/23/2008) By Marie RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Another thing you may want to try (if you don't want tape covering your whole body) is putting (b) petroleum jelly (/b) on the bitten area. It does the same thing tape does and lasts a bit longer. I have been using an anti-itch cream as a base and putting petroleum jelly on top to seal it from air - works great. The whole reason these work (petroleum jelly, tape, liquidskin, nail polish) is because they stop the bite from getting air, which is what makes the bite swollen and itchy. :) (07/24/2008) By Kristin RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you! I have 7 bites (not sure what kind of insect, I'm guessing a spider). I have been using hydro cortisone with little success. I read your post and had Bactine (didn't realize it helped with excruciating itching!) It worked, instantly! You are the best! (07/26/2008) By Itchy in Ohio RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I somehow got a LOT of mosquito bites recently - over ten and a lot on my feet. I'll see if this works, though I believe my feet may look funny. ha ha (08/02/2008) By A knew idea I haven't tried this yet but mine and yours go together. I never thought this would work till I did it. what u do is tape a penny over your bug bite and about 20 min later its gone. The itch, not he bug bite. If you leave it on for too long then the area you put the penny will be green. Like 9 or 10 hours I'm talking though. and I have found the putting tape over the penny works better but a plain penny still works. (08/03/2008) By Bobby RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Hello all, I have about 20 bites that have been driving me crazy for several weeks now. I have tried caladryl and benadryl and it only helps temporarily. I did the alcohol and tape and it stopped the itching! Who would've thought! Thank you! (08/03/2008) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thank you so much for the advise. My 2 year old daughter got some nasty mosquito bites and she has been itching them. I did the tape and alcohol and it seems like they are not bothering her anymore. Thanks again. (08/17/2008) By Adam -Pittsfield Ma RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I think covering a bite makes it less irritated from clothes or other things rubbing it, which is always what starts the itch for me. (08/27/2008) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I love you. Seriously. I've keep getting these bites on my upper thighs, and have been scratching them so hard that they'd get huge and swollen, and I'd sometimes break the skin. This stops all that. I worship you from afar... (08/29/2008) By Jenni RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I just used this it works AMAZING! But can you use an alcohol pad? Well that's what I did just now so hopefully it works! It feels a ton better already! THANK-YOU. I have millions of bug bites on my legs and arms. (08/31/2008) By Yummy88 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites At first I cut off pieces of tape that were sorta small and it didn't work it was still itchy as hell and I finally just ended up wrapping tape around my ankle where i have like 5 bites and it does start to work. I guess its best to cover the whole area around your bite. Thank you for the help. (09/01/2008) By Douglas RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have 41 mosquito bites after going to a dock at night in the summer and have been trying everything. I feel like a science experiment with Vicks on one, witch hazel on another, tooth paste, alcohol, baking soda, tape, and so far the two best are vicks and the tape. The tape is a little annoying its self, but if it works. I'm happy. (09/01/2008) By Cecilia RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dear 'Big Bad Mama' YOU ROCK!! Thank you! In addition to 20 bites on my legs, I took my dog for a walk covered in bug spray because I am tired of the swollen bites I have been itching in MISERY... Well, I forgot to put the spray on my neck and they got me! I was in tears of frustration I am so fed up with these bites. I googled a remedy because the plethora of products I have bought to relieve the itch (which is now enough to send the drug store owners kid to college I bought so many different ones) don't work. Your remedy popped up and I ran try it. Ahhhhh......I can feel human again. All the good karma and happy stuff thrown your way. Thank you!! (09/07/2008) By nedley71 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I have read every entry on this thread, and though mosquito bites are the dreads. I have had to laugh. Some of you people were funny. I too suffer from those curses of nature, but here is something that will help stop them in the first place, at least around your house. Assuming you don't have stand water for them to breed, here is one thing that Mosquitoes absolutely hate and that is garlic. When I have had to go out at night on the porch I would rub a clove of garlic on my neck or arms and they wont touch you. If you Google garlic spray for your yard one light spraying will keep them out of your yard for up to a month. It comes in one gallon cans and is sprayed on with a regular home bug sprayer. Do your grass bushes and plants ans they won't come around at all. It even works for camping areas It won't send them out of the forest but will protect you in the immediately area. Works good. While walking away from your camp site a necklace of garlic will keep them away from you. I know were talking about Mosquitoes not vampires, but aren't they one in the same? Good Luck (09/22/2008) By John RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Mosquitoes don't inject poison, that is your own bodily fluids. Also, do not apply rubbing alcohol as it will dry out the skin and irritate it more. (09/24/2008) By Brian Jung RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It works for other itching, too. I just covered my itchy ankles with strapping tape and it worked right away. I have no idea why they are doing are doing this , but for 2 weeks my ankles and feet have been swollen, bright red, burning, and itching. My BP is fine so I figure it's probably an allergy since I am allergic to everything or something circulatory with my varicose veins and my sensitivity to cold and dampness. Anyway, it works. No sleeping pills needed tonight, thank you so much. (09/29/2008) By Northwinns RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites My bites just started itching and since I am at work, I don't have access to a lot of stuff but I do have hand sanitizer on my desk so I decided to try and the itching stopped immediately. (10/16/2008) By Heather RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites I haven't tried it yet, but it seems like it has been working for others, so I'm gonna go find some tape and hope it works! (11/03/2008) By RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Thanks so much mate, this worked instantly. Awkward method but it helped the mozzie bite on my foot and it was driving me crazy. Again thanks dude :-) (12/18/2008) By Alex RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites It really does work. I have about 10-15 bites on each leg and was scratching up a storm. Applied tape and bingo no more scratching. Looks kind-a funny though! (01/05/2009) By April It works! I originally read about the hot water trick in the Bottom Line newsletter years ago, and it works every time. Use running water or a soaked wash cloth as hot as you can possibly stand for 1-2 min. Immediate relief. You may have to repeat if the water isn't hot enough the first time. It should only be done on yourself, not others such as small kids. Also, it's a lot of work if you have lots of bites in hard-to-reach areas. I got bit last night and had too many in hard-to-reach places for the hot water trick, so I tried the tape. It started working as soon as I put it on! Thanks for sharing, and thanks to Google for finding. +1 Karma (01/13/2009) By Bill RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Although most will tell you that leaving the area exposed is better, if you can't stop yourself from itching it, it is definitely better to cover it regardless of what some say. Tape is a good idea as it prevents you from touching the area (as itching will cause further inflammation and more swelling). Alcohol is good to use before and after and even if your not using tape (like for almost healed bites), just make sure it has dried in before applying the tape and that the surrounding skin is dry too. You are in a hot country and heat causes humidity so chances are your skin is constantly hot and moist. Stand in front of a fan to make sure the alcohol dries in before applying tape. Also, try to keep cool, as feeling hot makes you itch more! Having AC (Air-Conditioning) where you stay/sleep is a bonus as it keeps your skin cooler as opposed to constantly hot and moist, it will stop bites from swelling bigger and the coolness helps it to heal much quicker, what's more it keeps the ghastly mosquitoes away!, (fans blow hot air after a while). Ultimately the best way to stop itching is to avoid being bitten too much, by minimizing exposure. This does not mean spending the rest of your holiday under what I call the mosquito net prison! Lol. But do take the usual precautions especially when traveling with children, there are many online information sites. Good luck! (02/27/2009) By G from Jamaica RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites This sounds nuts, but it works! Got about 8 mosquito bites while outside last night, which had already welted up and started to itch. I came in within about 10 minutes and gave each bite a good vigorous rubbing with 70 percent isopropyl alcohol on some cotton. Then I put on the Scotch tape, and left it on for about 3 1/2 hours. Today, I can't even tell I ever had bites, even after taking a warm shower, which usually reactivates itching for me. I only see two bites today - one that I missed and didn't treat until about an hour after the others, and that one doesn't itch at all today, it's just red. And there was one on my arm that I missed treating completely, which is still red and itchy today. But those two are kind of like "controls" in my experiment, so I know this alcohol/tape thing works! And I usually always have these items on hand, and they are not messy like some other remedies I have heard of. I didn't see any stuff on the tape like the original post describes, but it worked anyway. Thanks Big Bad Mama for the info! (05/26/2009) By Marie58 RE: Stop the Itching from Mosquito Bites Dude, I had over 53 stupid bites! They drove me crazy for a day. I found this, and tried it. Within like 20 minutes the bites stopped itching, and I'm so happy! (06/18/2009) By K-psycho Report Spam or Abuse Tip: Remedy for Mosquito Bites Archived on 06/24/2009 Now that mosquito season is upon us I have a tip. I had tried the standard rubbing alchohol, and then the pharmacy said to try Chiggerex. This was a wasted $3.59. I was told to try taking a tiny bit of baking soda and tiny bit of vinegar and mix together in a bowl. You might have to add a little bit of one or the other to get it to a pasty consistency. I take my finger and rub it on the bites and relief really quickly that lasts for quite a while. I did this for about 2 days and that did the trick. I had been in MISERY for 2 days not able to sleep. Everyone has this stuff sitting around, that's the beauty of it! By Lori from Marion AR Feedback: RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites Witchhazel commented on before and bakingsoda or vinegar soaks in the bathtub are great. To prevent the bites, use vanilla extract. Tell her she'll smell like cookies ;) It WORKS! I have b+ blood, and they love that, but the vanilla (real or imitation) works, and you just put it on your "pulse points" especially behind the ears, ankles and knees or other exposed areas. Totally nontoxic and yummy! (07/13/2006) By camo_angels RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites This also works great for Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac. My Mom used this when I was 4 years old and had Chicken Pox. They dried up in a few days and she rushed me to the doctor thinking she had driven them inside me. He approved of her remedy. (07/13/2006) By JoanDogs RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites All those hints are great, but i have great success using a paste of "meat tenderizer" and water. Rub on your bite, continuing several times until the itching stops. It will flatten your bite and be more comfortable. Most people have it in their kitchen. Use it for any insect bites. Works great! (07/13/2006) By DEE RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites Hi, sounds like good ideas. I have tried two other things this year with my grandsons that I have read about. Use underarm deodorant. I've used the stick type and seems to work on the kids plus I have dissolved aspirin in rubbing alcohol and swabbed in onto the bites and has worked well too. Hope this helps, take care, Grammar :0) (07/14/2006) By grammar RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites I got this hint from this web site. Put a piece of scotch tape on the bite and in no time, the itch stops. Works really well, I keep a scotch tape roll in my purse at all time. This is the second year I am using this method. (07/15/2006) By nmcl RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites I live in Northern Ontario, Canada and I've had my share of mosquito bites. What has worked for me is to simply wash the affected area with soap and water. (I use Ivory bar soap-the brand probably doesn't matter). If the bites are all over, a bath or shower will help. I often wash and rinse a couple of times. It depends how itchy I am. Also, this should be done as soon as you come into the house and realize all the bites you have. I did this a couple of nights ago and not only did it stop the itching, the next morning I didn't have any signs that I had been bitten, and I had a lot of bites on my legs. Hope this helps. (07/16/2006) By Nicky RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites Thank You So Much. This helped me a lot. (07/30/2007) By Jenna RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites WOW, this helped a lot. I found a bite, and it eventually swelled up into 2.5 inches in diameter! I tried putting aloe, salt water, but nothing really worked like the vinegar and baking soda. I put some crushed aspirin on my bite, and then I applied the vinegar and baking soda. It works! (04/16/2008) By J RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites Next time try a dab of pure lavender oil on the bug bite. If you apply it within 15-20 minutes of being bit, it'll take away the itch and the redness/bump. works great on mosquito bites, and is also effective on ant bites. (06/01/2008) By jenn RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites SO how do I keep the bugs away from a pool? Lots of water and can't really get rid of it? (06/06/2008) By Pam RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites You should actually put some rubbing alcohol on it, then put on some scotch tape! It works instantly! (07/14/2008) By RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites Try the Therapik. It's a battery operated heat source that when applied for 20-30 seconds takes the itch right away. Also great remedy for other bites as well. (07/20/2008) By Mary, New York RE: Remedy for Mosquito Bites My goodness, you all have some great hints for bug bites. My grandmother took brewer's yeast every day, it will keep any bugs from biting you. You can also get it in a powder form at health food stores, mix it in pet's foods, it keeps fleas and ticks away from them. It is also B vitamins, more potent. Look it up, it has tons of health helps in it. (06/18/2009) By debba1347 Report Spam or Abuse Request: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House Archived on 07/13/2006 I am in desperate need of some help. We have an abundance of mosquitoes in our yard and they have found a way to get into the house. Of the four of us in our family, our youngest daughter, age 3, seems to win the most attention from them. She awoke this morning with at least 5 bites on her face, not to mention others all over her body from previous encounters. My question is how do I get these beasts out of our house? I think I know how they are getting in, but I don't know how to remove the ones already inside. Also any tips for relieving the itch would be appreciated. I've already tried applying Listerine, but it doesn't seem to help her much. Oh, and any ideas on how to control the outside population would be a blessing too. We've already tried to remove any standing water that was around. Thanks in advance. Donna in Kansas Answers: RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House Not sure about any thrifty ways to control the outdoor mosquitoes, but I do know a wee dab of ammonia will control the sting from a bite. It's what "AfterBite" is made of. If your 3 yr. old is just covered and in misery, try over the counter Benadryl to get her over the worst part until things are under control. Best of Luck!! :) (06/01/2004) By Lee-Ann from Canada RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House I'm looking in one of my books and I hope something helps you out. I feel for your little one. To relieve insect bites you can use Alka-Seltzer, mix two tablets in a glass of water and dab the mixture on the insect bite. You can also try ban Deodorant or Colgate toothpaste. Ivory soap, miracle whip or orajel might work also. These are some crazy things, but they just might work. Try Heinz apple cider vinegar in a large bowl and set it where you think they are coming in. They attract to this for some reason and you will find them floating. Good luck to you and hang in there little one. (06/01/2004) By rhonand RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitos Out of the House For mosquitoes - try to be sure there are no standing pools of water, even tiny little puddles like maybe in a tire or a hanging plant, anywhere in the yard. This will breed mosquitoes like flies as they say. A little bit of Pinesol in the water where the mosquito larvae are will kill them. (Might kill the grass or plant around, so dispose of appropriately. Also, if they get too bad and you have no control over the water levels you can call your local county-city abatement control and they will come and spray for free (supposedly) A wonderful thing we've found for mosquito bites and flea bites is the Lotrim, the stuff for athlete's feet? It comes in a little bottle that is slightly oily so it stays on a long time. It also come in a spray which is great for the legs and arms and less messy. I'd use the oil for the face though. (be careful of the eyes) A more natural remedy my granny used to use was Witch Hazel. It was great for bites and it used to say so on the bottle. Now it's being touted as an astringent for the skin. Hope this helps, Anna (06/02/2004) By Anna RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitos Out of the House I had a horrible time growing up because I had "sweet" blood. A medical doctor told my mother that certain blood types attract mosquitoes and I happened to be the only one in our family. Clean up any standing water in your yard, don't allow your children to play around full ground growth or trees later at night. We has success with Noxzema. Rub it all over her exposed body at night and during the day in small amounts. I never had a bite where it was on my skin. Keep doors closed and screens on windows. We also kept house lighting at a minimum at night the more light you have the more they go. We camped a lot in the mountains during the summer. If you put a piece of mosquito netting around her bed, she will not have to suffer at night. We also used a great deal of Avon Skin So Soft lotion when I couldn't stand the smell of Noxzema any longer. (I did not like it as a child.) It worked but not as well. Good luck! I will never forget the misery. Some doctors told my mother that if I would eat a little garlic everyday it would help but I did not like garlic growing up so we did not use this method. (06/02/2004) By Julie RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House For the bites on your body: put a dab of fingernail polish on any bites. This blocks air from getting to the bite and the itch goes away, it is best to use clear polish. It does work! (06/02/2004) By Lois RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitos Out of the House I am also one of those people who can get bit up while no one else gets even one bite! The thing I have had the best luck with is Claritin (which is now over the counter). This next tip will not help your family with the bites they now have but it will help with future bites! Take 1 Vitamin B-1 tablet daily. For some reason, this helps so much! Now that I have been taking them for awhile, I don't worry if I miss a day or two. I still get the same good results. If you can get the place sealed up where they are getting in, I would set off one of those defoggers. It would certainly be worth it! Good luck! (06/02/2004) By Kathy RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House A little dab of ammonia will stop the itch instantly. If you are worried about drying the skin, mix it with a little oil. Sweet Olive Oil would probably do. You can buy that in the Pharmacy Section of your local Wal-Mart. I saw a Mosquito Bite Stick one time and all it had in it was Ammonia and Mink Oil. (06/02/2004) By Sue L. RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House The Native Americans had no Skin so soft or bug repellents. They lined the floor of their tee pee's with cedar and around the walls on the ground up a ways also with cedar. If you burn cedar there will be NO mosquitoes around. You can buy animal bedding cedar and make pillows with it and it also helps the lungs to breath this , Cedar in sacks in pet beds and cedar shavings around the house will chase fleas and snakes away. (Moth balls will chase snakes away real good and also lime. (06/03/2004) By M.B. Wrightter RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House Our four year old daughter spent three days on a drip in hospital because of mossies. To make matters worse we live in the Tropics in North Queensland. We found a combination of things helped which included: Removing anything around the yard, anything that catches water. Anything that can have a few drops of water is removed, including pot plant saucers, debri, empty containers etc. The grass should always be kept short. We give her Vit. B during the wet season. This has the best results but I don't like giving it to her all the time. We no longer let her outside after dusk, we try to make her wear long paints and sleeves, but this is hard due to the heat. We also found that if she does get a bite we put on a medicated cream (THIS IS PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE SO PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR FIRST) the name is Antroquoril. We tried several creams beforehand, but this had excellent results in preventing infection. She scratched so bad that her legs got infected. This resulted in hospital. We now also burn citronella oil in an old style lamp with a wick(this is cheap) and use mossie coils (both outside). I hope this has been of some help. (06/03/2004) By rachel09 RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House Take a brand-new dryer softener sheet out of the package and attach it to your daughter's clothing (tuck it through a belt loop, for example). I don't know why, but this will keep the skeeters away. And it smells good! If it doesn't cause an allergic reaction, you could even lightly rub the sheet over her exposed skin. Certainly you could rub it over the clothing. (06/09/2004) By Becki in Indiana RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House I have not personally tried this, but my father-in-law swears by it. You put some water in a white dinner plate and add a couple drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dish detergent. Set the dish on your porch, patio, or other outdoor area. Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white plate color, or what, but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead shortly after drinking the Lemon Fresh Joy/water mixture, and usually within about 10 feet of the plate. We will be using this this weekend! Good luck! (07/01/2004) By Barb RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House Believe it or not, Vicks vapor rub on the mosquito bite really works. (07/17/2004) By MC RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House If water has to stand, put a few drops of mineral oil in it, and the mosquito larvae cannot get out or get into the water. (08/29/2004) By Racer RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House We are fighting the West Nile Virus here in Sacramento, Ca. I have talked with employees of the dept. that is trying to control the mosquitoes in this area. Since the employees have to be out where the mosquitoes are the thickest, the employees have done experiments over the years in preparation for the West Nile Virus. Evidently only DEET sprayed on top of the clothing will consistently deter mosquitoes from biting you. The mosquitoes find you by following the CO2 from your breath. That is how the mosquito magnets work. They follow the CO2 in the air, and once they find you, they take a drink. DEET seems to confuse them and they do not land on you. This protocol seems to work for the mosquito vector control personnel here in Sac. (08/13/2005) By Les RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House I suggest your girl wear black during the sunset outside when a mosquito comes up to her be ready to hit it. and as for the ones in your house it won't kill you to go buy spray from a local store like wipe off (08/15/2005) By Milinda RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitoes Out of the House Natural remedy for mosquitoes inside the home... Try essential oil of NEEM. Fill spray bottle with 1 cup of water. Add 20 drops of NEEM oil. Shake well. Mist lightly in rooms. (avoid furnishings/ carpets) Use this as a cleaning solution in bathrooms and kitchens. Cockroaches hate NEEM, as well. (08/24/2005) By Ali RE: Mosquito Bites and Keeping Mosquitos Out of the House Simple solution. Have few drops mustard oil on your palm, rub both palms and rub your hand on the exposed body parts. Mosquitoes will never come near. (08/31/2005) By saeed Report Spam or Abuse