Mosquitoes tend to eat me alive. I needed a quick fix to alleviate the itching, and I didn't want anything that was either too stinky or left dots all over me. Some store products didn't work for me. I tried table salt on the moistened area (it helped, but granules kept falling off). Apple cider vinegar didn't smell good and relief didn't last that long. Peppermint toothpaste would have worked, but again the splotches and fear of having it rub off onto other things.
Source: Found suggestion on http://www.home-remedy.org
By Diane from Rochester, NY
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Wet a bar of any kind of soap and rub on the bite; it will stop the itching. This is great for babies and small children who have such sensitive skin.
Hi, I was reading your tip for using deodorant on the bites. I also get really bad bites but I treat them now with aspirin mixed to a paste and leave on for a while. This takes down the swelling, I also make up a spray of witchazel 60 mls.
A little dab of aspercreme works perfectly too.
I like this simple idea! I am anxious to try it. Now if we could just keep them from biting without the smelly sprays!
I'll go try this, as soon as I climb over my sleeping dog, lol! The mosquitoes chewed my left leg to pieces Saturday night. :P
Up until about a month ago I walking to work every day for a couple of years, I was also getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and whatever else flies around in Kansas. So, I had already bought some citronella for something else.
I had read here at ThriftyFun that using a bit of lavender essential oil on your pulse points works. I tried it and it worked for me. I have immune deficient problems because of emphysema and actually was bitten a couple months ago and ended up with cellulitis because of the bites but since then I've used the lavender oil and no more problems even though the skeeter population is out of control here.
Try a Therapik. Heat neutralizes mosquito bites and the Therapik delivers focused heat to the sit.One or two applications will do the trick and it usually eliminates the swelling as well.
I read on Thrifyfun years ago that Scotch tape over the bite will keep it from itching. I tried it and it worked.
Mosquitoes are bad this year so you really need to wear insect repellent.
I grew up on a lake...best thing for us was deodorant with antidepressants..rub it on...don't itch it ...it should stop the itch and br gone...
Im originally from Avon,NY living in Canada now. Mosquitoes love me to death. I will try the deodorant but what I do is take slivers of a bar of soap and put it in a small prescription bottle (washed) add water to soften soap. When I have a mosquito bite I just put the liquid soap on and it stops almost instantly.
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