Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:59 pm
Lass wrote:At the moment I have 12 on my right leg and a few more on my left, all from taking my dog out at night and in the morning. Which is really bad, since some people in this area have died from Eastern Equine Esephalitis.
Use a hairbrush if you have to itch. Usually I end up scratching mine till the bleed and get all scabby. So I have all these nasty looking round scars on my legs from many summers of mosquito bites.
I know what you mean
I have a nasty loking scar on my ankle where I scrathed too much, then went into the sea XD
Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:46 am
WHY does EVERYBODY say don't scratch??!?! It's not that easy to resist, you know! 
Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:53 am
Calamine lotion works well. Try that.
Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:43 am
Jahbal wrote:Calamine lotion works well. Try that.
You mean the pink baby lotion? I use that too.
Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:23 am
You can try Aloe Vera, in gel form or straight from the plant itself. Instant relief.
Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:29 pm
Well, I'm not gonna be much help here. I've gotten loads of bug bites this summer, and I scratch 'em 'til they bleed...they stop itching then. (I have many scars, too.) Fortunetly, only a couple were nasty ol' skeeter bites, as when I get them they swell up and get itchy AND painful at the same time, which is no fun at all. =(
Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:39 pm
jellyoflight wrote:Lass wrote:At the moment I have 12 on my right leg and a few more on my left, all from taking my dog out at night and in the morning. Which is really bad, since some people in this area have died from Eastern Equine Esephalitis.
Use a hairbrush if you have to itch. Usually I end up scratching mine till the bleed and get all scabby. So I have all these nasty looking round scars on my legs from many summers of mosquito bites.
I know what you mean
Thats little compared to me:)
Last year was 15 overnight. This year its 30 altogether.All of them in my quadriceps. Its like catnip to them. I have a really hard time keeping from sracthing.
Sorry for being crabby, I just don't feel good today...
Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:26 pm
Yeah, it feels good too.Chaud wrote:Jahbal wrote:Calamine lotion works well. Try that.
You mean the pink baby lotion? I use that too.
Kind of messy to use though.
Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:28 pm
Chaud wrote:WHY does EVERYBODY say don't scratch??!?! It's not that easy to resist, you know!
But you'll have horrible scars. What's weird is I scrached and I turned out fine. o.o
Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:43 pm
An Asian technique is to use a hot teabag and dab/rub/apply it on each of your bites. Apparently that gets out the toxins as well.
I unknowing scratched (a lot) my last two mosquito bites- the one on the back of my hand and the one on the tip of my elbow. Both have remaining marks, they'll probably take ages to go away. ><
I unknowing scratched (a lot) my last two mosquito bites- the one on the back of my hand and the one on the tip of my elbow. Both have remaining marks, they'll probably take ages to go away. ><
Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:20 pm
this is kinda weird but it helps me.. put toothpaste on it.. like a liberal amount you can even rub it in a bit but make sure there's a ton of toothpaste on it... for some reason it stops the itching for me and even if it keeps itching atleast you have a layer of toothpaste so you won't hurt urself too much (also everyone has toothpaste heh)
Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:05 am
DM was on fire! wrote:Chaud wrote:WHY does EVERYBODY say don't scratch??!?! It's not that easy to resist, you know!
But you'll have horrible scars. What's weird is I scrached and I turned out fine. o.o
Nah, the scars aren't usually that bad. =P
Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:20 pm
We should all be more carefully about mosquitoes now that a kid has died from a mosquitoe carried illness. There are things like West Nile, Esphilitus (sp?), and others. Be carefull.
Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:06 am
*counts* Sixteen scars from mosquito bites.
Try putting tape on top of the bites.
Try putting tape on top of the bites.