I go to Oklahoma and Texas to geocache. I’ve probably been out in the woods there 50 times and I never got chiggers, but I always got poison ivy. This year I didn’t get poison ivy and I got chiggers. So I guess to prevent chiggers, you have to get poison ivy : ) Nothing I’ve tried works for long. They itched so bad that I took a washcloth and rubbed myself down with full stregth bleach. It burns like Hell but the itch goes away for a couple hours. I’ve tried skin lotions, Calamine, Hydrocortisone cream, even a cortisone shot! I’ve had them for more than two weeks, and if they’re not gone in another week, I’m going to fly from Seattle to the Chaparral Trail in Texas and run naked through the poison ivy : )If that doesn’t work, I’m going to do what one person suggested and kill them with a blow torch!!!!!

I get chiggers every summer. The thing that works, is harmless, covers large areas and stops the itch immediately is hair spray. The same theory as clear nail polish–only much easier. I use White Rain Maximum Hold because it’s cheap. After it dries you can’t tell it’s on there snd you can wash it off with your next shower. Try it. You’ll be amazed.

I have been infected with several hundred chiggers. I guess I laid right in the middle of the nest. I have bathed and showered, but still cannot get them to release. It is to the point that I am starting to feel light headed. I have enough bites to try different things on, and when I have found the best solution that is working for me, I will let you all know.

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Just to let you dimwits know the chiggers DO NOT BURROW IN THE SKIN!! Therefore, putting something like nail polish on the bite does nothing to suffocate anything because there is NOTHING THERE! The chigger injects a digestive enzyme into your skin causing a small red bump to appear 1-3 hours after the initial bite. The bite is the itchiest after 1-2 days. The bites go away on their own. You can relieve the itchiness with an over the counter anti-histamine such as Benadryl. I hope this helps you dimwits!

vaseline will help to suffocate and/or prevent chiggers from receiving enough air to survive.

i need some help please, 2 months ago i moved to my new apt and aft a week i started noticing red dots all over me, arms, legs, neck.So i thought may some allergic reaction but until i found this tiny creature which apparently seem to be a chigger. i turned the light on one night where i was itching and there were like 3 eating off my arm, so i picked them up and look around for more and i found more and i keep collecting them but dont know how to get rid of them. they seem to be coming out of my bed frame which is wood then they crawl up to my bed. =Im really frustrated ive tried bombs, raid and nothing PLease help since that day ive tried to sleep in my room but i cant anymore everytime i try to go to sleep there i get bitten!!!

I dab regular bleach on the bites. Burnes like hades, but seems to work.

Nail Polish and Chigarid DO work, especially when applied early. At the first sign of chigger welts, use nail polish (Chigarid makes a similar hard coating) to suffocate them. This will kill the chigger within 24 hours, and the welts will begin to subside. I just discovered 30 or so bites on two days ago, so I immediately applied nail polish, and they are already disappearing. I have 40 years experience with this, so I know it works.

Oh! Almost forgot, and no I am not a spokes person, but DEEP WOODS OFF, and SKIN SO SOFT (Original Scent Bath Oil) by Avon works entirely too well not to put on BEFORE you go outdoors. I know it is the DEET, in the OFF, and the citronella in the Skin So Soft but for some reason other brand names do not seem to work as well.

Nail polish clear or other wise does help to kill the darlins. It takes a day or three. Peppermint essential oil works well with the itch on non- gential/facial areas. (If you get it there be prepared to suffer for upwards of 20-30 minutes, if it gets into the eyes, you can use a qtip saoked in olive oil held into corner of the eye to saok it up and olive oil helps to neutralize it. The olive oil feels good but to get the peppermint into the eye is very very painful. And washing your hands does not appear to help much Dawn works somewhat but not altogether, so if you get it on your hands be careful not to touch genitals or eyes for 20-30 minutes. Citronella oil or oil of citronella works well to help repel them and to smother them, again not genitals or face and be careful of touching with your hands, but doesn’t help much with the itch. We have used EVERYTHING else there is out there, These are the only things that appear to help. Mixing a couple of drops of either of these oils with water and spraying in house and on plantd and animals seems to get rid of them. Check your local health food/ herbal store for these items. Not available at large chains like GNC. BTW a drop of peppermint on ANY bug bite, takes the heat and inflamation away eliminating the itch and pain. Hope this helps ya’ll as much as it did us and our nine year old.

I read this page to help my friend out for chiggers. And when I told him to use the calamine lotion. I told him that he needs to rub it on his legs. But, the chiggers werent on his legs…(he was wearing loose pants) and apparently they are on his no no square ROFLMAO!!! Maybe they arent chiggers LOL!!!!

I have found that scrubbing with baking soda in the shower works to soothe the itch. After getting out of the shower I also dab a paste of the baking soda on the bites. Most times the bite is gone by morning.

Due to medicine I was taking that kept me asleep after my surgery I couldnt feel chigger bites. Soon I had a nest at my house that started at ym sofa which is whenre I used to aly all day long. Even worst I went outside for nothing.I thought I had fleas. After 2 months of fumigating, bombs and everything else I could think off, I couldnt figure out what was biting me. Some one suggested chiggers,and the best remedy for me per doctors prescritpion: buy a bottle of nix, spread it all over your bod and hair if they bother you there too. Leave the mixture on your body for 10 minutes and then take a bath mixed witha bit of cider vinegar. They came out really fast. If in the floor of your hosue cider vinegar will do the trick. ALso in wlamer they sell Chiggerix, it is a cream vry cheap $1.99 and it helps a lot within a few mintues the pain is gone. By the way you cant fumigate your hose against chiggers, only your garden.

try chigarid u can buy at most drug stores
also butter with salt in it

Get a blow torch and scorch the rascals to death! That’s about the only cure I know.

toothpaste (any kind) is wonderful for itches from bug bites

Aloe Vera gel works well for me on chigger bites, as well as other insect bites.You can even get it in a spray at CVS or Walgreens. Just make sure the product is at least 98% aloe vera!

I found a product you can purchae on HSN.com. It is actually used to clear up Acne. It is a product of Serious Skin Care called Dry-Lo Medication Spot Treatment. It is used to dry out pimples and I found that it would dry up the chigger bites and keep them from itching. It is made of 10% sulfur. It is not a cheap product but it works.

use roll on deodorant ,i have found avon brand to work the best