Idea's on making mosquito bites better

[Love my Critters!]

This is going to sound so rediculous....but....I am going on vacation this coming weekend. Well Sunday night I was bit by a misquito about 10 times on my legs. Mosquitos love me for some reason and I get chewed up when no one else gets bothered.

Anyway, they itch soooo bad that I scratch them in my sleep and make them bleed and I don't want scabs/scars on my legs when we go on vacation. I've been using benadryl cream and hydrocordison cream and neither are working very well. I'm going crazy during the day trying to not scratch them, but at night I don't even realize I'm doing it. Can anyone help? Does anyone have any ideas on what to try to make them stop itching?
Thanks!

 

[ksacres]

We always used calamine lotion. It's pink and works pretty good.

Another alternative: wear light gloves to bed, it won't stop the itch, or stop you from scratching, but it will keep your nails off your skin!

 

[Marie66]

Yup. There could be 1 mosquito and 100 people and I would be the only one bitten (100 times) I found this stuff called Bite Back. it's in a small .5 oz dark brown glass bottle. You apply it with a stick thing inside the bottle. It works the best for me. (i also scratch in my sleep and wake up with blood under my fingernails) anyways, i've found this stuff to work perfectly. you j ust need to use it liberally, and fight the itch for a minute if you've already scratched (its usually instantly relieving if you put it on the bite before scratching), and then its good for usually 24 hours.
good luck

the label says Bite Back
Stop the Itch
from bug bites

 

[Southern Chickens]

There is this stuff called afterbite. You can get it at Walmart, Walgreens or CVS. It is just Ammonia. It stops the itch. It will sting if you have scratched the skin off.

 

[Judy]

I'm also one of those people that attracts every mosquito in the county, and I get big welts if I don't treat.

I imagine Bite Back is also ammonia. Works like a charm on any poisonous bite (well, not rattlesnakes....) Trick is to get it on immediately. Works better if you GENTLY scratch it in, not to break the skin, just to get the dead skin cells off and the ammonia onto the venom. I keep a bottle of household ammonia in several handy spots around my property, in all outbuildings.

Plain Adolph's meat tenderizer is a more portable substitute. You will have to, sorry, spit on the bite and rub the moist tenderizer in. Both work by neutralizing or breaking down the protein in the venom.

When I lived in the Keys, everyone kept one or the other around to use on Portugese Man-0-War stings, which are pretty painful.

I have recently discovered that Avon makes a SkinSoSoft bug repellent spray that is nontoxic and works even better than DEET, IMO. Doesn't stink, either.

 

[barngirlsrule]

this is going to sound stupid, but it really works!

Arm and Hammer, for sensitive teeth tooth paste. (told ya it sounds weird)
get just rub some on the bite and it will be better by the end of the day.
This actually works, i tried it at camp, and it worked perfectly.

For scratching in your sleep, i have that same problem. I just sleep in oven mitts. (i know im crazy! )

 

[Marie66]

let's see,
bite back is 2.8 % camphor
1.5% phenol
.1% menthol
also contains collodion and eucalyptus



if that helps!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

hold the cut side of a potatoe on it.

 

[Love my Critters!]

Thanks guys.... I needed some help and I knew I could count on yall!

Going to give this stuff a try. Right now I don't care how crazy it sounds, I'm willing to do it.
By the way, my bites are going on 48 hours old, so hopefully it's not too late.

 

[ranchhand]

Cut you fingernails really short. That's all that works for me here in mosquito heaven. That, and wear long pants, which is what I do outside a lot. Hot, but better than the itching!

Does Biteback come in a 55 gallon drum?