Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Spain
Posts: 286

he he naw not the dog man vicks, this is vicks vapor rub they told on tv that you rub it over chigger bites and it will smother and kill them did any try this yet.

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Registered: Oct 2006
Location: NE Kansas
Posts: 43

Hadn't heard that, but sounds reasonable...but if you wash where the bites are with old-fashioned lye soap, it will stop the itching. doubt anyone really makes lye soap anymore, but sometimes can pick it up at craft shows, etc.

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Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Box Springs, Georgia
Posts: 72

ICY HOT works real well also

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Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Everywhere
Posts: 2708

ya know...I dont even know what a chigger is. Some kind of flea like bug?

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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 19374

DARN I HATE these posts!

Chiggers are tiny, six-legged wingless organisms (larvae) that grow up to become a type of insect called a mite. Chiggers are found in tall grass and weeds. Their bite causes severe itching.
Chiggers are found in the southern part of the United States and in other countries. They are usually restricted to certain areas such as berry patches, tall grass and weeds, and woodland edges. The chiggers bite humans around the waist, ankles, or in warm skin folds.

The itching usually occurs several hours after the chiggers attach to the skin. The chigger can sometimes be seen in the center of a red, pimple-like bump that has not been scratched.

Calamine lotion, antihistamines and the steroid skincreams are used to get rid of the itch.... but just waiting it out is what you have to do.
Yuck...I'm itchy Yuck....

HappyScratchin' Heather

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Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Pilot Mtn, NC
Posts: 2205

never heard of using vicks vapor rub, but i do know that clear finger nail polish put on a chigger bite will smother them out also.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Lumpkin, Ga
Posts: 8757

More commonly known as "Red Bugs" around here! More information here; http://www.pestproducts.com/chiggers.htm

Read the Myths for treatments that do not work!

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