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Re: Mozzies!
Often easier said than done but resist the urge to scratch it and the itch will go away.
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by Rainydaze
(Post 9143580)
Lavender oil is good, and the ice works a treat too.
I was told recently that mossies are attracted to you if you're Vitamin-B deficient to begin with (which i am) so that explains the recommendation to take Vit-B tabs. BTW, encountered march flies for the first time recently, now they're horrific!:eek: |
Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by paulry
(Post 9143628)
Often easier said than done but resist the urge to scratch it and the itch will go away.
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by paulry
(Post 9143628)
Often easier said than done but resist the urge to scratch it and the itch will go away.
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by HelenTD
(Post 9143635)
Doesn't work like that though for those with a big reaction, especially once the bite starts to blister:eek:. If I don't use red tiger balm to stop the itching, then I can't sleep, or do anything other than scratch.
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly
(Post 9143632)
We still talking mozzie bites here,or have you been a naughty boy;)
Originally Posted by HelenTD
(Post 9143635)
Doesn't work like that though for those with a big reaction, especially once the bite starts to blister:eek:. If I don't use red tiger balm to stop the itching, then I can't sleep, or do anything other than scratch.
I find that mozzie bites are easy enough to resist scratching but true, not everyone has the same relatively light reaction |
Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by paulry
(Post 9143649)
Yeah, that statement can equally apply to most temptation-related things :lol:
I had that with sand fly bites in Malaysia last year. Impossible not to scratch no matter how much one concentrates their mind away from doing so. And the blisters! :eek: I find that mozzie bites are easy enough to resist scratching but true, not everyone has the same relatively light reaction I've tried the Vitamin B tablet and loads of Marmite, but it doesn't seem to work for me. Time hasn't helped either, as I still blister and have 3 at the moment. I just have to try and not get bitten. |
Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by Dreamy
(Post 9142185)
I'll have to try the toothpaste :)
I've always been attractive to insects! We've been here 3 years now - my first year was hell, I think I constantly had at least one hugely swollen area (omg knuckle bites are the worst). The last 6 months I've probably only had 3 or 4 really bad bites, so I'm hopeful that this immunity theory is starting to work out. I'm still getting bit by some other kind of flying insect - it leaves very small, very hard itchy spots that are a bloody nightmare. I'm itching now just thinking about it, lol. I haven't noticed many around while sitting outside my home (in Brisbane) this summer - maybe high deck on this new house is helping - or they have all drowned. I have a mate who recently completed one whole year of camping (he lost his rental and thought it was a good idea) and he recommends bushmans as the best premixed repellent. Or dettol and baby oil if you want to make one yourself. :) |
Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by fish.01
(Post 9144083)
I haven't noticed many around while sitting outside my home (in Brisbane) this summer - maybe high deck on this new house is helping - or they have all drowned.
I have a mate who recently completed one whole year of camping (he lost his rental and thought it was a good idea) and he recommends bushmans as the best premixed repellent. Or dettol and baby oil if you want to make one yourself. :) Dettol and baby oil would keep more than mozzies away :lol: |
Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by Kelli28
(Post 9144111)
I got badly bitten about 3 weeks ago when I first arrived in Perth, stoopid me didn't think Perth would have mozzies as its a dry heat and I was 9 floors up...I looked like I had chicken pox and I scratched them OMG the itch was horrific! It's true once you itch them it's almost impossible to stop the itch, the only thing I find that works for me once I've been bitten is a hot hot shower, don't know why but it seems to work.
Dettol and baby oil would keep more than mozzies away :lol: |
Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly
(Post 9144120)
Baby oil wouldn't keep this wee mozzie from biting ya:wub:
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by HelenTD
(Post 9144169)
Wouldn't your teeth just keep sliding off?:sneaky:
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly
(Post 9144172)
I would take them out:D
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by HelenTD
(Post 9144173)
So you'd gum her to death?:lol:
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Re: Mozzies!
Originally Posted by Bernie Barfly
(Post 9144178)
:thumbsup:
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