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Everything is itchy and I want to take a flamethrower to my skin … send help haha
Aug 16, 2026 9:43 AM
fortytwoembers
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Everything is itchy and I want to take a flamethrower to my skin … send help haha
Hyo38
oh that fucking sucks... we let our yard get overgrown once and I spent a couple days getting it back under control... and when I say that everything from my hips down was covered in their bites I mean EVERYTHING.
ProfessorBanesworth
localhost has been attacked by a bug
Icetech3
There's some stuff on Amazon called mite be gone, it stops itching almost instantly. Stuff is amazing
11Weasel11
Ugh, I had to deal with these bastards during Marine Corps combat training. We used to douse or calves in bleach at shower time. Seemed to help, try that.
digifuzzy
Calamine Lotion
Your ankle may not be the Hormuz Strait but you'll need a diplomat to establish a peace accord for next time.
whadyameanthatnamestaken
Used to live in Mo... would use about a teaspoon of powdered sulphur in each sock, and also around waistband and in crotch.
Run around the woods all day, no chiggers or ticks.
bripi
I did this. The *only* relief I ever got was running a bathtub full of the hottest water I could stand and just soaking in it in sheer ecstacy. It was the *only* relief I could ever get, and it worked like a charm right before bed. During the day, it was slathering myself in hydrocortisone but that scalding bath....chef's kiss!
GeneralAnubis
I had over 400 bites once because I brushed up against a waist high shrub that was apparently infested with them when going for a "bush wee" in Arkansas. Everywhere from waist to knee was covered. It was hell
Blackfinity
NVGoddesscottage
Chiggers are real? (I live in the desert)
DALLASLAVOWNER
anothe option is tinactin power foot spry. it stops the itch after a few minutes
Cats2cats
I can feel the itch!l
veronicablood
there's a topical called "ChiggerX" that is basically Lidocaine. Go get it, and be thankful the basterds didn't make it to your crotch.
Frozenspokes
The good news is that chiggers are unable to burrow into your skin. Scrubbing with soapy water is enough to get them off of you. The bad news is that their bites actually liquify your skin cells and will itch like hell long after you've gotten rid of them.
petonious
Had them in a line up my back from camping. Ouch.
CallMeCourierSix
@OP Hop in the shower, make the water as absolutely hot as you can stand it, and point it at your legs. Scrub the bites with Dial antibacterial soap and a washcloth.
Cactus21
Maybe they were trying to get home? /s
fortytwoembers
Lol
sjester42
In the scouts we used to get these all the time, just grab some clear nail polish and dab it over the holes when the liquid fills it pop it and cover it again with more nail polish. The itching will stop the chigger will be pulled out.
JuliusPepperwoodFromChicago
That’s not how chiggers work. They latch on, eat, and fall off. Thats when the itchy bumps appear.
sjester42
Maybe it's psychosomatic, cuz every time I've done it, it works- stops the itching. Same with mosquito bites.
zookeeBandit
I live in Missouri. Lots of chiggers and ticks. My mitigation technique is to put lots of lotion on my legs and tops of my feet then spray bug repellent on legs and feet then shoes. If I’ve been in the woods, I make sure I take a good shower. I haven’t had either annoy me ever since I started doing that.
iusegoogleplus
No place like 127.0.0.1.
fortytwoembers
❤️
sacrosanctt
No place like localhost?
petonious
Yea nail polish.
merrowcattech
I've gotten into them three times this summer. WTF? I feel bad for you. I had to take oral steroids. They didn't help. I'm sorry.
LateNightBunnyParty
LMAO, that was me all through the summer every year throughout my childhood. I grew up in the woods. We played in tall grass. I was always coming home covered in chigger, mosquito, and tick bites.
BuckinCrazy
Use alcohol on them
fsharpminor3s
Me being a dog lover and system engineer, didn't notice the bug bites, but the paw print and 127.0.0.1. LOL
fortytwoembers
❤️❤️ I’ve got it tattooed on my ankle and my hubs got it over his heart a couple days after we got married
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
Dude got localhost tattooed on him. Lol.
fortytwoembers
Dude got it tattooed on *her and so did her husband
cloudstrife046583000
Good thing Bulbasaur was spared! Bug types are super effective against grass types after all.
HandoB4Javert
elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
Shit like this is how we know Coyote Peterson was full of shit lol
aGoatinaBoat
fortytwoembers
Charmander needs to come over and flame my legs stat
DaveSamsonite
When you get a chigger bite, it's so awful. You wanna dig it out with a skewer
gonzar09
Bulbasaur also has poison typing, neutralizing bug attacks to their normal damage output. Bugs would prefer Oddishes over Bulbasaurs.
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
But Oddish is also part poison-type....
MasterChristopher
It's at least worth noting that In Gen 1, Bug was super-effective against Poison, which would've made it 4x effective against Bulbasaur back then. But that change was over 25 years ago, so maybe it isn't worth noting. :|
cloudstrife046583000
You nerd!!! Jk i respect it you are totally right.
gonzar09
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZTBhbHczMHpmNXdoNjEwcGp1ZHJweHE3ajdpMWx5NmF1dXFqcHB1ZSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/amrNGnZUeWhZC/200w.webp All good, bro.
ThomasThundersword
I have had success with almost the flamethrower method tbh. hot water, the hottest you can possibly stand, like instantly turn your skin red but not really burn you hot. It feels like hellfire for a moment and the itching gets SO MUCH WORSE for a few seconds. then it fades. Can usually get anywhere from 6-24 hours out of it. never tried it for chiggers but worked for fleas, mosquitoes, and poison oak. The principle is to just overload the nerves so they just STFU for a while.
fortytwoembers
That was me in the shower yesterday, I already like it hot as hades so I just cranked it up a notch…. Hurt so good lol
RetrogradeLlama
Just went through that with fire ants. Try wiping with alcohol for the itching.
Bundalicious
Light beer or regular beer?
Lampmonster
If that doesn't work, drink the alcohol until you don't care about the itching.
anjeleyezjr
You REALLY don't want to drink rubbing alcohol.
Lampmonster
You're not my mom!
PlasmaSquirrel
Life hack, using vodka for both
hogeyegrex
Everclear, at that point.
thefnord
Memorial paw print club - it's a sad club, but it's got the best memories.
fortytwoembers
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nintendolunchbox
In the army we used nail polish to smother them
JuliusPepperwoodFromChicago
That’s what my parents did back before people knew better. They’re gone by the time the red bumps and itching start.
bwittekoekover9000
that was also recommended on an old episode of CSI lol
nintendolunchbox
A writer must have been in the army ;)
NotSomoneElse68
Ok. I am not a doctor and both of these are bad ideas - that I have done and they worked. First, Ivomec >FOR SWINE<. Get it from Tractor supply or whatnot. 1cc per 100 lbs. That will kill the bugs. Second, of your skin is burned, the body will pay attention to the burn and not the itch. So use - just barely scalding water. I poured a scalding bath and knelt in it. (I had to hold the boys above the water. The second time I use a removable showerhead with scalding water. ¹
NotSomoneElse68
Your looking for Sunburn levels of burn. Maybe a sunburn works IDK. Both of these have worked for me. The Ivomec I'm pretty sure about, it's worked for someone else's scabies, too, when I recommended it to them (3 people had it). The burn thing seems to work - it has worked for me in the past for biting Midges that itches so bad I scratched my legs open - next day, itching was gone. Again, I am a random idiot on the Internet and these are bad ideas, especially the whole 'intentional burning.
JuliusPepperwoodFromChicago
The bugs are gone before you notice any red spots or itching. You failed step one, Mr. Notadoctor.
NotSomoneElse68
For scabies, they are not gone right away, so Ivomec works for those. It also works for lice. Biting Midges do not imbed and that's what I had to burn myself for.. So, Ivomec if the insect is parasitic, and burning your skin to reduce itching. Do whatever with it.
NotSomoneElse68
Also, I've never encountered Chiggers.So, I was going off the guy who said they used nail polish to suffocate them.
zookeeBandit
By the time you notice them, they are already gone, unfortunately.
johnxbear
No they aren't
zookeeBandit
Source: google but any search engine will work.
What Actually Happens When You Get BittenNo Burrowing: Chiggers remain entirely on the surface of your skin.The Stylostome: They inject saliva containing digestive enzymes that liquefy skin cells. Your body reacts by forming a hardened, hollow feeding tube called a stylostome.The Itch: The severe itch is a delayed allergic reaction to their saliva, not the physical
johnxbear
Yup. They are still on you for a few days. Im glad you googled that and learned something
zookeeBandit
I think the question was if you can suffocate them by covering the bite. You cannot because they are not “in” the bite. They are already gone. They “can” be around for 48 hours, but that is rare unless you actually live in the dirt.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538528/