If you live in Chiggerland like a lot of folks do, you probably have been looking for the ultimate chigger treatment for a long time. When it come summer time, everyone knows it is Chigger Time in certain parts of the county.
Chiggers are like cockroaches in some ways. They have learned to survive just about anything and are millions of years old. They have adapted very nicely to surviving in the modern rural society just fine.
It seems unseemly something so small as a chigger can be the topic of more conversations at the dinner table than the latest and greatest movie, or ball game, whatever game that may be. Talking about chiggers is like talking about the weather. Everyone wants to discuss how hot or cold it is but can do nothing about it except complain.
When it comes to talking about chiggers everyone complains about the itching and wondering if there is such a thing as chigger treatment that actually works. Just about everyone that lives in Chiggerland has heard of all the wives tails about how to get rid of chiggers and just about everyone has tried them all, and more.
One thing is for sure, after you spend enough time around chiggers or at least around those who have been around chiggers for more than season or three will learn how to fight back or they will never survive living where chiggers share the country side.
Some of the best advice ever given to a novice or otherwise when it comes to treating chiggers it is to avoid them like the plague. Now this may seem easier said than done. But all it takes is a minute of your time to avoid hours suffering and cursing a few hours later.
Here are some hot chigger treatment tips for those wise enough to use them.
Number one. Do not under any circumstances use dangerous chemicals to stop the itching. They do not work. Period. Leave the gasoline and matches and ice pick alone. You will only hurt yourself and regret it later.
Number two. Leave chiggers in the field where you found them. Do not drag them home with you. Brush yourself off or if you have a buddy dust each other off every few hours and before getting in the pickup truck to head on home. (If you don’t you may find your buddies waiting for you when you go for the next ride into town.)
Number three. When you get home and before you make yourself comfortable, strip off and get a good hot shower with lots of soap and wash rag or exfoliating scrubber. Get those critters off before they can set in for free lunch at your expense. While your are at it get your duds tossed into the washer on hot water, some soap and a bit of bleach. When done dry on high heat or hang in the sun to dry. Preferably above the grass and away from trees etc where chiggers may be hiding.
Now there are some repellents that work pretty well that are natural. DEET is a powerful toxic substance that affects bugs nerves and if it affects them, it all will affect you. Don’t use it on the skin and wash it off immediately if not sooner if you get it on you.
Flowers of Sulfur is good and cheap and works. Get one of those powder puff things women use to powder their faces and dust some of it on you. Or put it in a sock and bang it around where you want it.
It also works great around camp grounds when camping or pick nicking.
There are also some so called treatments for stopping the itch. As mentioned above most don’t work and some are down right dangerous to your well being. That means your health. DO NOT use them.
All of that over the counter stuff does not work long term if at all. Even Chigger Aide is short on results and costs like the devil.
If you have a baby around the house try some of the diaper rash cream you have. There seems to be some truth to it’s working on chigger bites. There is also a rumor aspirin and organic apple cider vinegar work well also.
But you can download your own secret Chigger Treatment Formula and stop itching within minutes. Isn’t it worth it?
