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Zhills
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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

‎03-16-2019 05:21 PM

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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

‎03-17-2019 07:06 AM

Thank you, everyone!

 

I am most appreciative of these suggestions!

 

My husband and I will be outside working together and he does not get even one bite!

 

Me --- I get attacked by everything in sight!!!!

 

 

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." - Steve Martin
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KingstonsMom
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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

‎03-17-2019 07:58 AM

@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

Thank you, everyone!

 

I am most appreciative of these suggestions!

 

My husband and I will be outside working together and he does not get even one bite!

 

Me --- I get attacked by everything in sight!!!!

 

 

 

@AngelPuppy1 

 

DD is the same way and every bite she gets is the size of a quarter, LOL!

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
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AngelPuppy1
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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

‎03-18-2019 05:38 AM

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@AngelPuppy1 wrote:

Thank you, everyone!

 

I am most appreciative of these suggestions!

 

My husband and I will be outside working together and he does not get even one bite!

 

Me --- I get attacked by everything in sight!!!!

 

 

 

@AngelPuppy1 

 

DD is the same way and every bite she gets is the size of a quarter, LOL!

@KingstonsMom 

Oh, yeah. Sometimes, I get worse than that.  It's terrible.  The older I get the worse they bother me.  I love the warm weather but HATE those darn bugs!!!!  

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." - Steve Martin
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granddi
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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

‎03-18-2019 09:09 AM

Thanks for the ideas. All the sudden I have become very sensitive to insect bits. Last 2 years I have gotten infections leading to mild cellulitis requiring antibiotics. If you get a bite, you think of something to stop the itch but also apply a topical antiobiotic such as neosporin.

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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

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‎03-18-2019 11:18 AM - edited ‎03-18-2019 11:21 AM

A dab of ammonia (q-tip) applied on an itchy insect bite will take away the itch instantly and help reduce any swelling caused by the bite.

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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

‎03-19-2019 07:58 AM

@AngelPuppy1 @SilleeMee @granddi @KingstonsMom @Zhills 

 

Essential oils should work...Helichrysum worked for me in the house when I was trying to read (iPad) and a small gnat wanted to seek the light.

~Have a Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit~
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SilleeMee
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Re: Insect Repellant suggestions - healthier versions

‎03-19-2019 08:22 AM

EOs that bugs and spiders don't like include:

 

-citronella

-peppermint

-cedar

-geranium

 

I would not use these directly on skin. But they can be diluted with carrier oils so that they can be. 

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