Is this weird? Chigger related.

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My dad used to do bleach baths bc he used to get poison ivy really bad. I wouldn't do it for a young child but maybe in a spray bottle bc my child drinks bath water

[TrudyCampbell]

I don't know what a chigger is.

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I used to get chiggers all the time and have never heard of that.

[fusion]

Jun 28, 2013 13:51:29 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I don't know what a chigger is.

omg, they are AWFUL. They squirt a liquid into you that turns your skin into goo and then suck it out. They are SOOO itchy. I got attacked by them a week before I got married and my legs looked disgusting. I was so happy I had a long dress, and there was no sexy garter toss part of the evening.

[claralou]

Jun 28, 2013 13:51:29 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I don't know what a chigger is.

Very regional. I only know about them because my mom talked about avoiding them when she was a kid (in the SW). We don't have them here... I think.

[Faevantastic]

I have never heard of this and I am freaked out.

ETA: chiggers, not bleach bath.  Bleach bath supposedly treats eczema so I don't think it's sucha weird thing.

[meggabs]

EWWWW

[TrudyCampbell]

Ew! I hope I never meet a chigger.

[Deleted]

They are at our lake cabin. My husband gets them sometimes when he does yard work there. (I am comfortably reading on the dock so I am unaffected)
I have never heard of the bleach/chlorine remedy; I'll tell him, I'm sure he would try lighting his ankles on fire if that would help.
For the record: he puts clear nail polish on his bites because "it suffocates them". It has never ever helped even a little.

[teamhayes]

I had to google chigger too and I wish I didn't.

[musiclover]

Jun 28, 2013 13:54:47 GMT -5 @pcloadletter said:

TrudyCampbell this is what me and all my cousins and friends looked like in the summer. Except imagine that all up in your underwear lines

No
No
No
Just noooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Jun 28, 2013 14:32:49 GMT -5 @pcloadletter said:

Jun 28, 2013 14:16:38 GMT -5 @veronicasawyer said:

They are at our lake cabin. My husband gets them sometimes when he does yard work there. (I am comfortably reading on the dock so I am unaffected)
I have never heard of the bleach/chlorine remedy; I'll tell him, I'm sure he would try lighting his ankles on fire if that would help.
For the record: he puts clear nail polish on his bites because "it suffocates them". It has never ever helped even a little.

Because they don't stay at the bite. They do their thing, move on, and then the Itch starts. I read that some essential oils can help the itching 

Yeah, I know, he knows, and yet he still does it, lol! It it is one of those things he grew up doing, so he continues even though he knows it doesn't work. Old habits die hard, I suppose!

[The Foozzler]

I wish I didn't open this thread. I didn't know what these things were. Now I will have nightmares.

[heyjojo]

This is so horrible, I'm going to vom'.
I'd never heard of a chigger before this either, and now I'm scarred for life!

[katie]

I've heard of them. I had know idea they were in Spanish moss, it's all over out trees in our yard! I'd take a bleach bath to get those fuckers off me. Gross!

[Deleted]

I've never heard of a chigger before either! But aahh, looks awful

[jfh]

I've never heard of doing a bleach bath. I always do clear nail polish too!

[spaghetticat]

Omg. I had a crazy neighbor who was outside spraying herself with Windex. We were taking v for a walk and she started telling us that she had chiggers and if she didn't get rid of them, she was going to kill herself. I wish I knew about the bleach.

[bigapple]

I've heard of them but didn't quite realize what they were. Flesh melting micro insects? That is so freaking disgusting.

I just found this. Apparently we're in a moderate region. Hmmm...

[thedahliharpa]

Man I have not heard the word Chigger since I was 12 and spent summers in Kentucky. I'm so happy to be in Chigger free zone.

[charlielove]

Jun 28, 2013 16:21:06 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

Man I have not heard the word Chigger since I was 12 and spent summers in Kentucky. I'm so happy to be in Chigger free zone.

Apparently I am also on the happy to be chigger free boat. Though until this post, I'd never even heard of them.

[kkfeb04]

I'm happy to live in the North for the fact we don't have all these gross bugs!

[monkeybabe]

Thanks for the skin crawling thread! I think I will live on the west coast forever.

[shevacc]

I grew up hating them. I'm happy the bugs here don't bite as much.

[JuliaGulia]

I'm so glad that we don't have these!! Ahh!

[bigapple]

Are there chiggers in cities, or are they more of a woods thing? DH's company keeps trying to force us to move to Charlotte or Houston, and this is going on our "oh hellz no!" list.

[rjamz]

Jun 28, 2013 17:15:30 GMT -5 bigapple said:

Are there chiggers in cities, or are they more of a woods thing? DH's company keeps trying to force us to move to Charlotte or Houston, and this is going on our "oh hellz no!" list.

Um, no. You're not moving, chiggers or not. You're my new favorite day drinking/goat cheese eating buddy and our kids like hugging each other. Sooooo....tell your husband's company no can do.

Sent from my SPH-D710 using proboards

[Deleted]

We put clear nail polish on the bites.

[DesertMoon]

No idea what a chigger is, I'm off to google.

[bean47]

Yikes, that looks awful. I have never heard of then.