Gnats / Mosquitos??

[MartinL]

Appart from stopping them biting in the first place, what are your treatments for mozzy bites?

Have a few on my back after evening barbeque!!!!!

 

[Dishmop]

Antihistamine cream and or tablets.
Same as bee sting.

Anti-itch cream.

Some people react to mosquito bites and some dont.

 

[madasafish]

A quintuple G&T- the quinine works wonders.

 

[joctcl]

Was given this tip by a camping rep this year and it seems to work.
If you have no access to medical treatments make the sign of a cross with your fingernail as deep onto the bite as you can bear and it will give relief from scratching.
Don't ask me how but it works especially on ankles.

 

[abm]

Teatree oil prior to bare skin bbq's.....

 

[joctcl]

Best lotion I ever used apart from the nasty chemist sprays is a product from France called Fa which is like a citrus or lemon based product.
You could also sit over by the geraniums as they don't like them either

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Appart from stopping them biting in the first place, what are your treatments for mozzy bites?

Have a few on my back after evening barbeque!!!!!

Too late now but Naf horse midge repellant sprayed on BEFORE the event works wonders.

 

[Lucky Bee]

Toothpaste! I know it sounds strange but it really takes the itch out of both mozzie bites and bee stings.

 

[Tremyfro]

Neem oil applied to the bites takes the itchiness away and no nasty red swelling after either. We use it on the horses to keep the horse flies off them but can be used for any bites/scratches. Buy online.

 

[REDWOOD]

Hot water, as hot as one can stand, works for bee stings too

 

[Cazza]

I am about to try out the toothpaste treatment as I have the most itchy mozzie bite I have ever had on my right t*t. I will keep you informed as to the efficacy!
Cazza

 

[Swarm]

I am about to try out the toothpaste treatment as I have the most itchy mozzie bite I have ever had on my right t*t. I will keep you informed as to the efficacy!
Cazza

Sorry Cazza, I shouldn't laugh but I just blew tea out of my nose!!

 

[Cazza]

Sorry Cazza, I shouldn't laugh but I just blew tea out of my nose!!

Glad to be keeping the entertainment level up!

I can report that toothpaste has actually worked. Peace at last.
Cazza

 

[Anduril]

I am about to try out the toothpaste treatment as I have the most itchy mozzie bite I have ever had on my right t*t. I will keep you informed as to the efficacy!
Cazza

Sounds like the film Bananas with Woody Allen.

 

[Anduril]

When I was in Kenya they used lit cigarettes just above the bites, it certainly reduced the itching and swelling.

 

[oliver90owner]

Therapik has worked well at times. Never used against bee stings but bites are much less problematic if treated. Never tried it on J's right t*t (or even the left, for that matter), but works elsewhere, so would probably work.

 

[Worldsend]

Avon "Skin So Soft" bath products are very good at keeping flies off horses ---so may be as useful on humans as well!!

 

[Anduril]

Avon "Skin So Soft" bath products are very good at keeping flies off horses ---so may be as useful on humans as well!!

Use it at my out apiaries after a nasty horse fly bite. Keeps them away now.

 

[Hachi]

I am about to try out the toothpaste treatment as I have the most itchy mozzie bite I have ever had on my right t*t. I will keep you informed as to the efficacy!
Cazza

Can't quite visualise what you mean Cazza...... put up a piccy or two

 

[Cazza]

Can't quite visualise what you mean Cazza...... put up a piccy or two

Not a pretty sight so I will decline the request. Itching has gone so toothpaste it is from now on.
C