mosquitoes

divadee

Avon's Skin-So-Soft range is the one most people use and say keeps mosquitoes away,

a garlic capsule every day helps too

i was reading a while back in the paper that this sss stuff from avon works apparently the sas use it for when they are training/ missions etc.... avon are apparently investigating as to why this stuff works so well.

But i know what will happen then they will re package it double the price and sell it as insect repellent

Travelqueen

The Vitamin B thing (i.e. Marmite) is an old wives tale, I eat loads of it, and used to take vit B to keep them away, all to no avail.

However.. mossie spray and wristbands work pretty well, as does cutting down on the amount of sugary foods you eat...

If you do get bitten methods that work include: taking a one a day antihistimine (so you don't scratch whilst you sleep), putting a cross in the middle of the bite with a thumbnail (be careful not to break the skin), tigerbalm applied to all unbroken bites (not when you're going to sunbathe as it magnifies the heat) and the little electric shock things you can buy from boots work a treat - if you want to give someone a shock for some reason too the palm of the hand makes everyone jump out of their skin.. ;op

TQ

16011996

eat marmte every mmorning on toast and never get bitten by owt. must be somethin in it.

cathy_3

If theres me and the old fart, I get eaten alive and he gets off scott free

bloody men!!!

16011996

oddly enough if it was always the hubby who got bit, not me, but he didn''t like marmite, only bramble jelly. memories. :-/

rach

just to report back....went camping the other week.. put vinegar on my wrists & ankles and got lots fewer bites than usual...(thought is was raining quite a bit of the time). also found dabbing the vinegar on when bitten as cathy suggested really really helped.

cathy_3

glad it worked rach

well, Ive been taking cider vinegar tablets for about 8 weeks now as they are supposed to cure you of everything lol

In liverpool where I stay, they have a pond and ponds mean Mozzys, last time I was bitten to bits

so there I am in the garden everyone being chewed up and not a mozzy came near me, then I realised, cider vinegar in your dog and cats food stops them getting fleas cos the fleas hate the smell off their skin
and mozzys must hate cider vinegar on you skin

YAY

come on mozzys do your worst. ;D ;D

chalky_75

If you get bitten cover the bite with a good layer of any white toothpaste. It might look a bit odd but it takes the itching away like magic.

Pollycat

Eton_Rifle wrote: »

Rach's camping trip in the first post was ten years ago.

Any itching has probably died down by now!

I think 10 years might just take the prize for necro-posting. :rotfl:

When I saw the thread title, I did think it would be an old post but 10 years........:)