- I'm not bothered by poison ivy, nettles, mosquitos, stinging insects, etc. The only thing that bothers me are chiggers. They leave big red welts on me for two weeks. And itch. What Jerome says about chiggers is TRUE! I have learned it the hard way. I've never heard of Diprolene but I may have to track it down the next time I get 6 or 8 at the same time. Roger Jerome Reed wrote: > > - > Baby wipes and alcohol wipes do work and they also help with chiggers! > Chiggers are very small and easily crushed by any wiping action (Even dry > hands!) I always rub over my legs with a damp soaped washcloth after going > through tall grass and have greatly reduced my chigger bites. As far as > curing poison ivy, I got a prescription for Diprolene ointment a few years > ago and it works wonders! Jerome **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field