WTH? Were you doing yoga in the shit?This stuff sucks. While working on a trail in the hills the other day, I picked up a bunch of it behind my knees, on the inside of my arms, and around the front of my stomach.
All of it needs to die.
WTH? Were you doing yoga in the shit?
It sure as hell seems like it, but since I'm pretty sure I'd get stuck if I ever tried yoga, it wasn't that. I had to trim some back to make way for a bridge and I thought I was careful enough with it, but I guess not. Didn't touch any of it with my hands and used the clippers to move the trimmings away. Still got it all over me. Potent shit.
I got some prescription ointment which seems to help, but it's still pretty bad.
Where were you at? Boy Scout project?
Leaves of three, let em be!!! Learned that shit in Cub Scouts.
wait till that shit catches on fire and you get the smoke covering you.............
Get this, it's not 100% but it does work, you will get some reliefThis stuff sucks. While working on a trail in the hills the other day, I picked up a bunch of it behind my knees, on the inside of my arms, and around the front of my stomach.
All of it needs to die.
WD40
That's how I do it also. Usually a knife or needle to slice and dice the blisters. The Tecnu wash helps also cold water only.I have had the shit a ton of times.
This is my recommendation, this is the only think that I ever found to work and have it dried up and stop itching better than anything. I've tried calamine lotion, benadryl, even a cortisone shot(had that when it got in my eyes).
-Go to the store and buy some 91% or 99% rubbing alcohol.
- get some of the white Terry cloth rags
- saturate rag in alcohol
- rub infected spots with rag pretty hard, enough to break the blisters.
- throw that rag away
- grab another and repeat
- rub down with alcohol rag about every 4hrs until it quits oozing
- once it dries up just wipe it down a couple times a day
It stings like hell and turns into an oozing mess but trust me this is the best thing I've found.
The goal is to get ride of all the oil from the plant from under the blisters.
Every other way it will take weeks to get ride of and you'll be an itchy mess.
Learned this from an old timer(my foreman) when I did reforestation out of high school. We once slash burned 180 acre unit that was cover in poison oak. The smoke from the fire is how I got it in my eyes. That was terrible!
Actually got a little a few months ago and have no clue how cause I can spot that shit a mile away
Like I said the alcohol method hurts like hell but is the fastest way to dry it up and get rid of it!
Hope this help, I feel for you..lol
It sure as hell seems like it, but since I'm pretty sure I'd get stuck if I ever tried yoga, it wasn't that. I had to trim some back to make way for a bridge and I thought I was careful enough with it, but I guess not. Didn't touch any of it with my hands and used the clippers to move the trimmings away. Still got it all over me. Potent shit.
I got some prescription ointment which seems to help, but it's still pretty bad.
Release the goats My buddy up in Oregon had a large area with nasty poison oak and thorny berries he needed cleaned up to make a garden. Tossed a temp fence around it and borrowed some guy's big goat and turned him loose in the fenced area. Took that goat awhile, but eventually, he ate about everything to the dirt, poison, thorns, just kept chewing.Yep. If i was OP i would hit the area with Pump sprayer full of Roundup, Bleach or Concentrated Vinegar And kill that shit.
I've never heard of this working but hell I'd give it a try but you gotta use the blue Dawn, that's the one they use for oiled birds.Wash your body with Dawn dish soap, it removes the oil from the poison oak and ivy that causes the problem.
Just looked that rash up looks like a bad case of herpesI've never had the pleasure of getting poison oak/ivy, but I did walk around my backyard in LHC 2 springs ago in flip flops and discovered the joys of scorpion weed... knees down looked like raw hamburger for about 3 weeks...
In linework everyone gets poison oak, all the time and it’s usually the number 1 lost time accident. unfortunately it’s an OSHA recordable if a guy misses a day because of it. Soo our contractors have spent millions$$ testing, treating and trying to prevent poison oak rashes.
We’ve tried every remedy known to man and then a couple more. So far the best we’ve come up with is a combination of the following products.
-IvyX pretreat skin solution is used before working.
-IvyX post contact skin cleanser Is used after contact (tube or towelettes good for cleaning skin, clothes, boots, tools,etc...followed by a change of of clothes.)
-ZANFEL Is the absolute best treatment after outbreak of rash. It bonds with Urushiol and removes it from skin and blisters, shortens rash duration and helps control the itch too.
-ARRID XX Extra Dry antiperspirant is used after ZANFEL to help keep skin cool and dry and prevent oozing and itch that comes with sweating.
I carry a second of clothes at work just in case I have to hike thru or work around poison oak. And we have ziplock go bags with poison Oak treatment kits in all trucks, yards, at home, everywhere.
The white tyvek paper throwaway coveralls work great too.
I feel your pain so I Hope this helps.
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Last summer I got it badly while working on a fire. I ended up going on anti-biotics, as it all started to get infected. It was the WORST! Worst part was that it was pretty early into the fire, so I was sleeping in a tent with limited supply of clean clothing and working 16 hours per day with it. I cannot explain how miserable it was! Good luck!This stuff sucks. While working on a trail in the hills the other day, I picked up a bunch of it behind my knees, on the inside of my arms, and around the front of my stomach.
All of it needs to die.
This !Fuk all that. Go to the urgent care and get a steroid shot or some prednisone
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