Comments on: Grandma’s Home Remedies: Mosquito Bites

By: Sammy Ann

Sammy Ann — Wed, 04 May 2011 05:40:21 +0000

You don't actually break the skin open. You just press your nail down on the bite and make an X. Just hard enough (which isn't really hard at all) to make the mark show up. (Try it on your normal skin. You wouldn't have to press as hard on the sensitive bite area to make the mark show, so that should give you an idea of how hard to press down for the X method.) My sister and I have done it since I can remember and it works like a charm

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:47:06 +0000

I agree with Beauty. Anything cold, coke can, tea glass, ice, swimming pool, whatever. It reduces the swelling and thus the itching. If you can keep from breaking the skin it should heal pretty quickly.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:39:09 +0000

Salt and water works the best (so far). I just tried it because I couldn’t sleep with my enormous bites! I wanna try that nail polish…hmmm?

By: Beauty

Beauty — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:59:36 +0000

Hold an ice cube or ice pack on the bite.

By: Shani

Shani — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:52:04 +0000

put a bar of soap on to the bite and rub it around. It stop the itches!

By: Maleesha

Maleesha — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:42:51 +0000

White vinegar is another effective remedy for mosquito bites Dab it on with a cotton ball .

By: Carolie

Carolie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:43:26 +0000

We used to slap the skin, with relatively gentle little stinging slaps (you can’t slap each other, children, only yourselfs. Stop that!)

Scratching makes the skin raw, opens wounds, drives in germs, etc. But slapping does the same thing as scratching (little jolts of pain to the nerve endings) without opening the skin. I think my mother may have also enjoyed watching the three of us sitting in a row, diligently slapping our own arms and legs.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:20:56 +0000

I use Tea Tree Oil on bug bites–works great! Just make sure that if you use “straight” TTO, you need to mix it with a little olive or veggie oil first, otherwise it can be too strong for direct contact. Lavendar Oil is also good if you don’t have tea tree.

By: Big GUM

Big GUM — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:07:42 +0000

I’d be afraid of that “X” method; sounds like a good way to get an infection. (But maybe you’re not really breaking the skin open?)
We always did a paste of meat tenderizer and water when I was a kid. Salt and water works pretty well too.

By: Bree

Bree — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:09:41 +0000

I have an extra sweet and picky little girl. The bugs eat her alive and then she scraches at them like crazy. I found these band-aids that stick really well. They are called Tattoo Band-Aids. They stay on very well as long as you put it on when the skin is dry. We usually have to do the 1 2 3 rip to get them off and we are always so surprised to find the sore all healed. She gets so excited and says “It melted all away!” Any I thought this may be a big help to other moms like me.

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