eaten alive

decides2dream

markymark550 wrote:

No, it's not just you. If you even mention the word 'mosquito' around my mother or wife, inevitably one (or more) find them and produce multiple bites.

Hmm...I've never had a problem with the citronella. Is it those tiny candles? Or the bigger ones? I don't think the tiny candles have that big of a radius of protection. If that's not it, maybe some of that 'Skin So Soft' might work? It sounded like a decent product if you don't want the harsher chemicals on your skin....

hmmmm....seems more women get eaten alive - yes, leave those jokes outta this convo - i wonder why? is it body chemistry? or too many topical products?


i am going to try and be product-free over the weekend and see if it helps.


in regards to the citronella, i am using the same candles as you...the BIG candles in the metal pails, not the dinky candles. and yes, i guess i will have to try using products. it's just so easy at the end of the day to head outside to the porch sans protection. it's a habit - using repellant - that i guess i have to embrace if i don't want to be covered in bites all the time. you'd think i'd learn by now......:o i have and do try all the preventitive measures that do not include putting any products on my skin, but so far, not enough results.


i AM curious if anyone has attracted bats to their proerty, if it helps, if the bathouses work, etc.

hodge wrote:

i find the more alcohol i consume, the less i notice them

haha

that absolutely helps, and really, part of the problem. spend afew hours outside with drinks, and yea...who cares? don't feel a thing. then the next day.....:eek:....yikes! covered in bites! and not the fun kind.....

Solat13

hodge wrote:

i find the more alcohol i consume, the less i notice them

haha

But you'll feel it more in the morning.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12083361

The Champ

decides2dream wrote:

and i have read numerous times about different body chemistries being more 'attractive' to mosquitos. whatever it is, i think i have it.

My dad always said that mosquitos are attracted to and crave healthy rich blood. Thus, if they are all biting you in a crowd and ignoring everyone else it's for a good reason..you'll live long....or maybe it's just what he says to make me feel better. I don't know ..

decides2dream

The Champ wrote:

My dad always said that mosquitos are attracted to and crave healthy rich blood. Thus, if they are all biting you in a crowd and ignoring everyone else it's for a good reason..you'll live long....or maybe it's just what he says to make me feel better. I don't know ..

ha!
nice to know i am 'rich' in something.


singer in one of hubby's bands says mosquitos are NOT attracted to O+ blood. :rolleyes: i AM O+...so if this is the case, i wish someone would infomr the mosquitos to leave me the hell alone.....:p




anyone know a completely scent-free mositurizer? i can go without just about all other products when at home....even deodorant :eek:...but i need my moisturizer. i currently use a cocoa butter, so i know it has scent. if i am to try to be completely scent-free...i need somethin'.

markymark550

decides2dream wrote:

hmmmm....seems more women get eaten alive - yes, leave those jokes outta this convo - i wonder why? is it body chemistry? or too many topical products?

could be your body smell, blood marker, or you're pregnant....

http://scienceline.org/2007/09/10/ask-knight-mosquitoes/
(take with a grain of salt, I haven't actually looked up their references...)

decides2dream

markymark550 wrote:

could be your body smell, blood marker, or you're pregnant....

http://scienceline.org/2007/09/10/ask-knight-mosquitoes/
(take with a grain of salt, I haven't actually looked up their references...)

:eek:




uhhhhhh....no! impossible. besides, i've gotten eaten alive since i was a child, so yes...i will go with body scent or blood marker, whatever that means.....:p




and duh, i just realized...skin so soft IS a moisturizer, that repels mosquitos yes? i need to get that! although i think my husband tried it in the past and said it didn't help him...but hey, worth a shot.

markymark550

decides2dream wrote:

:eek:




uhhhhhh....no! impossible. besides, i've gotten eaten alive since i was a child, so yes...i will go with body scent or blood marker, whatever that means.....:p




and duh, i just realized...skin so soft IS a moisturizer, that repels mosquitos yes? i need to get that! although i think my husband tried it in the past and said it didn't help him...but hey, worth a shot.

lol....just throwing it out there as a possibility

g under p

I couldn't take it anymore so I sprayed the entire circumference of my house. I can't sit in my yard to save my life. My idiotic neighbors leave drums filled with water and these skeeters breed like wildfire, it's been bad before but this is ridiculous.

Peace

chiquimonkey

i feel for you, damn near everybody i know gets eaten up by mosquitoes. i rarely get bit by them, but if there is one flea in a 100 mile radius, it'll come find me though. no idea why there's a difference between them....bugs are irritating :mad:

decides2dream

chiquimonkey wrote:

i feel for you, damn near everybody i know gets eaten up by mosquitoes. i rarely get bit by them, but if there is one flea in a 100 mile radius, it'll come find me though. no idea why there's a difference between them....bugs are irritating :mad:

all biting bugs suck. :mad:
we had a flea infestation many years ago.....:eek: horrific. and yes, i was eaten alive then too. all bugs love to bite me. :(


between brusies and bug bites, makes my legs look oh so sexxxy......:o