Mosquito bites

fhmsparkle said:
I’m glad it seems to have worked for you as mozzie bites are just a pain! I must admit I’ve wondered if they’ve gone off me too but I think I’d rather wear the band now than chance it 😂
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Yeah I’ll take one every time now. £7 isn’t a bank breaker.

To put it the other way around…

If I woke up one morning on holiday with the classic swollen itchy bites all over me…

…and then someone said give me £7 to take away all the pain….

..I’d pay them straight up. 😄
 
My husband ordered a few of the wristbands which @fhmsparkle recommend to arrive whilst we were back in the UK last week.

So far, I'm impressed! 4 days back in Ibiza, living in the countryside, and not a single bite. Usually by now, I would have several itchy bites, especially having been at Pikes the last two evenings.

I'd definitely recommend and they aren't intrusive or uncomfortable.
 
I went to a pharmacy in Ibiza and asked for the strongest spray with deet, and bought one for around 10e. Wish I'd remembered the name, throughout the week I got just two bites of any note, one was on the back of my knee where I'd probably missed!
 
2H76 said:
I went to a pharmacy in Ibiza and asked for the strongest spray with deet, and bought one for around 10e. Wish I'd remembered the name, throughout the week I got just two bites of any note, one was on the back of my knee where I'd probably missed!
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The issue with the stronger sprays is that they almost always contain DEET which isn’t that good for you.
 
From someone who reacts very badly, take vitamin B1 tablets, one a day for a week then everyday during your holidays and you should be ok. If you do get bitten use hydrocortisone cream and this reduces the swelling and itching at the same time. I learnt this from a pharmacist in Thailand 👌🏻
 
After getting 4 bites from the mozzie that made it in to my living room I invested in one of those plug things that heat up the scent mozzies hate. A combination of that and the cheaper bracelets I bought back for the Ibiza trip seems to have saved me from any more 👍
 
eclipse15 said:
Not much success for me with them unfortunately, I must be just too tasty…

Still have the scars from the little cnuts back at the end of July
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Hoping they work for me, I’m allergic to the bite and the swelling is nasty, especially any bites on my legs. I don’t really care enough at the time to put repellant on
 
Mosquito bite count from yesterdays dog walks: 7.

I am thoroughly miserable. Really need to remember to wear my bands!
 
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