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Your Scabies WILL Go Away!

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elle33235
elle33235

I just want to write this for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with scabies and is feeling very hopeless. (I don't doubt that some of the people on here truly have been struggling with this for a very long time, or maybe another condition that is misdiagnosed as Scabies.) But when you know nothing about Scabies and you come across these forums it is extremely disheartening, and you end up convinced that you will never get rid of it.

By the time I was diagnosed with scabies my legs were absolutely destroyed by the buggers. It started with one itchy bump, which I didn't feel constituted a visit to my doctor, and by the time I came back from camping and was able to make an appt. It had spread rapidly. I was prescribed 5% permethrin which is available behind the counter. I used it exactly as the packaging directed (Only I applied it to my face as well because I'm paranoid) two treatments, one week apart. I cleaned my house thoroughly, washed all sheets and pillows everyday for a week (which is probably overkill)

Now you're not going to see improvement right away, in fact it will get worse first. For me it was torture (I feel like most legitimate medical websites don't tell you about the psychological torture that scabies is), the itching was so bad that I hadn't slept for about 5 days and spent most of my time in a cold bath as that was the only thing that have me relief, this is the only time in my life I've experienced legitimate depression. Slowly (very slowly) things will get better. It took 6 weeks from my first treatment for my itching to go away completely. It's extremely hard to believe the scabies are gone when the itching and bumps last for so long (especially with these forums where people tell you scabies live in your walls and you have to bathe in bleach to get rid of them).

It was a long haul, but they did go away with just the average treatment. There's not alot of info online about Scabies but I believe that it's because it truly is just that easy to get rid of.

I'm having trouble getting out all my thoughts in a cohesive manor but what I'm trying to get across is you will be cured. It will be hard to stay positive, but just focus on relieveing your symptoms. Heres my suggestion:

Take very cold baths (or showers but I found baths better) followed by:

-spraying affected areas with Holista tea tree oil, not because tea tree oil "kills scabies" but because the Holista spray has peppermint in it as well which is very soothing

-rubbing on Eucerin calming cream

This combination fave me relief from itching for 45mins-1hr outside of the bath.

Stay positive, and stay off of these forums!

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  • hugo23101
    hugo23101 elle33235

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    Hi everyone,

    I'm posting on this forum absolutely wracked with anxiety due to scabies. I was diagnosed back in October (yes, 5 months ago) and have been through multiple cycles of thinking I've gotten rid of scabies and them coming back. I am at a loss for how to deal with them, as I've now done about 5 applications of permethrin and then 2 different cycles of ivermectin (having taken all the necessary precautions in my home to rid myself of the scabies).

    I cannot tell if they're back because I have some red spots here and there (not too itchy) that seem to go away in about a week or 10 days when I take Zyrtec and apply petroleum jelly. However, new bumps are (very slowly) reappearing. Has anyone had scabies flare-ups, and how did you differentiate flare-ups from actual active scabies?

    I am truly at my wits end and would really appreciate any help on what could be going on.

    Thank you all.

  • andie5300
    andie5300 elle33235

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    Hi! I know you had this post up a while back and Idk if you're still on here, but I just thought I'd try you. I'm a semi-retired RN, but my education and 38 yrs of Nursing has done little for me with this nightmare..

    One day like 14 months ago, I noticed that every, single pore on my face had a grayish, sticky plug in it that would not squeeze out. I pulled some of them out, but within 1-2 weeks, they'd be right back. At that time, I was doing dermaplaning and glycolic acid facials. My skin looked great. I've since learned that the dermaplaning was breaking my skin barrier as the process involved a blade used gently on the skin to remove dead skin, etc.

    So, nothing helped this, the plugs got larger, then I got open sores, first around my nose and mouth, then finally covering my entire face and left arm. My skin had tons of tiny white bumps, which opened into sores. I had big, visible burrows and bumps also and my knees, elbows, wrists, etc. had sores too. 5 Derms blew me off, 3 accused me of clawing my skin off!?

    So, last December, 2022 I was finally diagnosed with Crusted Scabies. Due to the stupidity of the Derms, it went untreated for 9 months, causing a severe, deep infestation. Now, I've been treating it since January 2023 with Benzyl Benzoate 25% emulsion and oral Ivermectin, 2 doses/week. (It was resistant to Permethrin and also to Spinosad.)

    There is vast improvement, but I still have thick plaques of smooth, dead skin, under which there are still mites? It seems like they just won't budge! Gross, but the whole time and still, I've had thin, white things sticking out of the sores, that snap when I pull them out! Wtf? From that to the way it presented? Nobody caught it? There are just things that make no sense The face is usually not affected in adults, yet that's where I was hit the hardest! I just can't lose this mess! The docs are useless..

    Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!

    This has destroyed my life and I feel like I'm losing it.. Andie 😦

  • charles33184
    charles33184 elle33235

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    Where are you guys getting your ivermectin from? And what form is it in? Is it a lotion a powder or oral tablets? Also where are you getting sulfur from? That is well is it a cream a lotion a powder? What kind of over the counter lotions as well as cleaners can I get that will help? I live in California where most chemicals are illegal and it's extremely difficult to find anything that will help, I've been dealing with my scabies for almost 2 years now and at this point I've become homeless lost the woman of my dreams have lost all of my friends have been cast out from family and have spent every last penny of everything I have trying to get rid of this. The doctors can't find anything but still refuse to do a skin graft and at this point I fear that they will throw me into a mental institution but also at this point suicide seems like the only way out somebody please help me I do not want this to become the end of it for me. I've tried everything I can from the ivermectin creams tablets permethrin creams insane amounts of essential oils and nothing has worked it is only caused me to go completely broke and drive me insane I sleep about once every 3 days or so and have been on that schedule for 2 years now. Somebody please help I don't know what to do at this point

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