Chigger Face

Posted: May 3rd, 2011 | Filed under: Just for fun | Tags: | 9 Comments »

via Leigh Machin

This is how I feel like I look..and those razor sharp nails actually look like they could relieve some of this itching.

Somehow, someway while working in the yard on the treehouse…I was attacked.  Silent and stealthy, the chigger (Trombiculidae if you’re fancy) is the source of seemingly interminable and agonizing itching.  I really hate those bastards.

My face and neck are covered, and I’m still trying to solve the mystery.  For the past two weeks, I’ve been putting granules down on all of our paths and work areas to prevent THIS EXACT THING!  I wore my high boots, sprayed with repellent…I was careful!

I got them really bad last year on my legs, but legs full of swollen bites don’t repel people in quite the same fashion as a half chewed off face does…imagine that.

Feelin’ pretty…and smelling like a giant Tea Tree.

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9 Comments on “Chigger Face”

  1. 1 bri said at 10:01 AM on May 3rd, 2011:

    OMG gurl, that sucks. ewwww I cant imagine some shit like that, murder those little bastards! Can you fumigate around the tree house to prevent them from getting to thing 1 and thing 2?

  2. 2 ModFruGal said at 10:10 AM on May 3rd, 2011:

    They will be safe…they found their host…me, so now they’ve probably already left the house. I think all the rain made my granules wash away? I dunno, but I am indeed glad the Things were spared.

  3. 3 Kathy@myinteriorlife said at 3:08 PM on May 3rd, 2011:

    Chiggers are the bane of my existence every summer. No matter what I do, they never seem to go away. It’s always my mid-section that gets eaten alive. So sorry about your face and neck. I’m sure you don’t look like Freddy Kruegger! Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and death to all chiggers!

  4. 4 Lisa said at 4:55 PM on May 3rd, 2011:

    Apply clear nail polish over your bites…..they go away faster that way!

  5. 5 ModFruGal said at 5:45 PM on May 3rd, 2011:

    My mom swears by that one, but it has never worked for me..I wish it did!!!! Calamine never makes the itching much better either…The only thing that seems to give me any relief is a shower as hot as I can possibly stand it directly on the bites…it draws the histamines out…and then apply tea tree oil after.

    K-Thank you…death indeed!!!!

  6. 6 susie q said at 9:52 PM on May 3rd, 2011:

    Oh you poor thing! Sounds horrid. Ice is about the only thing that gets me through a battle with itchiness. Try icepacks and a stiff drink topped of with a dose of benadryl.

  7. 7 erin@designcrisis said at 10:02 PM on May 3rd, 2011:

    OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Chiggers are THE WORST.

    (all caps very deserved)

    My dad used to tell me to take a bath with a bit of bleach to kill the bugs that burrow into your skin, but turns out that advice was a fail… thanks, Dad.

    Since the itch is actually caused by some gross crap left behind by those itchy bastards, I’m guessing benadryl/caladryl is your best bet.

    Good luck… I’m rooting for you to win this epic battle!

  8. 8 ModFruGal said at 10:10 PM on May 3rd, 2011:

    Paahaaha!!! My dad told me to whip out the bleach too…I told him thanks, but no thanks, since the smell would make me vomit and that wouldn’t really help anybody! I like Susie’s ice/cocktail scenario to mix things up a bit…and I have benadryl on the bedside table…ugh…just let it be OVER!

  9. 9 OLD BRAND NEW said at 3:30 AM on May 6th, 2011:

    Chigger whaaat?!!! That’s awful. Sorry, girl! Tea tree is the best. I hope you find some itch relief soon.