Natural Cures For Scabies

If you thought chicken pox was bad, the uncontrollably urge to scratch, especially during the night is one of the unfortunate symptoms associated with the itchy skin condition called scabies. A high degree of discomfort is brought about when the rather small burrowing mite known as Sarcoptes scabiei settles on the skin, creating an intense reaction wherever it chooses to hide. The worst part � scabies is contagious and quickly spreads through close physical contact.

Symptoms

One of the most prominent signs and symptoms dealing with scabies include the itching that often becomes worse during the night. Thin marks consisting of many tiny blisters or bumps form. Typically, the line-like marks are seen within the folds of the skin. While almost every part of the body is not safe from the infestation of scabies, the most common body parts include: the armpits, between fingers, around the waist, along the insides of the wrist, soles of the feet, on the inner elbow, around the male genitals, on the buttocks, on the knees, around the breasts, and on the shoulder blades [1].

Typically, small children and the elderly have the most difficult time dealing with scabies, as they tend to experience the worst bouts of itching. An individual suffering from their first scabies infestation may not encounter itching or skin sores for a couple of weeks. The symptoms associated with a re-infestation of scabies usually surface within a few days [2].

Causes of Scabies

A microscopic mite causes the type of scabies that develops in humans. Without the help of a magnifying glass, sighting these pests is impossible. It is the female mite that burrows into the skin and creates a tunnel where she may lay eggs, which take 21 days to mature. After the eggs hatch, the mites continue to spread about the surface of the skin, where people respond to their presence, additional eggs, and waste through allergic reactions. Close physical contact helps spread scabies from one person to another. Sharing clothes and bedding with an infected person is also another way scabies is contracted.

Diagnosis

The diagnosis of scabies comes when a doctor takes a look at the skin and scans for signs of mites. He or she will seatch for the characteristic burrows that come with the condition. If a mite burrow is found, the doctor may scrape the region for further analysis under a microscope. This type of examination will alert a patient as to whether or not they are plagued with the presence of mites or their eggs.

Risk Factors

While scabies is a common skin condition that affects people of all shapes, sizes, and social classes, there are some environmental factors that increase the risk of development. For starters, the spread of scabies quickly passes from one to another in crowded conditions where skin-to-skin contact is frequent.

People working at hospitals, child-care centers, and nursing homes become prime candidates. In a household, family members and sex partners easily contract scabies from one another. Although pets are known to contract a mite infection known as mange, humans cannot become infected with scabies from their companions [3].

Natural Cures for Scabies

Seeking attention for a scabies problem is important because aggressive scratching can lead to more serious problems. This especially occurs when a break in the skin develops, causing a secondary bacterial infection to arise. One possibility involves impetigo, a superficial infection of the skin that may include staph (staphylococci) bacteria or strep (streptococci) bacteria [4]. To combat further complications associated with scabies, you may consider the following natural scabies cures:

a) Witch Hazel and Tea Tree Oil:

Combining 10 ml of tea tree oil and 90 ml of distilled witch hazel can be used as an effective lotion to use after taking a bath or shower [5].

b) Pure Lavender Oil:

Mixing pure lavender oil with alcohol creates a nice natural remedy for scabies when applied to affected areas. It is important to make sure you apply enough of the mixture to penetrate and saturate the skin. Some individuals have found success through killing the mites and their eggs with this method.

c) Neem Oil:

Neem oil is a botanical pesticide fashioned from the extract of a plant called Azadirachta indica. There are many different ways that neem oil is presented as a cure for scabies. 100 ml of pure neem oil can be used for bathing purposes and direct application. Some people have used 150 ml of neem oil to create a bubble bath. 50 grams of neem oil may create an antiseptic cream when paired with turmeric that offers treatment and relief from discomfort. There are also manufacturers that offer a neem oil stick that is applied to sections of the body where broken skin is affected.

d) Cool Water Soaks:

The itching associated with scabies is minimized when soaking in a bath of cool water or applying a cool, wet washcloth to sections of irritated skin.

Scabies Prevention

To prevent the spread of mites from one person to another or avoid a re-infestation, there are a few measures to take into consideration. It is important to clean all clothes and linen associated with an infected person. This process should occur before treatment using hot, soapy water on all clothing, towels, sheets, comforters, and pillowcases. When drying, high heat is recommended. The clothes you cannot wash at home, you should dry-clean offsite.

Resources

[1] http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/scabies/DS00451/DSECTION=2
[2] http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/Scabies-Topic-Overview
[3] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/scabies.html
[4] http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/scabies/DS00451/DSECTION=6
[5] Home Herbal (Penelope Ody)

Workingclasshero

I hope I am not being a drama Queen and know Scabies is not Cancer but I don’t think ANYONE truly understands unless They have had it – The medical world is the worst -.
I have had it since November but only diganosed via lenghthly wait to see Dermatoligist 2 Mths ago.
It affects Your life so much, I cant see Grandson and Daughter – whom have it, She caught it off a digusting, lazy, dirty ex friend whom We since discovered has Norweigan scabies but told Everyone it is extreme eczema, REALLY! – or visit My Mum whose disabled, My boss was not very understanding as have had to take so much time off and have been fired, Drs. cancelled an operation I have waited ages for and have burnt alot of clothes sccidently in microwave as My heating system and hot water keeps breaking down for Days, You dont sleep and honestly cry all the time and consider bleach as an option.
It DOES go on Your face and scalp (it has been content to reside on My lip and makes a Day out via My nose for Wks!).
Have used Permethrin 7 times, no success, and when its on They just creep into Mouth for comfort until its gone – use Vics to prevent it if Your at first stages.
Its unbearable, that burrowing makes You suicidial.
Going to try Neem, tried cider vinegar/tea tree oil/cayenne pepper/lemon/tumeric, etc, so at a last resort.
Thanks for advice, My heart goes out to Anyone with this.
screwscabies

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU SO GLAD I FOUND THIS WEBSITE LAST NIGHT!!! TEA TREE, EUCALYPTUS, OLIVE OIL!! IT WORKED!!
Diane

80% clove oil & 20% jojoba, it burns a little for about 10 minutes, some people only have to use it once, I guess it depends on how long you’ve had scabies, “the amount of infestation you have”. You can get the oils at any health food store. I found this info. on a different fourm, and it really works too! Oh, make sure it’s clove(bud) oil, not the kind made with the leaf. You can do an online search and see for yourself that this is the cure too.
formygrandma

what if it burns and doesnt itch?
sorry this isnt a remeby
Itsmeme

I used the cream from the doc once but wanted to do something everyday rather than just wait to see if it works. I am using tea tree oil, coconut oil, and vitamin e in lotion. I’m washing all my clothes and drying hands with a paper towel. I air dry after the shower and sit/sleep on plastic. I ordered neem soap and sage insense. I am also spraying the green bed bug spray from bed bath and beyond (cinnamon, leomngrass, etc…)

I don’t feel any pricks or see any heads, but maybe I caught mine sooner. It has only been about a month. Only have a few bumps on my behind and on my wrist. Two bumps on my toe and between my finger. Hope it doesn’t get any worse!!
Thom Zydervelt DC

An interesting and most annoying journey. Went to the GP after my daughter’s school told here she had scabies and my skin condition
took on a new meaning. I was given permethrin which did not work and then prodeeded through tea tree oil, neem oil and lavender oil all of which just irritated and did nothing whatsoever to resolve the condition. Meanwhile it spread from just behind one knee to basically everywhere with uncontrollable itching esp. at night. At the insistence of my daughter I revisited the pharmasist and out of desperation did what was advised. I treated it with malathion 5% left on for 24 hours. I am now resolving while taking an anti histamine
and slowly healing. I am writing this to help others. I have since read that the scabies mite is uneffected by the home remedies and if this is true hopefully saving others from a full on full body infestation and taking medication anyway. Also spreading the infestation to other family members. Ick.
mad as hell

Grrrrrrr.. went to dr last week sad I have scabies.. I don’t understand how I have them and my kids and husband don’t.. I am now wondering if the Dr is right.. I have been itching like crazy, I did the perm, which doesn’t seem to work.. has anyone ever tried the pills to cure this crap.. proxide, borax, I also tried oatmeal scrub and ice hot.. are you actually supposed to feel them in your skin???
pam

Is anybody taking a half tab cetrizine everyday like me? I remain a bit sane with its help. Its probably beating up my liver in the process but who cares. As to the rest use goopy/gluey heavy creams containing bleach i guess and smother the areas affected. the itching at least gets temporarily relieved. Im not doing any daily laundering as its not practical in the least. I cant seem to convince my family to use permethrin and as its useless unless everyone uses it I gave up the idea.
Can’t live, can’t breathe

1st: Hello to all of you who are fighting against this menace.
2nd: Excuse me for my bad English.

Somewhat my story could seem unreal, as I am struggling with this disease for almost 2 years now!!! I don’t know how I picked it up. No one known to me had it the time I got it. None of my friends, family… None that I knew of didn’t had anything even similar to this, at least I haven’t noticed the symptoms on anyone, as I recall now. I haven’t read that this can be transferred anyway else other then person-2-person contact, so I really don’t understand how I got it. Anyway, at first I thought it’s some kind of an allergy or something, noting serious. I thought that it will go away in time. But as time passed by and the itching became unbearable, I went to a doctor. He told me it was Scabies, and prescribed me the medicine called 10% Benzyl Benzoate (which, how I’m told, hasn’t been in use in my country for over a decade, so I was not able to buy it anywhere here. I tried ordering it in nearby countries, but they didn’t had it there too.). The replacement medicine was Eurax, which is a Crotamiton, and they didn’t had it too, but I managed to order it. It came in a small bottle (approximately 60ml), and cost a real small fortune. It didn’t really helped me, and I was literally running towards bankrupt, so I stopped using it, and also stopped going to doctors, ’cause I think they know as goddamn much as I do about this “thing”. I tried alternative medicine, in form of some herbs… I don’t even remember now (my parents were more for this kind of approach, as meanwhile they got infected by me, so they know more about the type of herbs used). Anyway, that also didn’t help. Also, I tried the naphthalene approach later, and it all calmed down for about few months. The itching didn’t stopped completely, but it was less often and less intense. Unfortunately, it left the wound on my left hand’s wrist that was hideous. I was so ashamed, I avoided meeting with my friends, or even leaving the house. It calms as long as I don’t scratch it, but sometimes it’s so hard to restrain myself from scratching it, and the side effect to this is that skin looks burned, it peels off, and becomes wet on touch (scratch). I sometimes force my hands into a really, really hot water to make the itching go away. It helps only for a few minutes, though. I stumbled into this place somehow to see that most of you guys also haven’t been successful in fighting these mites. So the Ivermectin & Permethrin also don’t work? I won’t even try that, anyway. What I tried right now, about an hour ago, was the pure TEE TREE OIL (actually, some lotion. I do not have the oil right now). I covered my wound with it, and it permanently stopped the itching! Hope that continuing with this treatment will cure the disease! We’ll see. I’ll report any changes. Thank you all for support. I hope I wasn’t too annoying, I just wanted to share my experience with all of you. Goodbye.
Itch Freee

I AM CURED 100%!

I got scabbies from my workplace. Everyone got it! Literally. Of course the Permitherin cream did NOT work, after the 3rd bottle, i figured that out. I believe it actually spreads it to be honest. Thats when i discovered this site, and few others..

Here is the deal:

-BORAX with every load of laundry, HOT WATER ONLY!

-NEVER wear anything twice.

-Buy real tea tree oil(100% organic) not the pharm one, orange oil,peppermint oil, witch hazel, and Neem shampoo.. via health food store, or GNC.

-Put 15 drops of each into an unused spray bottle, with warm water,and 1 cup of witch hazel. i used this spray on everything ie, linens, clothes, shoes, sheets, pillows.

-High heat pillows in dryer for 45 min. ALL CLOTHES BONE DRY!

-I had bedding spray with permitherin in it, which i sprayed on everything before showering, and keep fans out, and AC on high, which is easy when you live in south FL.( BEWARE OF SPRAYING THE PERMITHERIN SPRAY WITH ANIMALS IN HOME!)

- Shower 2-3 times a day! & apply this oil concoction to effected areas every night and morning:

Purell sanitizer with aleo on body, air dry. I used a clean paper towel, fold it in fours apply 5-10 drops of all oils onto it, and wet with witch hazel, and apply to effected areas. Sleep with little or
no clothes on.(helps with smaller loads of laundry)
-Before Bath i shaved ALL of my BODY HAIR..

-3-4 times a week take a bath with: 1/2 bottle of hydrogen peroxide, 20 dropps of each oil, 1 cup of witch hazel, and 2 cups of LISTERINE CITRIS MOUTHWASH. My baths were always piping hot. Warning: IF YOU HAVE DRY, SENSITIVE, OR OPEN LESIONS ON YOUR SKIN BE CAREFUL!!
(AFTER my first bath with formula the ithcing dissapeared completely, and the effected areas were 80% clear!)
-Never use a bath towel more than once!
-Disinfect all areas in home with clorox wipes, lysol, and the spray bottle concoction.

-CHANGE BED LINENS Evert single MORNING! STRAIGHT INTO A PLASTIC BAG & STRAIGHT INTO WASHING MACHINE!

-Apple cider vinegar 3 tbsp 2 times a day, decrease simple carbs, and SUGAR! THESE GUYS FEED ON SUGAR!

- i was taking vit c 500mg once a day along with multivitamins. Substitute all fruit juices for water, and limit sugary fruits.

-I am no doctor but this slew of things most definitely worked for me.
Ann Dahlin

Using tea tree if used occastionally straight. If you use it continously streaight you will burn your skin. For continous use mix 1cup water,3drops soft soap,8-10 drops both teatree oil and lavender oil. put in a sprayer bottle shake before ea use.Spray on let drip dry dry. Canspray many times thru day. Mites are not resistant to Tea tree since it is a natual product. Best if used in conjunction with Ivermectin (Oral). For scaring use Cocoa shea butter like (Suave) penetrates deep in skin. Has all the vitimans to repair your skin which will take several months. What country are you from?
Itch Freee

US. Miami
Help me

Ok well I am only 12 and MAN it’s non stop my hands look terrible and I can bearly stand it anymore I’ve been to the doctors 3 times and 3 times I got the lyclear cream and FUCKING he’ll it puts you through sooo much pain you can’t stop itching :”( I cry everytime I put it on that’s how painfull it is
Skeptic

Our family will be starting permethrin treatment prescribed by dermatologist after scraping my son’s skin and showing us the mites under the microscope. After reading several posts about how permethrin did not work, I couldn’t help but wonder if maybe your doctor did not inform you that the itching actually gets worse after treatment and can continue for up to 4 weeks after the 2nd treatment. Perhaps this increased and prolonged itching is what made some people think they still had scabies???
teddy bluer

I have had Scabies for around 8-9 months and my hands, feet, knees, and elbows have sores that have opened up to the smallest is about 2 millimeters around to the biggest is 1 centimeter around iv tryd cream but they haven’t worked its the worst and most excruciating pain and irritation iv ever experienced in my 17 years of life
John

The first time I suffered this [in 1952], I was treated by a coal company doctor who was a Johns Hopkins graduate, working for the coal company in lieu of doing an internship.

She prescribed Benzyl-benzoate lotion. Since she roomed next door in the coal company clubhouse, and used the same shower as I did, she had every incentive to cure me.

Her lotion worked, and quickly, but I drove home to Montana and had a relapse. Couldn’t find the lotion there, but I went back to W. VA. and she gave me a refill. somehow I got over the matter.

In 1970 I was working in slash pine in Mississippi. The foresters there suggested I put some flowers of sulphur om each hip pocket to repel the chiggers [a similar mite]. It worked, and I had no trouble.

In 1983 I was working in a bulb shed, a really dirty place where the employees took no care to clean up. I used sulphur again, hosed the place out, moved the dirty bulb cleaning outdoors, applied liberal amounts of ponds cold cream [got some pretty funny looks from those who smelled me], and eventually cleaned the place up to my satifaction. [I may also have sprayed with an insecticide - I don't remember].

now, in 2011, i have something similar again. My wife and 6 year old son don’t seem affected [yet?] An MD advised Nix, a flea and lice treatment. I tried it. It seemed to work for about 4 days, but it advised “don’t leave on skin for over 10 minutes”. I didn’t like the sound of that.

A dermatologist was esdamining the results of his surgery for a smnall skin cancer, so I asked him about it. He said clearly that the mites don’t burrow! [I don't believe him.] he seemed in much of a hurry and didn’t encourage me carrying on.

I said, I want a prescription for benzyl-benzoate. He refused to provide it, and suggested I continue using flowers of sulphur as i have been. He also informed me he graduated “first in his class” and said there were many more effective chemicals than benzyl-benzoate.

Benzyl-benzoate is about 1/8 as toxic as asprin, but is “not available” in the USA. I told the dermatologist I would obtain some from China or Brazil, and I will. It pisses me off that the US pharmaceutical industry will no longer provide Benzyl-benzoate, which worked fine for me and very rapidly. It also pisses me off that some stuck up dermatologist would trot out his “first in his class” credential.

I did not inform him of my Ivy League PhD. I suspect the whole thing is the lack of patent protection for Benzyl-benzoate, and hence a lesser profit for big-pharma. Let’s vote the bastards and their lobbyists out!

In the meantime, I am glad to find this site that offers more specific advice concerning the various oils and aromatics and garlic I have tried. It is true that flowers of sulfur help. A smidgen tossed in the drier helps, but only if you think living down wind of a volcano is a pleasant prospect. Good luck to all.
Leo

This worked on my cat so I don’t know about humans. Rub diatomaceous

earth all along the spine, tailbone, and tail which is where most of

the scabs and thus the scab causing mites will usually be. They will

move. Usually to the cat’s scratching leg and onto the head and ears.

rub these down too. Eventually you will smoke them out and off of the

suffering animal. But MAKE SURE THAT IT’S FOOD GRADE DIATOMACEOUS

EARTH OR YOU WILL KILL THE ANIMAL. Also make sure it’s the white

stuff that is Permaguard or repackaged Permaguard. I got some brown

stuff at one of the feed stores here and it worked but real slow. As

soon as I applied the pure stuff the mites died quickly. Also my cat

was sick after the scabs were gone — I think because the mites must

have died under her skin and rotted away under there. I got her

through with chicken broth without spices that I made and then when

she was better tuna packed in oil. The oil in the tuna helps her

excrete her hair balls.
acnebugs

everyone has scabies or deals with it, some people change their lifestyle, some people are just to lazy to open a window and breathe. Beds are the dirtiest things imaginable as well sofas.(leather the way to go)cars as well. eat your vitamins. i shop at puritan, great website best deals. get plenty of C, A, and D. so open your house up and let the demons out.
Mlee

god bless each of you, going to bed right after my tea tree oil bath and rub. I think I have some lavender oil which I haven’t tried with alcohol. These scabies are exhausting.They itch like the dickens..When all else fails pray and ask the God of the universe for healing. Tomorrow I’m going to whole food to get neem oil.

My heart reaches out to those who suffer worse than me. I dont have awful itching, but i do feel them. Why do some people feel them and others dont? I have been bathing for five weeks with tea tree oil and rubbing. We change the sheets, do laundry and everything everyone says, but I have gotten a few really great ideas on the internet tonight.

A little scabies humor, ” they aren’t parasites, they are my fan club!” Okay, maybe it’s not too funny, but I’m tired of crying. Hang in there everyone, we can do it.

Oh, when cleaning, don’t forget to clean the keyboards of your computers and iPads, and phones….

goodnight, sleep tight and don’t let the scabies bite…hey at least you don’t have the bedbugs…yet. Yuck you can see them. Something tobe thankful for. Hey, I actually feel a little better talking-to you guys. Hold on, gotta scratch…ok good night once and for all. You are in my prayers!!!!!!!
Jasmine

I first noticed the bumps about a week ago. I was in complete denial. I figured I was just bitten by a spidder, or had been attacked by ants. After washing and cleaning everything I prayed the bumps would just go away. THEY DIDNT. I finally slept in a guest bedroom, and woke up to over 30 red bums on EACH shoulder. I paniced, and knew it was time to go to the doctors. If it were to spread any higher, I knew there would be no way of hiding it.

I learned it was scabies, and had NO IDEA how I contracted it. Then I remembered I went to a sleepover at a friend’s house, and over 10 girls were there. I had to have caught it from one of them. I was prescribed the Permitherin cream and hydroxyzine hcl 25mg pills. The cream made the bumps burn like crazy, and the redness increased, and did not change. The pills help with the itching, but they make me extremely drowsy, and knock me out. It’s ruined my sleeping pattern to the point where if I don’t take the pills I won’t sleep that night. Which is not a good thing for a 16 year old girl. Plus more bumps have appeared, and I’ve finished the bottle.

My new remedy is being OVER THE TOP clean, Vitamin E gel-caps, and sulfer soaps. I wash my bedsheets, clothes, and pillows everyday on the washing machine’s sanitary setting. I never use the same towel, or wear any article of clothing twice in a row. The vitamin e gel caps help with the redness of the bumps. So far, things have been looking better.

Also, my mom informed me that as kids, all of my sister’s, including me, caught scabies and were prescibed the cream. Could I be resistant to the cream because I’ve used it before?

I’ll do whatever it takes to get rid of scabies. It’s not entirely cold enough to wear long sleeved shirts, and I can’t keep using that “alergic reaction” excuse.
December begins

I have no remedy but am glad to discover this site.My children(all 3) 1st contracted school sores(so the doctor said) in December and i took them several times and lots of money later to get some sort of cure.So i followed the docs advice of laundering daily,cleaning bedding,bathing and creaming my children and myself(6 months pregnant at the time) and still no success.It wasn’t until after i gave birth the doctors decided to try another cure.Shower with Malathion Liquid and pat dry then cover the body with Betaclom Cream(an eczema cream).Do this twice daily.Can you imagine trying to do this with 3 kids and a newborn-but it had to be done.Another 4 months later they are cleared however i still seem to be carrying something.Fortunately my baby didnt catch anything and as much as it is tiring i may have found a new career ‘cleaning’ 24/7.Thanks to all your remedies i might actually find something that will work.
old hobo

the skins from 12 or more brown onions, boiled in 1 liter of water for 2o minutes or so,then apply the liquid after cooling, all over your body. and don’t forget your hair. do this daily, or more often, for 2 weeks, to get rid of the mites as they freshly hatch. Of couse, you also need to take care of bedding clothes, etc.

For more sure cure use the onion, plus a lotion made from tea tree oil, coconut oil, neem oil, sulfer, margosa oil (if you can get it), eucalyptis oil, wormwood, lavender oil, tumeric, black walnut oil,
olive oil.

you might use the onion extract in the lotion, but I’m not sure, if it will mix well with the oils because of the soluble factor
francis

i need help…. my kids have scabies we have gone through months of permithrin cream and it doesnt work i also ru b them down with whitch hazel we have washed absolutly everything there is in this house and the doc refuses to do a skin scrapping to be sure what do i do next i cant stand for much more…
Annaoooo

Another tip is spraying listerine mouth wash around. They hate it. Also I bought an ion detox foot spa. Works for me. I eat heaps of garlic and do my detox foot thing and the parasite in the water is revolting and the water ends up thick and black like mud. Worth a try. Prior to this I spent thousands of dollars over 2.5 years. Either it ain’t as simple as applying some cream or I’m dealing with a different parasite. Apparently I’m delusional writes my gp. Video of the wiggly crap in the bath that doesn’t like caustic soda and blood on mine and kids bed sheets would say otherwise. Also I don’t care if you buy and ion foot spa or not. Just saying what is working for me. Take care all of you. Anna x
Annaoooo

If you do want to get a detox foot spa though. I got a cheaper version on easy and it works the same. Cheers Anna x
Annaoooo

I just bought oregano oil. Going to use it for everything. It’s benefits look great to me. Google it. Plus in insects it stops adults reproducing and lavarve and eggs can’t become adults. It’s all worth a try. Apparently kills parasites and fungi to and boost you immune system. Will let you know how I go.
chris carter

i strted having itches and little bumbs all over my arm pit area and down by my pubic region i just thought it was a heat rash but 3 days later it started itching crazy on my chest and back as long as my pubic region now i am getting little water looking pumps on my fingers and hands i looked it up and i belive it is scabies i dont have any money to go to the doctor and i do not have insurance what are some options i can use to get rid of them oooo and i am not working because of this so i need to get it healed so i can get back to work. plese help me out please.
Mel

My family, yes entire family was diagnosed with these jerks a week ago and we have since used this stupid permithin cream twice and all it does is piss the mites off and make them relocate. I am unemployed and freaking out bc I’m fighting something I CANT see!!!! How the hell are u suppose to know when you have won?!?! I just bought some lavender oil 100% and olive bud oil 100% in hopes this will help. I am also gonna be using the peroxide baths and what not bc that seems promising. As far as seeing the mites goes… Um how do u see them? All we see are these little heat rash or pimple looking bumps. No trails of any kind that I can’t see or black dots or whatever. Ugh I’m so sick of these! its so damn gross.!!! I’m also scared of continuously reinfesting( nasty word) myself doing laundry daily and cleaning. I’m too the point where I wanna go get a hotel for a few days while these things die in my je but then again who knows when they’ll be dead bc u can’t see the damn things. I’m so frustrated and grossed out I don’t know what to do. I’m so broke so I can’t afford to keep buying all this crap. I’m gonna go purchase some long gloves for laundry work and mattress covers for my beds and hopefully they’ll have something for the pillows. Were going to try to stay away from the couches and chairs but damn there still the carpet. It feels never ending. I have used the rid lice spray on bed and couch bug who knows if it works. Called pest control and they said they can’t spray for scabies? But they can spray for bed bugs? Wtf? Anyways I’ll keep u posted on what works. I will probably be hunting down some neem oil and tea tree oil and mixing the oils together with a lotion and lathering up the fam. Also looking for a store to purchase somekind of sulfer soap or whatever so we can take baths as well as peroxide baths. I really hope this works. : / grrrrrrrrr die already!!!!!
Mel

Ok update. Went to the dr again bc my son now has them on his scalp. The gave us some ivermectin pills and sulfer 6.4% emul rx but Its hard as hell to find a pharmacy able to mix the compound and when I did they closed 2 hour earlier that they were suppose to. My luck huh. Anywys bought the mattress covers and am doing another deep clean on the home today. Cleaning all laundry daily will help keep population down. I have used some garbage bags for the pillows bc all this is getting expensive and once everything is clean I will be spraying th couches daily and sitting on the floors. Laundry will be done in a few hours  so after that I’m just gonna be using my mixtures of oils and lotions all over us as well as these pills I really hope are miracle workers. We don’t have them that bad but I’m tryIng to eliminate this problem before it is out of control. I’m a clean freak so this is grossing me out and wearing me out!! Peroxide baths will also be something were doing tonight. Not to mention praying to god to kill these things. Good luck to anyone else battling these things!!!!
Troy

Help is guys help is here!! i was inching for 5 mouths with red little red bite and marks.. at first i Thoth i had fles or bedbug..then my friend told me he had Scabies 5 mouths ago.. i did some research and i got rid of my scabise with hot hot showers and scabbing with tea tree shampoo (paul mitchell) this shampoo has Lavender Oil,Tea Tree Oil and others…i shower 3 tree times a day for a week.. and i stop feeling crawling bites and inch stop…
Troy

Lets me know if i helped or list how you got rid of them
Nicole

So I have just discovered this site and thought my story might be helpful… my teenage daughter and son have both been eaten up with the scabies. We finally figured out that they must have picked it up from summer camp, but unfortunately it took the dermatologist several attempts to diagnose. By that time my younger children and my husband also caught “the itch”. So why have I not been infested?? I am currently applying the prescription cream from the dermatologist, and changing bed covers/sheets daily… I am worn out!! So I have been reviewing natural cures on this site and have discovered why I am the only one in my home not plagued by this mite. I daily use olive oil on my skin… wow, who would have thought… I also apply pure lavendar oil to my dad’s diabetic ulcers on a daily basis. With both of these items (I always end up with lavendar oil on some part of my hand/s), I believe it has kept them from completely eating me up as well. I was unaware of the dangers of the Permithrin, but I do believe in natural products over perscriptions anyday… and I can testify for the olive oil as a barrier to these pests. I did get a few bites… but very few. I think the olive oil must suffocate them or keeps the eggs from hatching. Weird. Anyway… I hope this helps someone else. Thanks for all the posts. Very helpful. I will start using the Tea tree oil mixtures to spray on my furniture, etc. Does anyone know if these mites can be carried on pets? and if so, do they show the same symptoms or are they silent carriers? I have several small dogs that like to sleep on our bed so I wonder about the scabies mites being carried by the dogs or cat. Thanks and good luck to all!
Marcus

i bought arm and hammer laundry soap liquid in the yellow bottle) epsom salts & borax hand soap powder(like the put in the dispensers in the bathrooms)

When i get up in the morning I CLEAN, mop and wipe down everything, dust, vacuum etc, the washer is down in my garage and has clothes from yesterday soaking in it overnight in borox / arm and hammer and cold water – i will run it here in a little bit and throw everything in my gas dryer (gas get’s hotter) for 70 minutes, I then fill the washer again with water and everythng from the day goes directly in is as I take it off or use it – rags etc and they soak overnight.

wash all bedding, sheets, blankets etc every night

next thing i do is lather up with the borox hand soap from head to toe and then soak in the tub for 30 minutes

at night i take the arm and hammer cap off the bottle and fill the cap 1/2 way with epsom salts and the rest with arm and hammer, i use a loofa and drizzle the soap on the loofa and scrub from head to toe.

this seems to be working….i also have been mopping my floors with hot water and ammonia

the key is to CLEAN and clean again – even if you cleaned it yesterday do it again – focus alot more in the bedroom and living areas if this is where you spend time more, also if you are in a cold climate leave your car outside at night when it’s freezing and I alos put my vacuum outside on nights when it’s below freezing to kill anything in the vacuum and anything in the car…..thus far I am getting RELEIF!! i slept 9 hours last night (much needed)
Angelo-was-very-itchy

Hi, I’ve been reading this site and it’s awesome. I started itching about 3 weeks ago. I was thinking it was fleas due to the old tenants. After 2 flea bombs didn’t resolve the bites, they were starting to get worse and worse to unbearable, keeping me up all night. I got diatomacious earth and spread it throughout the house. Even between the matresses & the bed liner. I got so desperate and put it on my balls. It seemed to shut them down temp.

That’s when I started researching and praise the Lord for this site and your write ups. So based on what I read I ordered neem and lavender oils.

1. Then I broke down, over itching, couldn’t wait, and bought neem locally. It got the itch under control. Finally I was getting most if not all of my sleep. Thank you Jesus Christ!
2. It seemed like I had to keep putting it on every hr or 2 at different or same spots when awake.
3. Then I read how olive oil kills the little bastards and coconut oil helps get it down there in their sordid burrows.
**4. I mixed olive oil, neem, & coconut oils and it made a big difference. Thus I don’t have to put it on as often and it all spreads easier.
5. Still waiting on the lavender oil. I’ll add that to the mix and also make a separate mix of lavender & alcohol.
6. I haven’t washed the bedsheets yet. I think I’ll have to do that soon. As for everyday, wow that’s a lot of work and expense on my utility bill.

I read some of the sad writeups and my heart goes out to you, especially the 12 yr old. I have 2 boys 10 & 13 and actually feel good they live w/ their mom over this nastiness. One write up referred to using amonia??? Woe, now that’s desperation. I hope it never comes to that. Please shoot me if it does, hehhehehehh.

I’m still trying to figure out how I got these little beasts. I date on and off but always use protection. I was dating a girl that insisted her dog slept w/ us. After a couple of months I could take it anymore when he would fart in the bed and we ended up breaking up over it. It was soon after that I noticed my first bump under my balls. Perhaps she/her dog gave this to me?

Finally, I shall keep posting until I have eliminated every one of these little monsters and also healed completely.

Take care & God bless,
Angelo
Angelo-was-very-itchy

By the way, diatomacious earth food grade variety is good for both animal as well as human consumption because it eliminates parasites in the body. It’s like running broke up razor blades through a sewer pipe, it cleans up all the caked sewage attached to the walls. I put it in my coffee every morning. 1 tbsp spread into 3 coffee cups. I also add other powders, e.g cacao nibs in powder form. (I read how someone got rid of them by eating nibs) I shouldn’t have got scabies then?

Oh well, other powders I add are gogi berries & camu camu berries. These are full of anti oxidants and increase your health and immune system. You all might want to read up on these. Kelp powder and ginseng I add to my food. Definitely google these and you’ll be amazed at the benefits. I buy most if not all off ebay by the pound.
Angelo-was-very-itchy

Greetings,
I received the lavender oil and added it to my above concoction.
1. It seemed that it caused the mites to come out and move around my body. By sleep time they were depriving me of my sleep. It sure smelled good though.
2. Finally, I added a bunch neem, worried they were looking for untreated skin to hijack. Seems to have stablelized them and was able to get a good nights sleep.
3. I think I’m gonna have to keep lavender oil to a min. in the mix because it didn’t seem to stablelize them like neem, coconut oil and olive oils seemed to without a bunch of lavender.
ChineseSolution

Well people .. I have had this cursed itch 3 times in my life… Ist time it took months before I finally realised I had it .. and went to the chemist, who recommended some solution.. I used it and it eventually worked, but it really smelt and you need to paint it for 24hrs..

The last 2 times, I used Chinese Liniment ( similar to tiger balm but much better, because its liquid ) product is called MOO TONG LINIMENT … and it works a dream.. you just spot wherever you itch and not only soothes , but kills the mites. This treatment I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Scabies are just the horrible to know they itch and lay eggs under your skin. disgusting! …
Scarlet

Wow!

I am skeptical, but after finding out my insurance deductible is $3500. and hating doctors anyhow as they took my mother’s life, I decided to go to the internet. I have been miserable for weeks! I don’t know if I have scabies but we had a live in housekeeper move her two dogs in who scratched and scratched. Next thing I know my dog is scratching and she sleeps with me. Now we’re both itching all over. I took her to a vet weeks ago and the vet said allergies and that nothing is passed from dog to human (but i really doubt this as we’re both miserable). I kept bathing her in medical soap as directed but after a few days she’d itch again.

I have gotten really bad at night mostly.

So tonight I read this page. I took down the list and found all the ingredients I could at Walmart… they had almost everything. I tried the first solution remedy and that was about 2 hours ago and it seems to have cured the area I put it on! wow! I’m almost afraid to announce it as it will curse me again.

I took tea tree oil (which i was told i had a bad reaction to but i was so desperate anyhow) and olive oil and mixed it together and just rubbed it on my tummy and chest. Everything felt soothed immediately and the itch stopped. Then i rubbed it on my dog. She is not itching now and its in the middle of the night.

So try it! wow what a difference!!
Scarlet

I felt another itch or two and put more tea tree oil mixed with olive oil and it goes away! a complete miracle I feel!

funny thing is I am using the Coconut Oil I bought for my hair right now and I think i’ll return all the other products. Its crazy how well this works.

Just go to wal mart get tea tree oil and olive oil. thats all you need. First comfort i have found in a long long time!

Thank you website for being here!
Jane

When I read about people having this for years, I am shocked, but after trying to determine the onset of my first signs of itch and little bitty pimple like sores on my bum, I realized the day I got this. I got it from this lady that I spend time with and all she does is complain. I felt sorry for her as not many friends left for her and her kids don’t care. She said she was itchy really bad and saw a few doctors and they said it was a yeast infection but it was not contagious.

I remember this was Feb of 2005. I was itchy that night. She said it wasnt contagious. i thought i had a yeast of the skin infection. I was worried because my mother was dying at the time and I didnt want to get her sick. I just remember having so much itchiness at that time. It never went away entirely.

I am VERY CLEAN, everything in my house is thoroughly sanitized and we have full time housekeepers to do this even when i’m not. Now i think maybe that is why it never got really bad.

My dog was with another dog and they were all itching and i sleep with my dog.

I found this site and have been trying tea tree and olive oil. it is working well but im grossed out by the fact i have bugs under my skin.

today i saw black heads to my pimples and i was able to tweeze out a few black things, not sure it was the mite. gross!
Scarlet

okay its the third night, and I posted the first two days. Now tonight i was itchy really bad and i think it was because my car was infested or the sweater i wore (i had worn last week one time) by the time i got home i was miserable.

this time i stripped down and put coconut oil all over my body and rubbed it in. then i put the tea tree oil in my hands and rubbed all over over the coconut oil. I waited and waited. Then I put the shower on really hot to get ready to go in, but got side tracked with my cell phone. I looked at my tummy and chest and had ions of little black like tiny fleas or lint or something. I remember reading someone said she saw hundreds go down the sink and someone said only ten will appear not hundreds. Well i guess the hot shower mist activated the other two and i literally watched these little tiny bugs come out of my skin. It was super creepy as I am very white so its very noticeable. It works like magic.

If you are infected, try it.

1.) strip down completely.
2) rub in coconut oil in the skin really good, head to toe.
3.) rub in 2 ounce bottle of tea tree oil (made me feel a bit nauseous though)
4.) turn your shower on hot mode and let the mist come towards you.

I took pics, if anyone wants them post your email and ill send them. (oh not of myself lol, i am totally g-rated). But i put the bugs on the counter and ironically it looks pretty staged as its not because you can see the bottles from walmart, like a commercial. i also took a close up. I am trying to find a place i can send them to test them.

any ideas?
Connie

Thank you everyone for you input and remedies…We have had this is our household for 1 month now. Myself, Daughter and 2 1/2 yr. old grandaughter..We tried the cream from the dermatologist with no luck..have a appt. with them tomorrow,I am not putting this on my grandaughter or my daughter..I heard tea tree oil is good for alot of uses, I had some tea tree oil face wash, I gave my grandaughter a bath with that dried her off, then applyied olive oil to her skin all over. She has not itched at all today It has been a pain i have a washer and dryer but the comforters won’t fit in my washer. So needless to say I took them to the laundry mat and spent $140.00 on washing everything and drying them. Now I am going to boil water and put it in the wash basin with borax and let them sit in there and spin them in the washter then dry on hot for 2 hours…hope that works, I never had these in my life and I am 56 years old. I don’t have them as bad as my grandaughter does and my daughter cause they sleep together. Praying this works and my prayers to all of you that are suffering from these little bastards!!!! Once again thanks to all for the suggestions <3
Tabitha Barrios

i think the ancstors remedy is the best..using home remedies is 100% effective…its been almost a week since my son has been diagnose…his doctor told me tht everyone in the home must be treated and thats all i needed to hear.i could not efford the price of peri 1% cream..so i decided to go with a listing of home products Boraxo powered hand soap which contains(borax) the powered solution is toxic free it kills the scabies beneath the skin ..allowing them raise above the surface of your skin.i use the product for seven days straight for my son ,tea tree oil as a healer.as this process was repeated..it did him justice he then went bck to the doctor so they can run another test …im so proudly to say he was scabie free…P.s i forgot to mention that Aloe drinks are excellent ..since it is a body cleaner it is also effective they say aloe itself is not allow for children but my son has been drinking it ever since then and hes only 11 in a halff months…god planted these things on earth purposely ppl jus dont know the benifits of it..its very affordable at ant local store…try it ppl Very benifical
Experimentingnow

I have suffered with this since Dec. 9th and missed work. I am secluded and will spend Christmas dealing with this. I did all the things everyone else did. It took 2 doctors looking at me like I was crazy with I took the specimen in on tape. Neither one believed me. So I have read every page, article, comment on the internet it seems. Using deduction to all this, I came to the conclusion that I wanted to rid myself of these things by killing everything not just the bug underneath the skin but from the inside out, so I talked to my healthfood person. Yesterday I took 2 doses (several hours apart) of black walnut hull oil (56 drops in a small amount of water) I also bought the sulfur tablet to take. Last night I felt so much better after taking 2 doses of each of these. She also recommended that I use the clove bud oil and mix with water to spray the house with. I am thinking about using a small amount in the bath water. This is somewhat a different approach to the tea tree oil (that I have been using for 2 weeks) and other items mentioned. I washed my clothes in Borox along with detergent from the beginning. I will continue to do that. It was also recommended that I take a triple strength Omega 3/6/9 to repair damaged skin from the sores/scars. I hope this helps. I will repost when I have ridden myself of all traces. Merry Christmas to all.
Steve

And where does one purchase Chinese Liniment?
alykat

W ell this is my 2edtiime getting these dreadful buggers and I looked at the clothesi want to keep and the ones I’m getting rid of throwing out a lot of my clothes towels sheets bedspreads and buing. A new bed with a plastic coverim making sure this does not happen again also eating better taking a lot of vitamins because scabies are contracted or you get them when your immune system is at its lowest I hope this works for me I’ma c n a I just don’t want anyone or myself to experience this again did the treatment last night throwing everything out today
Marylin

Steve, here’s the link to the Chinese liniment that was mentioned:
http://mootongoil.com/lyre.cgi/jvm/sc/show.html?msg_add_pack_id=4019
I haven’t tried it yet, so I can’t say personally if it works or not…I’ve been newly infested, probably a little over a month now, and I’ve been mixing green clay with clove bud oil and water to make a paste and applying that over the bumps, which takes away the itch and seems to kill the mites, and I’ve also been applying food grade diatomaceous earth to my whole body after I shower and dry off completely. Not sure if that’s working or not, but I also sprinkled it all over my couch and bed, thinking that would kill them without having to do laundry every day, but just today I broke out in many new bumps, so… probably going to have to bite the bullet and do laundry every day.

When I first realized that what I had was scabies, I soaked my hands, the only place infected at first, in hot water with epsom salts and hydrogen peroxide. It seemed to draw the mites to the surface and then the clay mixture killed them. I kept the small areas covered with the clay 24/7 and used a bandaid to keep it on, and for a long time, that was working, but suddenly I have a LOT of new bumps. I wish I had a complete cure to give, but I’m just experimenting to find what ultimately works, and if anyone has any ideas on what I’m doing wrong (or right) please let me know. The clay does stop the itching! Keep reapplying it for as long as it takes to dry out and flatten the bumps.

A word of caution about the diatomaceous earth… DO NOT get it in your hair! I have very long hair and the DE on my couch and bed sheets has made my hair dry out really bad, it feels like straw! When I realized that was what was drying it out (I had just bought a new brand of shampoo that was terrible and thought that was the problem) I washed it, let it dry a bit and then coated my slightly damp hair with olive oil and put a shower cap on and slept with it like that. It helped re-moisturize my hair, but best to just keep your hair up and away from contact with the DE. I thought the DE would kill the mites but either it doesn’t work or I haven’t gotten every surface well enough. I’m going to try a few more things and get back to you on what kills them for good. It’s hard to choose which of all the helpful remedies posted here to try, so again, if anyone else has had lasting success, please post it, and thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences! I’m sure that between all of us, we will find the right natural treatment.
Marylin

I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to get scabies or whatever this mite is, from dogs? My neighbors’ apartment door is only separated from mine by a small hallway, and they have two dogs, and the hallway gets filled with dog bair and dirt and blows under my door. Yuck! I don’t see them or their dogs often so I don’t know if the dogs are infested. Just trying to figure out how I got this and prevent re-infection if I can ever clear it up.
Rosesredrottweiler

Please send the pics to my email. My hubby and I are fighting these things and would love to see the pics. Thanks for the suggestions of coconut oil and tea tree oil. We are going to try them. rosesredrottweiler@yahoo.com