How do you stop the itch of a mosquito bite?!
Question:
How do you stop the itch of a mosquito bite?
HELP!!
Answers:
The itching of a mosquito bite is caused by bacteria that enters your body when the mosquito bites you. Your body is letting you know it's in there.
I don't always have hydrocortizone cream on me, but one thing I've tried that has worked is apple cider vinegar. (stronger than normal vinegar. I use it on a lot of things and it works like a charm for killing smaller infections that cause pain or swelling. Get the kind with apple bits still in it.) Get a cotton ball, soak it in the stuff and hold it on. It will sting when it gets anywhere that it should.
If you've scratched it, already, you've just damaged your skin. But if you use the vinegar on it after that, then at least it can get in more quickly.
EDIT: If you can't get to that, my second choice is to go to Wal-Mart and get some tea tree oil from the herb/vitamin section (a natural anticeptic). A little goes a LONG way--and it absorbs into the body very quickly-- so soak a q-tip in the stuff and swab. It may sting, too, but it smells better than the vinegar.