I hate chiggers too. I once got over 100 on both legs from walking the chubb trail (that is one chiggery place) - if you find anything that works - please post it - I found nothing relieved the itch for long - I now use deet on my clothing and shoes and socks and a deet lotion on my legs (the lotion has a smaller concentration). I never got many ticks on me - but the dogs did and it was horrible with the seed ticks until I started using frontline on them.