Mosquitos

[chickabonita]

So the bites turned into big welts that have now left scares on my beautiful fair skin

[Biciclista]

it looks like that bite blocker is just like smearing grease on your skin?

[OakLeaf]

it looks like that bite blocker is just like smearing grease on your skin?

Not at all. It's very light, lighter than most bug spray, especially including the DEET stuff I used years ago, which I find very greasy and uncomfortable. I don't know off the top of my head whether the base is water or alcohol or a combination, but it doesn't seem greasy to me at all.

[bmccasland]

I use OFF to keep from being biten.

But if you get bit/stung - feed the flying indigenous wildlife, I highly recommend Blue Star Ointment. It's camphor in petro-jelly. Just smear it on the bite area. You may notice skin reddening in the area, but no worries. I'm one of those that swells up with welts from mosquitos, but this stuff takes the itch out in just a few seconds. It even works on fire ant bites - although with these evil buggers, a second application may be necessary. If I had the ointment before I moved here, I wouldn't have scratched myself silly, and now have lots of scars on my legs and arms. I was given a jar of the ointment as a housewarming gift from my realtor when I got bitten by fire ants while we were house hunting (I had bought the house with the fire ant hill).

I also waged chemical warfare on the fire ant hill, and after three years they were killed off.

Blue Star Ointment - good stuff. Frankly I hope it's still out there, I'm almost out of my original pot.

[Biciclista]

Not at all. It's very light, lighter than most bug spray, especially including the DEET stuff I used years ago, which I find very greasy and uncomfortable. I don't know off the top of my head whether the base is water or alcohol or a combination, but it doesn't seem greasy to me at all.

the main ingredients were all oils!

BiteBlocker® is safe in that it contains natural ingredients that are mainly food-grade and listed by the EPA as minimum risk. The basic ingredients are Coconut Oil, Soybean Oil, Purified Water, Geranium Oil, Glycerin, Lecithin, and Vanillin.

[OakLeaf]

the main ingredients were all oils!

But the inert ingredients are 93% of the formula, and the #1 inert ingredient is water.

Really, it's very, very light. I hate greasy skin.