I tried the household stuff first for dry skin like baby oil, etc but to no avail. I bought every over the counter remedy for itching. Every cream, ointment, etc. The most relief came from gold bond foot powder liberally placed on all parts that were itching and from vicks mentholatum (like used for cold symptoms) rubbed into the affected areas. These relieved the itch to some extent but not for a long time and the rash/blisters were getting worse.

I must have some deadly disease ! Every thing I read on the internet said these rashes can be organ failure, cancer, etc. but also could be scabies, bed bugs etc.(it sill doesn’t look like the photos on the internet)

I had just tried to relieve the itch with rubbing alcohol and decided to get a closer look. I used a 50x power stereo magnifier thats worn on the head to look at my skin and it looked like a few black insects (dead)but these certainly didn’t look like the pictures of scabies. These must be stray insects that just have fallen on my skin ? I never identified these bugs but the closest thing I found was a bug called a ‘springtail’ but not real close to that even.
Ok so now it must be an insect infestation somehow. I read the ingredients of raid ant and roach killer and it contained permethrin so of course I had to try that (mistake). It also contains other stuff and burned my skin a bit without helping the cause.

Ok now for a more scientific approach. I looked on the internet and found that I could go to a doctor and get some poison to take internally or I could go the natural approach with tea tree or neem oils. Nobody heard of neem oil around here but there was a health store that had need soap. I did find tea tree oil at walmart so I tried that first. It seemed to help but the progress was (painfully) slow. I had let it go way too long. This will take some more drastic action. I wasn’t sleeping well and the itch is now accompanied with pain. If someone had told me if I scratched the itch I would die, I still could’t have stopped. I was covered on both arms, both legs, stomach and back. The only places not affected were hands, feet, neck and head/face. Also no genital infestation. (some of this goes against the normal findings of scabies infestation)

I ordered tea tree in 16 oz bulk from ebay since the 2 oz bottles from walmart were not going too far and it was getting expensive. At the same time I bought locally the neem soap which seemed to help a little and also placed an order for 16 oz of neem oil on ebay.

Meanwhile I was trying shampoo with selenium (leaving it on all night and coal tar shampoo (denorex) with little relief (it did seem to settle the itch for a little while. But the rash was all the time getting worse and moving into previously uninfected areas. (still no face/head or genital infestation)

By the time the neem arrived I was ready to kill myself (not that much of an exaggeration) This stuff has an odor that is not exactly pleasant but you will start to love it if it stops the spread and the itch. You will make no friends while using neem. It stinks. Wear it as long as you can at a time. The bugs hate it too.

I used a narrow cloth so I could apply it to my back by myself (like a towel using 2 hands behind the back) I kept this towel in a tupperware container so I could keep the odor contained and to keep it from drying out (adding a little neem each time to the towel) It slightly numbs the skin so some immediate relief is obtained.

Now here is the extreme cure. Do not blame me if you try this and it injures you or your skin/ lungs/ etc. This worked for me but it is very uncomfortable/painful at times

I bought 2 empty spray bottles. I filled one with 3% hydrogen peroxide (full strength) the other with household ammonia (full strength) the ammonia idea came from a friend with morgellons disease which ammonia is claimed to relieve itching.

Here is the daily ritual: First thing, jump in shower (yes naked lol) and spray everywhere that may be affected with the hydrogen peroxide. This is going to light you UP!!! I warned you it can hurt. This pain will last awhile (more like an intense itching) but as you get better it will sting less and less. This will help to prevent secondary skin infections. (it doesn’t seem to be painful to spray in the genital areas for some reason although I was expecting that, I guess without any infestation there, I was spared the pain)

If it gets too much to bear, the ammonia will shut down the burning. How? I don’t have a clue but it also works during the day/night to relieve itching and the relief lasts longer than anything else. It can’t be good to spray these things on your skin so use your own judgement and certainly do not inhale the spray!! Use the ammonia any time the itching gets unbearable during the day/night. It will lite you up a bit on it’s own if you have open sores/ scratches so just be aware!

Do the same thing at night but apply the neem (full strength) to all affected areas after the spray. If you have the opportunity to leave this neem on for a day or two, it will help even more. Unfortunately, you will need to wash this off to go out in public since it is a VERY STRONG odor. Keep in mind that these scabies pop up to mate every 3/5 days so you need to have a defense ready for them when they dig out. I do not think it kills them below the skin. I believe it may get a few that way but mostly it prevents them from reproducing somehow. Keep in mind: anything you wash in the washer with a ‘neemed’ article of clothing with smell like neem a bit too. It probably kills the scabies in all the clothes at the same time. It will stay in your skin a bit too. Even after washing your skin, you may detect a bit of that neem odor but I feel it continues to work a little that way.

AS they start to die off and I have fewer of them digging into my skin, I am now aware of the tracks that couldn’t previously be seen. Now in the form of dark spots and scars, these mostly take the form of a small bite mark with 3 or 4 bites in a small arc. Also now I am keenly aware of the pin-prick feeling of one of them either digging in or out since they are very isolated now. Keep track of where you are feeling these bites so you can concentrate on more treatment in those areas as soon as you can.

Now here is a side note of this neem treatment. I would wear this all night in bed and the effects of the neem oil transferred to the sheets, bed etc. I did not boil my sheets/covers I did not do anything special to anything except me. These bugs can’t live very long without a host and they will die instead of climbing on to you with neem on you. You will smell awful during this treatment but if you think you have scabies, do not wait as long as I did. I could have prevented lots of sleepless nights if I had tried this earlier.

I spent lots of money to try and get rid of my toenail fungus. It is gone now due to another use of this stuff. Every morning I take a q tip and put some neem on the base of my toenails. I let it soak in a few minutes and wear 2 pairs of socks all day. Even my little toenail that looked like it was going to come off due to the fungus is normal now .

I am still spraying myself with hydrogen peroxide every morning and still get an occasional reaction somewhere I have scratched but no more infected sores now. It has been 2 weeks of treatment and a very noticeable improvement now. I still feel a pin stick feeling every now and then but immediately use my cloth to treat that area (just in case)

The following is not for the squeamish:
As these bugs/eggs start coming up out of the skin, these little volcano looking sores develop. When they become hardened they will fester into a little scab of sorts. Some will have a black dot. Some will have an orange looking small scab. These will eventually drop off. I guess these are the bugs, eggs working up out of the skin. These may be still itchy but heed the warning! these can be very sore to the touch and if you are scratching and ‘catch’ a scab with a fingernail and pull it off, you will not like it very much but be sure to continue with the peroxide spray as that is what helped the most with clearing up my sores. If the sores are getting harder and flatter you are winning! Be aware of any clear or red blisters as these may be new infestations. If they are not scabbing, keep neeming.

I know this was an extreme description of my battle with scabies, but I received lots of help by searching the internet and it finally got rid of them so I wanted to help the next person if I could. Please use you own judgement as this is an extreme approach at getting rid of scabies.

I do not work for anybody that sells neem or tea tree oil and I don’t care where you buy it. Mine came from sun_pure_ botanicals on ebay and
I got the therapeutic pure version which means diluted to an extent. I am not sure if 100% pure (full strength) would be safe to use on the skin but the therapeutic was ok for me.

Jim S