Welcome to my website. I had scabies and after months and months of trying everything. It was the single hardest and most embarrassing experience of my life. Here is what I found out after months and months of suffering, and most of it is FREE!
Please spend just 4 minutes and carefully read. It could change your quality of life:
The treatment of scabies should be made particularly quickly and carefully because of the risk of re-contamination among your family and people you come into contact with can be fairly rapid and can quickly become out of control. Many people understandably panic when considering scabies. I know I did! Be practical and calm in your approach and follow these simple steps:
- Prior medical consultation. You should not treat just because you “think” you have scabies. Make sure there is a proper diagnosis first! A skin scraping might be the first place to start, but if you are pretty sure then I would move on pretty quickly to treatment and containment of a scabies outbreak. The longer you wait, the worse it is going to be for you and your family!
- Obtain a skin scraping from a dermatologist or do a self administered skin scraping with mineral oil and a microscope or 30-45x pocket microscope. Skin scrapings are not always conclusive, however my experience is it take weeks if not months to get into a dermatologist, and once you do I hate to say it but most doctors don’t know what they are doing with skin scrapings or scabies for that fact. I was desperate to find out out first hand what I had. I bought a mini microscope and found out myself in just a few minutes. Just dab some baby or mineral oil on the affected area and scape it off with a glass slide. You will see the mites under the microscope. It will take some time but keep looking. You will be HORRIFIED but will know for sure!! A pocket microscope or standard microscope is the fastest way to determine if you have the scabies mite or not.
- The treatment of your children and partners in key to your success, members of the family living under the same roof and all people with itching in the entourage (family, children, friends, pets and I talk about pets below) people you have been in close contact with will need to be treated to be sure you will not spread it to others or WORSE, re-infect yourself in the future.
- Washing EVERYTHING in at least 110 degrees hot water or above with borax soap (20 Mule Team Borax) is available at local grocery stores like Walmart, Target, local grocery store, etc. Dry on HIGH!
- For Mattresses, sofas, sofas, upholstery, car seats use a serious and proven mite disinfectant like BenzaRid spray. You can buy it online and or Fossil Shell Dust which is a natural dust that safely eliminates the mites in your environment.
- Mattress covers! Use them! You will need to take them off an wash them daily or use the BenzaRid to kill the mites on your bedding daily.
- CUT OUT SUGAR! Sounds crazy but these buggers like sugar. Why not cut out sugar for a week or two to get better? I did and it helps!!
- Immune Boosters – Get on them. Your immune system can’t fight the mites by itself but you will need to be strong to battle them and a weak immune system will just make getting rid of the mites a harder and longer process. Naturasil makes a great one that is mushroom based called Naturasil Immune Renew, or you can get a colostrum (cow or bovine) based one at your local health food store. I write more about this below.
- Treatment with oatmeal baths and itch control product like “cortizone cream” should be considered AFTER or IN-BETWEEN treatments. Why? It can interfere with whatever lotions that you will use to kill the mites. This certainly will not kill scabies but will alleviate some of the symptoms of itching and scabies rash.
- Traditional scabies have burrows at the folds of the skin and DOES NOT GO ABOVE THE NECK LINE. Above the neck line means something else. Possibly bird or rat mites. Believe me they can host on you too. Treatment for bird or rat mites is generally the same, but much more intense in how much time it can take to get rid of them. Following a good hygiene protocol is the key.
- Pets can be a problem too. Human mites such as scabies do not live on pets such as dogs or cats for just a few days, however think about it. If the can live for a few days, then you probably don’t want your pets being around you while you are treating or you could get a “ping pong” effect of giving it back and forth to you or your other family members just but letting a dog or cat sleep or cuddle with you. I have talked to people who have experience just this same problem. Use common sense. It is best to keep the pets away and or possibly treat them as well during a scabies infestation. I talk about some pet treatment options below.
CHEMICAL TREATMENT CHOICES:
- Benzyl benzonate: One can use benzyl benzoate lotion prescribed by a doctor. Benzyl benzoate is not always effective, as scabies mites have proven to become immune to this treatment. This lotion is generally applied to the entire body except the face and genital area for several days in between mite life cycles. Most people, just like me already tried one or several of these options to only find that it knocks them back for a day or two and they come charging right back.
- Permethrin cream 5-10%: is often the most prescribed by a doctor, but it has shown that scabies mites are very resistant to this chemical pesticide treatment as they have built up an immunity to it and mutated away from its effectiveness to the poison. I tried it several times. It would knock them back for a day then be right back again the next 1-2 days. I used this first and it made me feel ill for a few days after the treatments. I honestly would try something else before trying it. Considering permethrin is known carcinogen, and a very common flea and tick medication for dogs and cats which is also well-known for not working well, but at very high concentrations on animals. Of course this makes me even less comfortable about using permethrin at all!
- Lindane poison cream. same as above.
- Oral Ivermectin -Also known as stromectol (which is what you give your dogs and cats orally for heartworm prevention) occasionally prescribed but not recommended for children. A doctor must determine the dosage. I would recommend this as the absolute last resort.
NATURAL TREATMENTS:
- Naturasil Scabies Cream, liquid bath products, and Sulfur-Lavender Soap are the BEST! They are natural and worked for me on my scabies rash within two mite cycles (Less than a week) to kill the scabies mites.
- If you look into the Naturasil company Nature’s Innovation they are a solid BBB rated A+, been around for 8 years, and the founder is well-respected and a naturopath who developed these homeopathic treatments specifically for scabies.
- Naturasil liquid product plus the sulfur-lavender soap plus epson salts bath = RELIEF. Then use the Naturasil cream after drying off. DO NOT WASH OFF! You have to do this 1-2 times per day if you are serious about getting rid of this!
- Immune System Booster like Naturasil Immune RenewSome people who have had problems with these invisible biting mites also have immune system problems and may not even be aware of it. I believe that these mites are attracted to certain people, and some may attract them way more than others by having a low immune system which must put off some odorless signal to the mites.. Those “carriers” really need to focus along with the family on eating right, taking an immune booster, again order it online if you can’t find it at the store. I take Naturasil’s Immune Renew and it works pretty well. It is mushroom based. Others are cow colostrum based and I really don’t like the thought of taking colostrum (from new born cow’s milk) from a cow.
- Candida or Yeast Infection has been linked to mites. The technical term is candida albicans or yeast infection that is systemic in your body. The science behind this is not know but some theorize that candida emits some type of odor the mites can smell and are attracted to. It is not just in women, it can be in men too. You do not have to have symptoms of it to have it in your body. Take either drugs from the doctor (antibiotics specific to it) or natural food supplements to kill off this harmful yeast in your system. A good natural food supplement is Naturasil Candida Clear.
- I have seen and tried everything naturally from neem and caranja, to olive oil. I tried a ton of this stuff. Truth is some of it knocks them back for a day or two, but I NEVER GOT RID OF IT COMPLETELY using these other treatments. Be sure to use the BenzaRid environmental spray to kill the mites on your bed, chairs, car seats, work chair, you name it. Don’t forget to spray where your pets lay, and their bedding too. Remember even though pets don’t host human scabies, they can ping pong it back and fourth to you by sleeping or cuddling with them. So please eliminate that possibility.
- The best natural treatment I used is hands down Naturasil scabies cream, bath products and soaps which are generally sulfur and natural plant extract based were highly effective. After using their creams and soaps for 1 week I could finally sleep at night!! I was finally over the nightmare!!
- PS – I have a large family. I broke down and bought the Scabies Family Pack. It is the best deal by far.
- Most people prefer natural methods to kill scabies as pesticides have known carcinogens and can be harmful to personal health, but you be the judge. I just want to provide all the information and let you decide which method is right for you.
NATURAL MITE TREATMENTS FOR PETS:
- I have heard from many people who think their mite problem was brought in by their pet. I can tell you pet mange or “sarcoptic scabies or sarcoptic mange” is NOT contagious to a human. You can temporarily be infected by sarcoptic mites but not permanently. Human scabies and animal scabies are two different types of mites completely. On the other hand there are many types of bird or rat mites that can host on both humans and pets at the same time. Generally itching is over the entire body including the head and more so at night. Traditional scabies have burrows at the folds of the skin and DOES NOT GO ABOVE THE NECK LINE. Above the neck line means something else. Possibly bird or rat mites. Believe me they can host on you too. Nonetheless treatments are pretty much the same as outlines above. The Naturasil pet mite products are great for naturally killing mites on animals.
- Don’t forget that pets can be carriers of human mites such as sarcoptic mites can host for even a short time on your pets such as dogs, cats, pet birds, mice, rats. Bird and rat mites can host of both humans and animals indefinitely. Use common sense. If you have a pet you want to either limit contact with it or send it elsewhere while you treat so that you are not “ping ponging” mites back and forth between you and a pet. Naturasil makes great natural pet mange treatment products to be sure that you are keeping your environment safe and keep the pets our of your mite problem.
LASTLY SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS FROM MY READERS:
- I have had some people tell me that MSM pills, garlic pills, and immune system boosters from a natural foods store may help. These all still require a very rigorous treatment regiment, this is not in place of treatment but to aid and speed it up.
- I have also heard that pomegranate extract in either liquid or pills can help. Why this might help I have no idea but i am just conveying a number of messages I have received.
- Organic apple cider, same as above, why I don’t know but taking has said to help some with also following the above treatments.
- Air mattresses are helpful if you don’t want to be changing your actual bed every 5 minutes. You would still need to sanitize it with BenzaRid or equivalent but it may cut down on some cleaning at least once a day.
- Plastic trash bags are a great idea to store your clothes, towels, sheets in if they are dirty and you don’t have time to clean them. It;s also a safe place for clean clothes just don’t mix them up.
I managed to get ahold of a coupon code for 15% OFF! Use code “NAT15″ on checkout for ALL the Naturasil products. You will save a ton of money. I hope this helps.
Jim S.
Jim this advice was invaluable. I went right to my grocery store and bought the stuff you said and got the rest online. I am forever grateful!!
I think you can definitely make a list from what I outlined above everything from good mattress covers, Naturasil products, borax soap for laundry, BenzaRid spray for killing mites on items you come into contact with seats, couches, beds you name it, hygiene is the top priority for sure so focus on that during your treatment. Good luck!
Hey I got the 15% off! Thanks for the tip. g.l.
Where can I get the mattress covers???
This is a great site full of super free info. Thank you for helping me and my family!! K
Thank You Much as I am suffering scabies terribly and have bad allergic reactions to the point of my bites not looking like” NORMAL” scabies bites thus being mis-diagnosed by MD’s several times. I know my body, what I see, and ewven how I got these devils.
My daughter is 3 now, and seems that ever time I turn around, she’s got ANOTHER rash! I think I agree with the fact that the Permethrin cream is not effective. And, I’m also not pleased with the fact that this is a pesticide! I’m ashamed to admit it, but I didn’t know this until now. I trusted that her ped’s doctor would have informed me of this first, allowing me the opportunity to decide if I wanted to treat her with it. I found the Naturasil site and I am going to try some of their products. But my main question is this…how can I treat her safely and rid my house of these pest? Are the products on Naturasil safe for her? Thanks for all your info! So glad I found this page!!
The Naturasil company send complete instructions with the products. I believe that for children under 5 they recommend cutting the cream in 1/2 with any body lotion and going from there with it. I think the soaps are also very effective in combination with the other treatments for children.
how does this start by not being clean ? what starts this and how would one know they have it ?
Cleanliness has nothing to do with it. It happens generally via contact with an infected person or persons.
please let me know and how would it look?….
Hi – just go to Google images and type in scabies picture. It will show hundreds if not thousands of pics for you to look at from a microscope point of view.
I found that the tea tree oil applies directly on the spots, the tea tree baths help too, but the epsom salt baths seem to help probably the most. I’m thinking it’s the sulfer in it that is already in pure form so the body doesn’t have to convert it over and then lack the proper nutrients or channel to do so, because it’s already in its pure state. Americans also seem to be very low on magnesium, which is also in the epsom salts, so this will help too. I believe it has to be there inorder for the human body to be able to convert the sulfer and make it asseccible to the human body so it becomes depleted and thus, you begin your preprogrammed in chain reaction to malnutritien. The enzyme stuff.com is a great resource
Yes all the thingsyou outlined are great and should be used along with the treatment protocol outlined above. I need to add epsom salt baths to the list for sure.
HELP!! i live in a rural setting in haiku hi. chickens hang around and i have been feeding them – family you know. about 2ish months ago, i got “staph” “scabies”. first thought it was just the tropics as it is prevalent here. i now think it is mites from the chickens. they love my place since i feed them. they are near my lanai, even another tenant on property – not same building – comes to visit, sits on lanai and he feels them. i have done permethrin(?) antibiotic cream. i just assumed it was stress related as times are really rough right now. now i wear long sleeves, pants if which is rare i go anywhere and i live in hawaii. i have sores, i itch and make them worse. didn’t even cross my mind those ‘sweet little birds’ were the probable cause. i would like it gone yesterday!! must get rid of chickens i suppose. if i quit feed maybe they leave. i have babies, teens, mothers (chickens that is, i name them for god’s sake with no idea that this is likely causing excruciating unease, not to mention a health threat. i pretty much loner so i’ll do just about anything to get rid of them ASAP. i’m dyin’ over here. mahalo nui loa. i will be anxiously looking for some quick solution. what is Naturasil
sulfur? i SOOOO appreciate your help. can i pass this on? should i keep people away? what about my dog, cat??? EGADS!!!!! thanks again – not even sure who i am writing to but an answer is needed fast please!!!!!
thanks, b
thank you for answering immediately. i am freakin’ out, i love da birds, but i cannot stand this i may live in the jungle but i am clean, and i hate itching, and you should see my legs;arms.
i am hideous!!
b
Can my dogs, be reinfecting us? What about the eggs. We used the 5% crean given by the doctor seamed to almost work but now there back worse.
Please help
dct
Yes dogs and cats can reifect you. be sure to treat them as well. Naturasil has some mange scabies treatments on their website available.
My doctor thinks I have scabies and I ha ve used permethrin cream once and will reapply again tomorrow. Is it normal to actually feel a bite and then see the mark on my skin.
Am I still considered contagious?
T
Hi this probably means that the permethrin was not 100% effective. Honestly this is normal and exactly why people turn to different treatment options other than a traditional doctor. The scabies have become immune to these pesticide treatments which is why I recommend a little different protocol outlined above.
Thanks for the information. I certainly will give Dermasil a try.
I have been searching for awhile and haven’t found any good information until today.We are going to try this today!
My son contacted this at college and after thousands of dollars, several doctors visits,and using poison cremes 4 times. He is fed-up with doctors,spending alot of money with no results, so that he yelled at the doc and the doc gave us perscriptions that we can’t even fill.So that made me search again, and finally some useful information.If this works for us, then know that you will be blessed in our prayers for helping us! Thanks again!
We just found out a girl in my daughter’s camp cabin has been diagnosed with Scabies. Do I treat her up front as if she has them? What are her chances that she has contracted this? Please help
There is always a possibility that she has contract scabies but it is remote. I would wait until the symptoms show up of scratching, red lines at the fold of the skin etc.
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I have been treating my husband, myself and my elderly mother with dermasil products. I have done 4 days on (6 days for mother) and environment cleaned every day. We’ve been using the cream, liquid and the sulfur-lavender soap. What is the purpose of the epsom salts if i am using all of the above? And how do we know for sure when they are all gone?
Epsom salts can help open up the skin better to allow the treatment to penetrate deeper than just treatment alone. Hope this helps and good luck!
I am grateful for this article because I have been to the doctor and dermatologist and the dermatologist said that my symptoms are consistent with flea bites. He even took a biopsy and the lab stated is “consistent with a insect bite” I have been suffering for about 7 months with complete confusion, totally depressed. I am going to my doctor immediately and ask him why he was not able to diagnosis such a condition. Can you share a bed with some one and they show symptoms maybe once months ago, but not again?
I have seen cases where you get rid of the scabies symptoms and then get them back again within a months or several months. Perhaps you are more susceptible once being exposed to them. Nonetheless treatment protocols are the same.
this is great info. What about treatment for the scars that are left after you rid yourself of the scabies?
PLEASE HELP.. I HAVE TO BEEN SUFFERING WITH A POSSIBLE SCABIES INFECTION SINCE JANUARY 2011. I HAVE BEEN TO NO LESS THAN 6 DOCTORS, HAD 5 BIOPSY ( ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY BODY, SCALP, HAND, SHOULDER, VAGINA AND STOMACH) ALL OF WHICH HAVE COME BACK “NON SPECIFIC” OR “FATICICULTITUS” A HAIR INFECTION. I HAVE USED LINDANE LOTION, SHAMPOO, PERMITHERIN (NO LESS THAN 5X), IVERMECTIN (NO LESS THAN 7X), NATURASIL 1X. AND I STILL HAVE NO RELIEF. ALL RELEIF IS TEMPORARY. I CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR AND FINALLY AFTER ALL THIS TIME MY NEW DERMATOLOGIST, (WHO DOES’NT ACCEPT INSURANCE) DID A SCALP CULTURE ( HAVE TO WAIT 4 WEEKS FOR RESULTS). I’VE HAD MY APARTMENT EXTERMINATED, PURCHASED MATTRESS COVERS AND PILLOW COVERS. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DEPRESSING, ISOLATING, COSTLY EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. I FEEL THINGS CRAWLING AROUND IN MY SCALP, LEAVING BURROWS AND JUMPING OFF MY SCALP TO MY FACE, LEAVING RED RAISED BUMPS THAT RESEMBLE PIMPLES. I’VE TRIED NATURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS TEA TREE OIL, OREGANO OIL, BLACK WALNUT COMPLEX, AND OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT. THIS PARASITE HAS NOW STARTING CRAWLING IN MY EAR LEAVING SCAABS IN AND AROUND MY EAR. I’VE CALLED INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THEY SAY IT’S NOT A CASE FOR THEM. I’M LOST, CONFUSED, DEPRESSED AND NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. I’VE WASHED, BAGGED, SPRAYED, THROWN AWAY, READ, READ AND RESEARCHED SOME MORE. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE HELP, ANY ADVISE IS BETTER THAN NONE
Hi this sounds more like rat or bird mites. Treatments are very much the same as with scabies but can be much harder to treat as you have to limit your environment because reinfection is a primary problem. I have people telling me they move to much smaller sure footage to help deal with the environment problem in a smaller area. Good luck
Can someone outline exactly the instructions for using the naturasil cream, soap etc. The container just said to apply to affected area. I bought the 120 ml container, 2 in fact, so how much do I need to use, e.g. 1/2 the jar? How much of the t-tree oil/lemongrass oil do I add to the bath, 20 drops? thanks
I just finished my first round of Naturasil treatment. For the first time in weeks I slept thru the night, with only one wake up. I also didn’t wake up with that dry itchy feeling in my arms. It is still present slightly, but that can take weeks to go away as the body rids itself of the residual affects of the burrowing and the matter left behind by the mites. I used the epson salt soak, with the tea tree oil drops in the bath, and I washed with the sulfur soap for several minutes repeating 3 times. I read on one website that for the sulfur soap be effective you have to keep the lathered soap on your skin for a minimum of 20 minutes. AFter my bath I pat dried my skin, as rubbing the skin makes the itching worse. I applied the naturasil cream from neck down as my scalp & face are very sensitive. And I use a sulfur mask & shampoo so that should take care of any that moved to the scalp, although as a microbiology major I know scabies prefer the tender skin of the hands, underarms, armpits, etc. The thinner areas of skin. I wasn’t sure how much of the naturasil cream to use on the 1st application, so I used about a 1/4 jar of the 120 mL jar. My skin feels & looks 100% better. Funny thing is, my infestation was predominately on my arms & shoulders. I also put the mattress cover on. Laundered all clothing I had worn in the past week, all bedding, etc. Any larger bedding that I didn’t want to launder frequently I put away for non-usage til this is remedied.
Glad I found this as permethrin is not an option.
Only contact of intimacy was in 1997. Been itching ever since. But the itch became overwhelming in the last two years. I live alone, and am sanitary, and obsessively ‘clean’. Live in a large well-cared -for retirement community so frequent use of our laundry machines will arouse curiosity. I use my bathtub for continuous washing of bedding and all clothing, linens… I can hardly find a space for whole body soaking. You do say the mattress cover has to be removed and soaked too. If I had privacy (my own laundry) I could probably lick this thing. I’m heading to a site for the dermasil. Thank you, and I hope it’s not expensive. I’ve used clorox solutions, clove oil in a carrier oil (olive oil), sulfur cream, on and on….
I have been suffering from this horrible itch in my scalp. It all started when I went to get a haircut and within 48 hrs I satrted itching so badly. It has been 5 mos and many doctors’ visits and prescriptions later I am still sufering! I just had injections put into my scalp by a dermatologist but it did absolutely nothing and I simply cannot take it anymore. I itch all day especially at night. I have looked for info to no avail.I guess what I really want to know is can it be possible to have these things only in my scalp? I am so desperate for answers and a solution. Please help!
ive been itching for 1 and half month now mostly at nigth i cant sleep enymore betewn my legs mosty to my bum i just dont know what to do