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I seem to keep on getting reinfected under my finger nails or on hte edges of my fingertips. These things are pretty clever and know where to hide in the skin folds and stuff. Is there anything I can put on my hands that will detour these things from even coming back. Each time I get reinfested with scabies its on my hands, for months I thought I was in post scabies only to figure out the itching was too intense to be post scabies. Anyone know of something you can use as a detourant in post scabies ?
Mark
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I had the same problem , it was if though I kept getting reinfected under my nails or in the corner of the nails. My solution was to get clearasil skin tone which is available at any store and I would apply it around my nails and corners every night prior to be. Ofcoure it helps to make sure you clip your nails very well then apply it. Within a couple nights you stop getting reinfected on your hands. If you see blister like things on your fingers thats just your skin really dry from post scabies.
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Yes keep very short nails and apply sulfur at night on the finger tips if this continues, the sulfur should be about 8-10% scabies hate this stuff but youll have to apply it for a week at night, it is also good to spot treat in post scabies when you feel the buzzing itches
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Yeah using sulfur around those areas should kill them and even prevent them from coming back there, sulfur is very drying and will dry scabies from out of the skin.
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Try soaking your hands at night in a container with some epsom salts and tea tree oil, if you do this every night for a week it will prevent them from coming back on your hads atleast!
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You could also try maybe some dilluted tea tree oil around your fingernails and fingers, this mite make them not wanna burrow there as the stuff smells terrible and is pretty strong. It is worth a shot if this is where you keep getting reinfected, or start wearing gloves.
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I know when I had scabies I would soak my hands for 30 minutes prior to cutting my nails, this would help me cut closer to the edges without cutting myself. Try this out it will help prevent the scabies frrom living around your nail areas.
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I just applied sulfur cream on my hands prior to going to sleep. This helped keep them off my hands and kill them if they were there. It also helps to clean with a bleach product to make sure your not getting reinfected with scabies from things your touching within your household. It is likely something you are touching still has scabies mites and your picking them up again. Another thing to keep in mind is the fact that you have to treat your whole family at once or you will continue to pass it back and forth.
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I think keeping your nails trim is key to preventing scabies from residing within and under your nails. It seems a lot of people are reinfected on their hands.
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This is where I beleive my scabies had started was in the webbing of my fingers and under the corners of my nails! Since I work with my hands they tend to not be trim so the scabies could hide more in these areas, I now keep my nails really trim and at the point of treatment I had to soak my hands to soften the tips of my fingers so I could cut the nail realy close to the skin! I would pay particular attention to these types of areas which the mites love to live because they can protect themselves and lay eggs.
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