Best Poison Ivy Preventative?

21 Comments on Best Poison Ivy Preventative?

1. His quote: “Don’t be afraid to go in the woods.” Well, when I was a kid I wasn’t afraid to go in the woods. And one day, while in the woods I “went” in the woods. That wasn’t the problem. My selection of leaves to use as toilet paper was the problem. Nearly wound up in the hospital. Now I go to the beach.

2. Don’t go looking for a ball in the poison ivy area. Take the drop an move on. WTF? a bogie is better than getting poison ivy

3. Apply vigorous friction with soap and a wash cloth.

   That line will be used tonight.

4. I had it bad in between my toes of both feet years ago.
   I was working in Santiago, Chile.
   I had to do some presentations to a room full of people and act like I wasn’t miserable.
   I would go to the hotel in the evenings, remove my bloody socks and scratch the hell out of my feet.
   Good thing I drink…

5. Never had it. They say there’s no such thing as immunity, but I have crawled thru the shit and never had a reaction.

6. If you showered every once in a while Brad, the poison may be able to permeate the dirt…

7. What ever. I showered last Saturday silly Mexican.

8. Only had poison ivy once in my life. In high school. Majorette. Bus trip 40 miles to an away game.

   The previous person sitting on this seat had poison ivy. Back of the upper legs and above.

   Torture!

9. I was expecting him to say you had to pee on yourself. Or have someone pee on you. hahaha.

10. I believe that would be for a jelly Fish sting.

11. Luckily I am not allergic to poison oak or ivy, but this seems like excellent info for people that are. I pull vines down all the time with my bare hands without thinking about it. Back in my younger days when I had a job working in the woods all day, I always had to do the work in the areas with poison oak and ivy because the other people were allergic (or at least claimed to be).

    My dad was the same way until he got into his 70’s. I suspect that because of his age his immune system is not as strong as it used to be and he occasionally got a rash from it when he was able to get outside more.

    I’m guessing that there is some genetic component to not being allergic to it in my case. I had a neighbor growing up that would break out with it every year in early spring without ever touching it (apparently the pollen was airborne). He would have a rash all over him (sometimes swelling his eyes shut) and would have to take a series of shots for a week or two before getting back to normal. He wouldn’t even walk in the grass where no poison oak or ivy was present for fear of breaking out, He made me appreciate no being allergic to it.

12. I’ve known friends who burned logs in a campfire that had poison Ivy vines. Bad …, very bad problem bc of the smoke carries the oils in the smoke into your lungs..

13. It doesn’t matter what “they” say. My late father was immune. He and my mother (still kicking at 95) took care of 14 acres of Florida subtropical paradise and he was the designated Poison Ivy Operator. Countless times I saw him grab vines and rip them out with his bare hands and suffer no ill effects whatsoever.

    Come to think of it, though, he’d always wash vigorously with soap and water and a washcloth so that, he said, he wouldn’t transfer any of the nasty PI oil to any places the rest of us mere mortals might get some on us. Hmmm.

14. Carry those free shipping bags from the post office when you’re in the woods. When ya really have ta go, fill one of those babies up and send it to Washington. Harry, Barry, Hillary, and Nancy use it in their speeches.

15. Brother-in-law is immune to poison oak. Attributes it to drinking milk as a kid from cows that fed on poison oak. Sounds reasonable.

16. And R Kelly.

17. That’s good information to know. And I would recommend Gojo instead of soap, it has a lot of pumice in it and sure takes off the grease.

    I got that shit in my eye when I was about 14 years old in Big Sur, California. A friend and I had hitchhiked there from L.A. and we had to hitchhike the whole 350 miles back home with my eye swollen shut.
    Fucking people would slow down to pick up a couple of kids, take one look at my eye, and hit the gas.
    That was probably the worst trip of my life. Took forever to get home. Bastards!

18. Colgate Octagon Soap

    Every home should have it, next to the aloe plant.

19. I used to be immune but that’s begun to fade in recent years I have noticed.

20. I have watched that “most lefty friend” I mention here grab poison ivy and yank it out with his bare hands. No reaction.

    I also know someone who reacts to it being mowed upwind of her. I was a horrible sight to see every bit of exposed skin affected on her. And the mowing was a good 50 yards away, at least.

    I’m sure there are levels of sensitivity and I’m in the middle somewhere.

    I was removing some one time and a broken stem end touched my forearm. That was a lot more concentrated than just touching a leaf. It was hell but it wasn’t anything like what that female friend goes through.

    The protective clothing I wore had black stains wherever the juice touched it after trying to launder them.

    Trying to kill the juice was the most Anti-Semitic thing I ever did.

21. Apply Wild Turkey and ignite with a road flare. Works every time.