12 trips never had bites see others with legs covered every trip. Limo Mon's secret is to indulge in lots of double meat subs seems to keep them off me.
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12 trips never had bites see others with legs covered every trip. Limo Mon's secret is to indulge in lots of double meat subs seems to keep them off me.
I heard about it on a different travel site and figured it was worth a try. Now I swear by it. It kind of makes sence once you smell and taste the tablet.....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by TandJ
It is Vitamin B1. easy to remember with an association, "Jamaica, One Love, Be One".Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamerican71
Weird about the sand fleas. I normally get bitten a LOT and the bites swell up and itch and it'not pretty. So I bring bug repellant. This year I'm using Muskol in the lotion form, it's 30% DEET. I got it in the pharmacy section in Walmart. The problem is, I often forget to put it on for sunset, probably because I don't like to put it on.
The weird thing is, this year I'm not getting bitten, lotion or no lotion. Then I read the B12 comment - I started taking B12 in the summer - so maybe that's why I'm not getting bitten.
And people are getting bitten, so there are fleas around. Maybe there is something to the B12 thing.
We have been there at least 14 or more times and me and my husband have never had a problem. My sister did one year. I feel for you guys
Going to try the vitamin thing. Thanks for the tip everyone. I still have scabs from my January trip. They swell up and break open looks nasty. The aloe ladies see me a mile away.
Tried the vitamin thing & it didn't work for me. Yes, I took the vitamins for several months before I went to JA. The bugs love me. I have tried lots of products (not the flea collars on the ankles!). Finally found out what works for me - Off Deep Woods w/DEET. I spray my legs & feet before I go out in the morning & reapply several times during the day - especially at night. I only got 1 bite at Christmas & no bites in February! My husband never gets bitten, me, those buggers eat me alive if I don't use Off Deep Woods.
Love the deep woods off!
I'm might have to try this B1 thing. Can't hurt right? I hate the smell of bug spray and I usually get bitten badly, although I had very few sand flea bites our last trip, just a couple of mosquito bites...
i remember one trip to negril years ago where i counted 31 bites below the knee on one leg! i still have the scars on my legs.
i do take vitamin B on a regular basis but also now use Avon skin-so-soft shower gel and do not use anything fragrant on my body! scentless all the way. do not put lotion on your legs after your shower or apply any perfume and make sure that you ALWAYS have the repellent with you in your bag. starting around 4:00 pm, make sure that you start applying bug spray (off of any kind) and i like to do it on the chair or at the table i am seated at i.e. spray it around the area under the bar so that they will initially move away. then, before too many rums, remind someone else to tell you to re-apply hourly :)