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Poison Ivy
Have some huge poison Ivy plants at the back of my lot, actually have turned
into trees. I am highly reactive to them and if I tried to pull them out would end up in the hospital. Anyone know of any service in the Austin area that removes ivy? - Thanks - John |
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Poison Ivy
"JWL" wrote in message
Have some huge poison Ivy plants at the back of my lot, actually have turned into trees. I am highly reactive to them and if I tried to pull them out would end up in the hospital. Anyone know of any service in the Austin area that removes ivy? - Thanks - John I don't have an answer to your primary question, but just as an FYI next time you get into PI try Zanfel to clear it up. It's a bonding / scrubbing agent to clear the urushiol oil from your skin and works very well. At $20 per 1 ounce tube it's expensive, but when you're in itchy hell it's well worth the money. I've used it several times with great success. In one case I had missed three days of work, had Zanfel overnighted to me (because it wasn't available in Austin), and after using was literally instantly cured. The other times it suppressed the rash so much that it didn't really bother me. BTW, I'm not a shill for the company in any other respect than the fact that I think their product kicks butt. You can buy it at People's Pharmacy for sure and Randall's / Wallgreens / Eckerds if you're lucky. -D |
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Poison Ivy
"JWL" wrote in message
Have some huge poison Ivy plants at the back of my lot, actually have turned into trees. I am highly reactive to them and if I tried to pull them out would end up in the hospital. Anyone know of any service in the Austin area that removes ivy? - Thanks - John I don't have an answer to your primary question, but just as an FYI next time you get into PI try Zanfel to clear it up. It's a bonding / scrubbing agent to clear the urushiol oil from your skin and works very well. At $20 per 1 ounce tube it's expensive, but when you're in itchy hell it's well worth the money. I've used it several times with great success. In one case I had missed three days of work, had Zanfel overnighted to me (because it wasn't available in Austin), and after using was literally instantly cured. The other times it suppressed the rash so much that it didn't really bother me. BTW, I'm not a shill for the company in any other respect than the fact that I think their product kicks butt. You can buy it at People's Pharmacy for sure and Randall's / Wallgreens / Eckerds if you're lucky. -D |
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Poison Ivy
Hmmm, something that actually works? I'll try to remember that!
Working on a field crew, I learned the uses of them 33 cent bottles of alcohol. Keep a few bottles in the truck and any time you think you 'might' have got in some PI, wash off the areas of your skin that are visible - but careful round the eyes. In the spring, we'd just wash off with it every time. And with all the blackberry bushes around Houston, it would sting...but sure beat getting poison ivy every single trip out. Then a good bath with decent soap to get the oil off once you get home. One time I was in someone else's truck and didn't, I had to have a girl come by and put makeup over the big red X on my face the next day - college graduation day! But don't tell anyone I told you that...I'll deny it forever! John T. Jarrett now in Houston, again. "David" wrote in message ... "JWL" wrote in message Have some huge poison Ivy plants at the back of my lot, actually have turned into trees. I am highly reactive to them and if I tried to pull them out would end up in the hospital. Anyone know of any service in the Austin area that removes ivy? - Thanks - John I don't have an answer to your primary question, but just as an FYI next time you get into PI try Zanfel to clear it up. It's a bonding / scrubbing agent to clear the urushiol oil from your skin and works very well. At $20 per 1 ounce tube it's expensive, but when you're in itchy hell it's well worth the money. I've used it several times with great success. In one case I had missed three days of work, had Zanfel overnighted to me (because it wasn't available in Austin), and after using was literally instantly cured. The other times it suppressed the rash so much that it didn't really bother me. BTW, I'm not a shill for the company in any other respect than the fact that I think their product kicks butt. You can buy it at People's Pharmacy for sure and Randall's / Wallgreens / Eckerds if you're lucky. -D |
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Poison Ivy
Hmmm, something that actually works? I'll try to remember that!
Working on a field crew, I learned the uses of them 33 cent bottles of alcohol. Keep a few bottles in the truck and any time you think you 'might' have got in some PI, wash off the areas of your skin that are visible - but careful round the eyes. In the spring, we'd just wash off with it every time. And with all the blackberry bushes around Houston, it would sting...but sure beat getting poison ivy every single trip out. Then a good bath with decent soap to get the oil off once you get home. One time I was in someone else's truck and didn't, I had to have a girl come by and put makeup over the big red X on my face the next day - college graduation day! But don't tell anyone I told you that...I'll deny it forever! John T. Jarrett now in Houston, again. "David" wrote in message ... "JWL" wrote in message Have some huge poison Ivy plants at the back of my lot, actually have turned into trees. I am highly reactive to them and if I tried to pull them out would end up in the hospital. Anyone know of any service in the Austin area that removes ivy? - Thanks - John I don't have an answer to your primary question, but just as an FYI next time you get into PI try Zanfel to clear it up. It's a bonding / scrubbing agent to clear the urushiol oil from your skin and works very well. At $20 per 1 ounce tube it's expensive, but when you're in itchy hell it's well worth the money. I've used it several times with great success. In one case I had missed three days of work, had Zanfel overnighted to me (because it wasn't available in Austin), and after using was literally instantly cured. The other times it suppressed the rash so much that it didn't really bother me. BTW, I'm not a shill for the company in any other respect than the fact that I think their product kicks butt. You can buy it at People's Pharmacy for sure and Randall's / Wallgreens / Eckerds if you're lucky. -D |
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Poison Ivy
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"JWL" wrote in message ... Have some huge poison Ivy plants at the back of my lot, actually have turned into trees. I am highly reactive to them and if I tried to pull them out would end up in the hospital. Anyone know of any service in the Austin area that removes ivy? - Thanks - John |
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Poison Ivy
Generic Roundup at Tractors-R-Us ..
"JWL" wrote in message ... Have some huge poison Ivy plants at the back of my lot, actually have turned into trees. I am highly reactive to them and if I tried to pull them out would end up in the hospital. Anyone know of any service in the Austin area that removes ivy? - Thanks - John |
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