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#22 ·
twowheelmotion said:
Last time I was in your hood was sitting in traffic. There were two Cal Trans guys standing on the side of the road pointing at a marker in the poison oak. One guy, I could clearly tell had no fear of it, whilst the other guy looked on in horror as the other just starts whomping through it. I cringed.
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You don't mean to tell us that bro lives in "the hood" do you?
 
#29 ·
edubfromktown said:
Went to town with soap and a washcloth when I got home
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Doesn't matter what soap you use if you don't clean up properly. Using a washcloth or something with texture is key to getting most of the oil off so that washing with soap will be effective. Sounds like you may have missed some of it. Easy to do unfortunately, since the oil is invisible.

For anyone new to the joys of poison oak, think of the oil from PO like getting a smudge of grease on your skin while working on your bike or car. If you go and try to wash it off directly with soap you'll smudge it around and probably not get all of it off. Instead, scrub it off with a rag or washcloth or even paper towel first. This gets the bulk of the oil off your skin but will likely leave some residue. Then wash with your choice of soap or solvent which should remove the rest.
 
#30 ·
edubfromktown said:
I'm on FIRE! lol

First time in ages my front wheel washed out on a trail ride and ended up landing in a big patch of lush fauna with poison ivy and or other skin "accelerants".

Went to town with soap and a washcloth when I got home and thought nothing more of it. Two days later, my forearms started itching and after a few more days, now look like they are boiling :(

I'm going to start wearing light arm sleeves from now on.
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Maybe should have taken the soap and washcloth into the shower instead of into town?
 
#34 ·
Dealing with a similar situation right now. For those that live in Florida or anywhere with Brazilian Pepper trees be careful. Apparently it's in the same family as Poison Oak/Ivy.

Just touching the leaves is not as bad as PO/PI. But I was trimming our local trail that has a LOT of Brazilian Pepper. The string trimmer pulverizes the leaves or branches and the oil get on your skin and it reacts the same as PO/PI.

I forgot to bring a long sleeve shirt or wicking sleeves and now I am paying the price. I tried using the trimmer in a manner that the spinning was going away from me but it didn't work completely. Ughhh.

I should get some specific wipes or at least bring some Handi-wipes with alcohol.
 
#36 ·
Tecnu wipe down if you know you touched poison oak or ivy, followed by a Dawn soap wash with cold water when you get home to get rid of the oil. If you already got a rash, steroid cream is the magic sauce you need
 
#37 ·
Well, I've got a different itch.... the SO picked up hundreds of seed tick nymphs from somewhere on the edge of our woods, and didn't realize what was happening until it was too late. Poor girl has done 2 permethrin cream treatments, a 2am trip to the ER, and looks like she's got the worst case of full body chickenpox you've ever seen. Damn things are nearly impossible to see without a magnifying glass. I've done so much vacuuming and laundry, our house has never been cleaner. Think we finally have them knocked out, but we both have PTSD at the slightest sensation of something on our skin.
 
#38 ·
Zanfel works too if you can't find other soaps and creams. Wild parsnip is everywhere here now, it reacts with the sunlight, so if you get it on you at least getting out of the sun will stop it from reacting and showering soon as possible with any of the mentioned soaps.
 
#39 ·
hobbit712 said:
Dealing with a similar situation right now. For those that live in Florida or anywhere with Brazilian Pepper trees be careful. Apparently it's in the same family as Poison Oak/Ivy.

Just touching the leaves is not as bad as PO/PI. But I was trimming our local trail that has a LOT of Brazilian Pepper. The string trimmer pulverizes the leaves or branches and the oil get on your skin and it reacts the same as PO/PI.

I forgot to bring a long sleeve shirt or wicking sleeves and now I am paying the price. I tried using the trimmer in a manner that the spinning was going away from me but it didn't work completely. Ughhh.

I should get some specific wipes or at least bring some Handi-wipes with alcohol.
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Terrible! Mango too. If you eat one whole, biting through the skin, it will come for you and bring the itch. I chowed thru three after a road race and was rewarded with itch all over my face.

On the trail, in a moment of need I grabbed a fistful of leaves from a nearby tree. It is never a problem grazing it on the trail. But the forceful crushing action on sensitive skin gave me a Laurel Sumac surprise which lingered for a week.

Sumac is also a Mediterranean cooking spice that may not be kind.
 
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