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Don't do this, but...
I had a bad problem with always attracting all the chiggers when we went camping when I was younger. After I had scratched each of them raw, my dad would soak a grease-rag with gasoline and have me wipe them down with it. It burns like hell, but I'll be damned, it stopped the itching and the raw bites would dry up pretty quickly afterward. Old-country remedy from his farming days I guess.
I wonder if alcohol would have a similar effect, since it also dries stuff out.
Ammonia.
It does. I spray isopropyl on mine. Works for a few hours. Seems to work better if you do it right after you get bitten.
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