How do I become less attractive?

[Littleredboat]

... to INSECTS, that is

It’s been summer for all of ten minutes and I’m covered in insect bites that always swell up. I could quite cheerfully hack my right leg and arm off right now they’re so itchy.

Please help meeeee??

You could become a man. They bite men less, apparently.

Fucking MEN get all the luck.

I never get bitten

Have just been to netball and haven’t got one bite. Everyone else has loads!

Something to do with microorganisms/germs on the skin apparently

Avon, skin so soft body oil, one of the best insect repellents there is.

Germs???

What do I need? Less germs? More germs???? I’d consider rolling in shit right now if it would fix it...

I’m not sure how you’d lose your allure, but have you taken an antihistamine to alleviate the itching?

Eat lots of garlic, apparently this helps!

Fags

Vitamin B capsules?

Or is it Vitamin E?

I did it years ago before I went to Turkey and I think it worked. I wasn't bitten alive.

Marmite....eat lots of marmite

Jungle Spray is quite good.

I’ve got some of the Avon SSS.
I think it helps a bit though I still get bites but it smells horrid.

Mind you I spose rolling in shit would smell worse...

Was about to suggest picking your nose if you want to put a man off you

I have heard that eating bananas puts off mosquitoes.

Not sure best thing to stop them but if you can find an electric note zapper (it’s a little yellow thing with a button) it uses a electric spark to zap your bite and stop it itching. I find it really helps.

You need this in your life.

I used to be a slave to anything containing Deet but stopped when I had the children as it’s so toxic and started using this. I attract every insect in a 5 mile radius and this really helps.

Watching this thread with interest! I’m like an insect McDonald’s!

Me too op, I am delicious as fuck apparently, bastards! I heard there was a perfume used as a 'control' in tests of insect repellent effectiveness, and it turned out to be more effective than any of the repellents. Sadly I can't remember which perfume it was or where I read it. Probably an urban myth.

Victoria's secret bombshell perfume. Apparently. I've been meaning to try it out ever since I read about it!

I swear they crawl across people to get to me. I remember being told as a child, they like sweet blood, which is rubbish but apparently they are more attracted to certain blood groups.

What blood group are you - O negs get bitten the most or at least they react the worst (this is purely anecdotal evidence btw).

They love me, especially mosquitos. Apparently they can smell sweat, so frequent showering helps. They are also attracted to heat, so cool people fair better, but there's nothing I can do about that unfortunately.

On the advice of the doctor who did my travel vaccinations I took vit B in the run up to and while I was in central Mexico, also used jungle formula spray - I wasn't bitten even once.

I've also noticed I don't seem to get bitten in the UK when I'm taking vit B

I too am a magnet, and my bites swell and go horrible!

Keep yourself really really clean.... they especially are attracted to smelly feet! And wear perfume to disguise the smell of being a living thing.

DD used Skin So Soft while in the outback.... said it worked well.

I once got bitten by mozzies over 40 times on my legs while I slept. DH who was sleeping beside me on the same bed didn't get bitten at all.

Don’t know but if you find out please tell me too!!!
Supposedly vitamin B1 (marmite) helps, no effect for me. The Avon stuff didn’t work either. Have worked out DH does get bitten but just doesn’t react as much as me (any insect bite gets 5-10 cm red itchy lump for me). So I just take loads of antihistamines.