Schleppy
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Schleppy (or anyone else), What experience with DEET do you have that makes it "worthless" ? I use it with confidence and like that it goes directly on my skin but am open to other on the skin products that work better. Anyone else here feel that DEET doesnt work ? It certainly is marketed for ticks (not that that matters much). Thanks
I guess I shouldnt have said "worthless" that was an opinion, I have had many many occasions when I had DEET on and still had ticks on my clothing that was just sprayed. I have also been bitten by lots of mosquitos with DEET on too so maybe it's just me. I do know that since I've been wearing the permetherin the only ticks that I find on my cloths are DEAD. And I havent been bitten with it on. I have also already had Lyme disease so I'm very careful. People arent fully aware of how serious Lyme disease can be and now it seems like they have found several other even more serious diseases that ticks are a vector for. Also highly concentrated deet above 30% I believe can be considered toxic. It's not like you're lathering up with sunshine sauce its all poison, and you need to literally "pick your poison". If I'm going to be using poison on my body for ticks, I'm going to use the one that actually kills the ticks and doesnt have to go directly on my skin. There are lots of good articles out there search google for this to get an idea of the tradeoffs: The Toxic Truth About DEET and Permethrin.