More Strategies for Combatting Itching...Besides Scratching!

• Instead of scratching, press firmly on the itchy area for 30 seconds
• Lotions with menthol
• Wrap a washcloth around ice and hold on the itchy area
• Oatmeal baths
• Gold Bond Medicated Powder
• Apply a cool, damp cloth to the itchy area
• Lotion, lots of lotion
• Anti-histamines
• Calamine lotion
• Cortizone creams
• Lightly rub your fingertips over the itchy area - don't use your nails
• Vicks
• Watch TV - get your mind off it!
• Take a cool shower, pat yourself dry, apply moisturizers and emollients
• Sit in the sun