Treatment Steps

Treatment Steps

     The important thing is to prepare for treatment.  Here are the steps that worked for me:

1. I went to my dermatologist and after we both decided I had scabies he prescribed Permethrin Cream 5%.  I know this is a pesticide but it's the only thing I've used that works.  I don't mean to knock the holistic "cures," but none of them worked for me.  I like to stick to proven science. 
2.  I went to my local pharmacy and picked up latex gloves and Benadryl.  The latex gloves are used so you can go about your day-to-day activities after you apply the Permethrin Cream all over your body, and you don't get it on the random things you might be touching.  
3. Next, I waited until Friday to apply the Permethrin cream so I had an entire weekend to dedicate to cleaning and and eradicating this nuisance.  TO BE CONTINUED...