How to Get Rid of Scabies
There are 3 Things You Must Do to Get Rid of scabies.
STEP 1 - Use a scabies treatment that works.
Unfortunately, many of the cheap poison-based prescription and over-the-counter scabies treatments just do not work anymore.
Gone are the days of an inexpensive solution. Sadly, getting rid of scabies will involve spending some money on treatments that the mites have NOT developed a resistance to.
The scabies mites have become immune to the poisons such as permethrin cream. And some of the "homeopathic" remedies (such as Naturasil, Dr. Scabies or emuaid) just do not work for many people.
(You can't judge a product by its website or its fancy packaging. What matters is what's INSIDE the products.)
After talking to thousands of people who wave tried literally EVERYTHING to get rid of scabies...we recommend Scabies-Killer brand. Why?
Because after analyzing their ingredients, talking to many of their customers, and actually using the products ourselves, we have to say Scabies Killer has the best ingredients and their products just work.
(NOTE: We are NOT paid for this recommendation. We do NOT receive compensation for our referral.)
STEP 2 - Follow the Directions CONSISTENTLY.
The main reason people fail to treat their scabies infestations successfully is because they do not follow the directions and they are not consistent in their treatment regimen. The start to feel better and see the rash going away and they skip a day or two of treatments and then the scabies are able to start getting worse again.
It is CRITICALLY IMPORTANT that you follow the directions and never miss a day of treatment. And you should continue treating for scabies for at least 7 - 10 days AFTER you have no more symptoms.
And depending on how severe your scabies infestation is, you might have to purchase several rounds of treatments before you are finally done with the scabies.
STEP 3 - Treat Your Environment.
Scabies live under your skin for the most part. But they do come to the surface occasionally. And they will get into your clothing, your bedding, your furniture, your cars, etc.
So it is very possible to continually get re-infested with scabies from your own house, cars and clothing.
To make sure you completely eradicate scabies from your life for good, you should absolutely treat your environment. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. If you do, you will probably get a re-infestation and could be dealing with scabies for months or even years longer.
How Long Will it Take to Get Rid of Scabies?
If you do all three steps as described above, you should be able to get rid of scabies as fast as possible. So how long is that? Well it depends on how severe your infestation is and how well you are applying the treatments. If you are good at treating yourself and if your infestation is not very severe, you should be able to be scabies free in a few weeks.
However if you have a nearly body-wide infestation or crusted (Norwegian) scabies, it will take a lot longer.
Just remember, if your infestation is bad, it took many months or even years to get to the point you are at now. It is going to take several weeks of CONSISTENT and PROPERLY DONE treatments to completely be done with scabies.
Good luck!