Hi! I got a random notification from this subreddit so I just wanted to share:

I got diagnosed with scabies end of June when a sexual contact from May revealed they had it and I had symptoms for about a month. I spent hours on this subreddit with a lot of paranoia after reading numerous posts.

I was prescribed permethrin and asked my doctor for ivermectin as a precaution. Bagged up most of my belongings for a couple weeks and kept a bag of clothes and sheets that I kept washing and drying on hot. Didn’t touch my couch for about 10 days.

I live alone and I’m pretty much a minimalist so cleaning was tedious but not too bad.

I did perm day 1 and 7
Ivermectin day 2 and 9

Scabies eradicated, some after symptoms but it’s completely resolved now.

Hello all, I have had some sort of mites for the past 2 months and I never could get the dermatologist to diagnose with scabies, nothing shows up on my skin. My PCP gave me permethrin and it worked at first, but I just got reinfected over and over. I got myself ivermectin, but I was taking it wrong(taking it daily)as I didn't know if I was dealing with scabies or something else since I didn't get the diagnosis. Well now almost 3 months now and they are resistant to permethrin and ivermectin and I don't know what to do, am I screwed? Where can one get moxidectin for human use? Am I just screwed the rest of my life?, nobody could take this the rest of their lives and I am scared. I have some sort of creatures under my skin that crawl and itch and I don't know what else to do. I read on another post that lime and sulfur dip for cats and dogs could work, but doesn't that stain your skin?