Icmeler Online Holiday Forum & Reviews - Turkey

I was wondering if anyone has hints on dealing with these as bites can be nasty. I take blister plasters with me - available at chemists easily - they work a dream on mossie bites as they seem to draw out the sting and reduce swelling.

The best thing for mossie bites has to be Avon Skin So Soft dry oil spray, but only the green one. Whatever is in it mossie's hate.

Alternatively a daily diet on holiday is the mixture of garlic, chilli and vodka i have, i very rarely get bitten.

my top tip for mossie bites is to start taken garlic tablets about 14 days before you go, it works for me every time

I seem to get bitten every year and I have tried everything. The green avon skin so soft dry oil spray does help. I have also tried taking vitamin b supplement for about three weeks before travel as this apparently makes your blood more metally and mosquitos don't like the taste. Before I started coming to Icmeler, I went to Olu Deniz and had lots of bites which unfortumnately got infected. I went shopping in Hisoronu and bought a bottle which had the lemon spray in it plus various aromatherapy oils and cooking oil but this seemed to take the infection away almost immediately. Hopefully this helps a little!

Try a couple of sprays of Dr Johnson's insect repellant (from Wilkinsons). I put on a few squirts before going out at night and have never been bitten. I also take garlic tablets before I go so could be a combination of both. Good Luck.

I believe the locals use something call Kof or of, something like that anyway. The lemon cologne is also good, and smells lovely too. Love that stuff.

Hi there,
I went in June and only got bitten twice, which is a record for me cause everything turns out to have a go at me. Someone suggested I take B6 tablets with odourless garlic tablets for 2 months before i go, and believe me it certainly worked for me. I was so proud I was telling everybody who would listen when I got back.!!

have a good holiday
moesha

A combination of Avon skin so soft(soft & fresh previously called woodland fresh) and citronella oil. Takes a while to apply and wait for it to dry, but well worth the effort. Reduced my sons bites to nil and mine to one which happened on the transfer to the hotel.

Im hoping the mossies are cousins of the scottish midgie. For some reason, those wee buggers hate my blood

cant agree more with previous posts, avon skin so soft woodland fresh (green bottle)is brillaint.used to get bitten alive before i started using thisnow am rarely bitten. have a good hols.

Hi Juneflo, me again

I believe if you are unfortunate to get bitten tea tree oil is fantastic it acts as an antiseptic and te mossies don't like it. It comes in very small bottles but does go a long way.

Thanks everyone. I'm usually lucky but my daughter seems to attract them. We've tried the lemon spray and always use products with repellents in them. I'll get an Avon catalogue for my next holiday.

I buy my avon off of ebay, sometimes cheaper than the catalogue. The British army use woodland fresh,just in a different container.

From the Daily Telegraph 07/08/2006.Burning citronella will help to deter midges, but those in the know, including the Royal Marines guarding the nuclear base at Faslane on Scotland's west coast, call on an unexpected source for all their midge needs: Avon.

The cosmetic company's Skin So Soft range does more than guarantee velvety-soft upper arms after a bath: it's also a powerful midge-repellent. The Soft & Fresh Dry Oil Body Spray (£2; avonshop.co.uk) provides an oily protective layer so effective that the soldiers buy it in bulk.

"Obviously we don't market our product as a midge-repellent, but its reputation has spread by word of mouth," says Lydia Durkan of Avon. "We know that film crews use it a lot when they are up in Scotland and Mel Gibson used it when he was making Braveheart here. We're very pleased that it's proving so popular."

Locals aren't immune to midge attacks, of course, but they tend to be more sanguine about their seasonal plagues. Yes, midges may blight barbecues, they may put something of a dampener on the Scottish summer, but at least they perform one useful function: ensuring the English don't outstay their welcome.

i have a small bottle of lemon grass which i put a few drops in my suntan lotions and aftersun, this keeps them away