I still use DEET on my skin for mosquitos.
The permethrin treatment on clothing is to keep ticks away. That's a much bigger fear for me due to the growing threat of Lyme disease. If you do any hiking in the woods, I consider it essential.
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I still use DEET on my skin for mosquitos.
The permethrin treatment on clothing is to keep ticks away. That's a much bigger fear for me due to the growing threat of Lyme disease. If you do any hiking in the woods, I consider it essential.
audreyh1
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Permethrin on clothes keeps mosquitos from biting through the clothes.
walkinwood
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Thanks. While hiking/camping in the Rockies, ticks aren't an issue, but mosquitoes sometimes are. I haven't been bitten through clothes yet, so I think I'll pass on the permethrin. I don't have an issue with DEET - just thought it would be less of an inconvenience to treat the clothes once every couple of months.
Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for the feedback.
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