If you've scrubbed the area thoroughly with a lot of friction and a good soap like Dawn, and are positive the oils are fully removed, scratching the rash will NOT cause it to spread, and it is NOT contagious to others. You generally don't want to be scratching it anyway, as popped blisters can be pretty painful. Much easier said than done, but try not to if you can at all help it. The oil being left on your skin for an extended amount of time is what causes the rash to develop. Once the rash is there and it's been cleaned, it cannot get anywhere else as you've removed the oil already. Poison Ivy rash doesn't cause histamine release, so antihistamines like Benadryl will not have any effect on it. It may help you sleep better due to the sedative effect, but that's really it. The most important thing you can do if you've come into skin contact with Poison Ivy is go thoroughly wash the area as soon as possible, with Dawn and lots of vigorous scrubbing. The friction is what really gets rid of the oil. If you're quick enough at washing the oil off, the rash will never develop.

Scratching does make it spread. The blisters do not contain urishol oil. The oil stays on surfaces for up to 5 years.

I’m experiencing a really really bad case of P Ivy (started as an arborist) and the only things that have helped me have been peppermint oil and scolding hot showers. Both of these are probably irritable to most people but to me it’s worth not feeling itchy my entire day

I read the oil stays on your skin so you need to wash with dawn soap and scrub it off because it breaks the oils down like grease

Benadryl cream extra strength is the best . Trust me

😅 that kid at the end, I was looking just like that and looked just like him. My skin felt like armadillo skin.

Question I don’t have any rash but itchy after helping my dad do yardwork and he got poison ivy on his hands and feet but I didn’t but I still feel itchy. What do you recommend I put on it?

How not scratch😢mine was severe and only got better with prednisone 🙌🏼

Use a degreaser soap. Dawn dish soap. Don’t use an oil based soap.

What can I do if my eyes swollen and puffy

You can't spread it if you scratch unless the oil is still on you.

And of course the doctor says nothing about using hot water[really hot-just shy of scalding-whatever the most you can tolerate before actually burning yourself]on the affected areas. Always just the symptoms. Never want to get to the actual underlying cause.

Scratching doesnt cause it to spread. UNLESS you still have the oil on ur skin.

Ooo I do have a bad rash❤

There's a difference right

I'm lucky I don't get reactions to poison ivy

1. wash with a rag amd soap. Friction wash

What about if it happens to a kid cuz I'm a 7 year old and my name is ivy

Nickname is ivy Shaw

Oh no the rash ir really bad 😢

Soap and water AND A WASHCLOTH rinse and repeat 3x.

She just googled it

I had it on my leg and now it’s all over my body

Soap and cool water

Use cold water

You missed the absolute MOST important one: When you wash your skin (immediately after exposure is best) you MUST use a wash cloth. If you smear black axle grease on your skin, soap and water won't remove it alone...just think of the toxic urushiol oil as invisible axle grease.

What about if I got poison oak

If my face looks like the guy at the end… then I’m going to the hospital not a dermatologist…

Sorry

I thought you said poor things to do 😂

Imaa ot wash them im burning them

Don’t scratch.. you obviously haven’t had it, I wish I could be put in a coma til it’s gone!

Wow are you married

Washing with soap and water releases the oils and actually makes it spread more