How to never have a serious poison ivy rash again

i'm standing in a bed of poison ivy it's all around my feet i have a large vine on my right i have another large vine in my left i have a dead vine right here that dead vine probably still contains uracil that's the nasty oil in poison ivy that'll give you a rash i'm not afraid of this poison ivy because i understand how poison ivy works if you understand how poison ivy works you never need to get a serious rash again for the rest of your life i learned how to prevent it without buying silly expensive products with pictures of poison ivy on the container you can too i have nothing to gain from telling you this except to help you stay healthy and happy and unafraid of the woods with my knowledge from 25 years as a scientist studying inflammation of the skin eight years of working in the woods after retirement i put together a simple easy program that stops your ischial from entering my skin your shell is a greasy oil found in poison ivy sumac and oak you don't even have to touch a plant to get a rash but it's impossible to get a rash without getting uracil on your skin have you ever touched a tractor tire ever moved a chainsaw ever picked up a rake if those things were exposed to uracial they might transfer it to your skin months or even years later this is just axle grease but it behaves pretty much like eurasia the nasty component in poison ivy it is a greasy nearly invisible aisle that can attack you without your ever going near the poison ivy plant you don't get a poison ivy reaction just because you got the poison ivy on your skin you get it because you didn't effectively get it off your skin if you understand how uracil works you may go the rest of your life without ever having a serious poison ivy oak or sumac reaction again simply clean your skin within two to eight hours of contact easy right not really many people get poison ivy rashes even though they took a shower and time to remove it but they did not wash effectively it is as hard to remove as the automotive grease ever go to dinner and realize you still have car grease between your fingers around the back of your arm after washing up i'll bet you have your shell finally makes it under your skin not just because you got it on your skin in the first place but because you didn't wash it off on time and it can work its way in that's why poison ivy rash often shows up on the back of the arm between the fingers or behind the ears here i demonstrate three different cleaners on my arm plain old dial soap techno poison ivy cleaner and dawn dishwashing soap i rubbed all three cleaners onto a spot of grease and then waited two minutes for the recommendation of the tecnu manufacturer next each was rinsed off with lukewarm water notice soap was not as good as the tecnu which was not as good as the dawn but none were able to remove all the grease on their own now i'll show you that what cleaner you use is not particularly important the most important thing is friction all three spots are removed simply using a damp washcloth and that's it the main secret to successfully preventing poison ivy rash clean with any soap but make sure you use a washcloth or loofah on every possible place that might have been contaminated a damp washcloth alone is more effective than any of the cleaners without a washcloth there's no reason to buy fancy soaps what is important is to make sure you apply vigorous friction with soap and a washcloth and you have to hit all the spots where you might have transferred the poison ivy your waistband your groin any place on your body that you might have touched with your fingers make sure you soap up and wash three times rinsing thoroughly each time and wiping down good with the washcloth or the loofah practice using grease like i did here in the video and take this knowledge to the field with you if you want to avoid ever having a serious reaction again if you are out in the field for hours at a time create a little lost station for yourself but you don't have to be obsessive just wash up if you know you've been contaminated within two to eight hours thanks for watching and don't be afraid to go in the woods knowledge is a powerful thing remember you don't get poison ivy rash because you contacted poison ivy you get it because you didn't wash the urushiol off work in the woods with confidence knowing you don't have to be afraid anymore i spend a lot of time working in the woods on wildlife habitat i still do get a spot of poison ivy rash here and there occasionally but i have not had a serious case in years if i do get a reaction it is mild and isolated and i know beyond a shadow of a doubt it is my fault not the fault of the poison ivy plant

Channel: Extreme Deer Habitat

Views: 7,487,475

Rating: 4.9080958 out of 5

Keywords: poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, urushiol, Toxicodendron Radicans (Organism Classification), zanfel, tecnu, Skin Rash (Symptom), urushiol oil, poison ivy rash, poison ivy reaction, poison ivy treatment, urushiol removal, poison ivy immunity, poison ivy sensitivity, urushiol immunity

Id: 4oyoDRHpQK0

Length: 5min 8sec (308 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 22 2014

Reddit Comments

[u/solid95]

Don't forget that now the oil is now in the washcloth. WASH WITH A NEW WASHCLOTH NEXT TIME!

Edit: new means "clean" not "brand new"

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[u/volgorean]

Something about the way he presents this makes me feel like he is trying to sell me something (he's not.)

[u/indianmidgetninja]

I don't know why I bother to read youtube comments. The poor guy's trying to intelligently refute some idiot that's insisting that he's not really holding poison ivy and calling him gay.

[u/hardinindy]

TLDR: dawn soap and a washcloth after exposure, directly or indirectly.

Edit: holy shit, I never expected this to become my top comment...

[u/mrgonzalez]

Another method is living somewhere that doesn't have poison ivy. I've been doing it all my life and the results are great.

[u/purplepatch]

Apply friction to groin. Got it.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm lucky enough to not be allergic to it at all. It's my super lame super power.

*Yes I am aware an allergy can develop from repeated contact over time. I will cross that bridge when I come to it, thank you.

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah well the sound is clearly infected with a serious rash.