Patient Comments: Bed Bugs - Treatments
Were you able to effectively treat and rid your home of bed bugs?
Comment from: just askin, 35-44 Male (Patient)
Published: June 15
I would like to know what is the best insecticide that you can buy to get rid of bed bugs I bought the mattress cover, but I want to make sure that I'm rid of them. Any help is highly appreciated. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: Once bitten ABP, 35-44 Male (Caregiver)
Published: March 07
To get rid of bedbugs, I used an insecticide to spray around the edges of my mattress and box. After it dried, I used my iron to steam away any remaining bugs on the mattress. It was my own personal idea, and it worked. No more bedbugs after that. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: Alright17, Male
Published: August 23
After getting bed bugs from a family, I put hair gel on my skin to get rid of the bugs. Simply rub generous amounts of gel over skin before bed next thing you know the bugs drowned in the hair gel as you sleep at night. Was this comment helpful?Yes
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Bed Bugs - Identification
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Bed Bugs hate heat. We used a hair blow dryer to get rid of the bugs. We blew beds, mattress, and outlet with the heat from the dryer and it was like spraying Raid on roaches. Very affective, but very time consuming. It took about 6 months to rid our 3 bedroom home of the bed bugs. Good luck!