I am in the military and upon returning from my deployment in Iraq I noticed some itchy bumps on my skin. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed for scabies. Permethrin was prescribed to me. Over a period of a couple weeks I went through the entire bottle of cream. So I went back to the doctor. He prescribed me 2 more bottles of cream and told me to use it daily until they were gone. I used the cream until it was gone. Still no relief. So I go back to see doctor. I am then prescribed Ivermectin to take one time and doctor said I should feel relief within a couple weeks. 3 weeks later I still have an itchy rash on my forearms, neck and lower legs.

After seeing a dermatologist he told me I had scabies most likely because of the severe itching and bumps on my wrist, legs, and buttocks. He prescribed me PERMETHRIN cream 5% and I left it on for about 10 hours. I changed my sheets but failed to wash some clothes and the itching and symptoms never went away. It has been about 3 weeks since my first dose so I am going to use the cream again and wash everything I have come in contact with.

I thought scabies were something you get when you are not clean, I think I'm very hygienic and I still caught them, but I probably would not have never thought they were scabies I thought they were sweat pimples they started under my belly button then really got to my arms and my wrists it was really horrible because my whole body became itchy but then I bought a bottle of LYCLEAR and washed all my linen the itchiness still persisted for a couple of days afterwards, but apparently that was normal now I am scabie free.

I was just recently diagnosed with scabies, and it is horrible. I was prescribed permethrin and I am praying that it works. I live with my two kids and fiance, and I am the only one that has any symptoms. Although everybody else in the house will also have to use the medication. It's all just such a hassle, having to use the cream on myself and children, and having to disinfect everything. It just makes me so mad that we're such clean people and dirty people that are your neighbors give you some crap like this.

I'm itching all over my body this late at nite and so is my daughter and husband....so I decided to look up why, because literally this has been goin on for a week and I got so grossed out that we might have scabies. I just finished taking a shower and sprayed an acne treatment and put some acne cream...it stopped our itching for tonight but I'm still hoping they go away. I may try rubbing alcohol and acne cream.

My three year old son had scabies for two months and his doctor thought it was eczema. Then he thought it was an allergic reaction, but it was scabies. I hope permethrin 5% cream can cure the scabies.