Lye soap for poison oak or poison ivy. It works, how do people not know this?
It's one of those things that should be common knowledge.
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nonsensiclesnail · F
I can see how maybe it would help draw the oils out of the skin, but it doesn’t ease the discomfort completely.
UnderLockDown · M
@nonsensiclesnail Removing the oils is the important part. Some of the sissy soaps we have won't do it. Once the oils are gone the rash is usually short lived.
nonsensiclesnail · F
@UnderLockDown interesting! I’ll have to give that a try if I run into poison oak again. I’m a soap maker so it won’t be difficult to come by.