I stumbled across something that works to soothe mosquito bites for me. Using a cotton pad, I dab distilled white vinegar on the bite and the itch goes away and the redness disappears. Not sure if it works for everyone and all kinds of bugs, but it works for me.

I work fairly often at a waterfall that sometimes has a lot of mosquitoes, just tiny ones, so before I drive fully away from there, I get out my container of presoaked cotton pads with vinegar, and it's instant relief! Then if still a bit itchy, when I get home I rinse off with hot water and apply vinegar again for good measure. My life has been much better since I discovered this quick remedy.

@Julie808 Thank you, I will try this. sometimes the bites are in a spot that is inconvenient for the hot water. If you get a bite on a convenient place? try the hot water and see what I mean about a sensuous experience.

@jackjr Thank goodness any bites I get are in a convenient place. But maybe that's why the hot shower and second application of vinegar works so well for me. Sounds like I should light candles and darken the room before trying the hot water method, haha!

@Julie808 And don't forget to close the doors so others can't hear you. I had some bites on my back and the hot shower felt really good. Problem was it also dried the skin which made matters worse.

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I empathize.

@Mooolah After self diagnosis and learning some possible causes, I am actually pretty good at managing it with shielding my arms from the sun and avoiding stress.

When I brought it up to my doctors, they agreed my diagnosis is correct and if what I'm doing to reduce the symptoms is working, to just continue.

Before figuring out the cause and the remedy, I'd scratch myself bloody, unable to sleep at night and the only way I could keep my mind off the itching was to concentrate on practicing hula, even if at 4am until the urge to scratch went away. I tried everything, but ended up concluding that ice works best for me.