To protect your exposed skin, use an effective insect repellent, such as one that contains 15 to 30 percent deet, 20 percent picaridin, or 30 percent oil of lemon eucalyptus.

Spray only your clothing. We said it before, but it’s worth repeating: Permethrin spray is only for your clothes and gear. Don’t apply it to your skin. And when treating clothes, stick to ...

Permethrin is also used as a spray around homes and in public spaces, as a cream to treat animals, and as a lotion to treat scabies and lice on humans. The U.S. military has used permethrin ...

Permethrin should be used in addition to a skin-applied repellent, not in lieu of one. When properly applied, permethrin is extremely effective, providing protection for roughly six washings.

Permethrin can't be used on your skin, though (and it's toxic to animals, especially fish and cats), which is why the one-two punch of a DEET-based spray and permethrin is advised if you're going ...

Please note that permethrin spray is intended for use on clothing and objects, and not on skin. It can irritate skin, and our skin can actually break down the chemicals in the repellent, rendering ...

The EPA deemed clothes factory-treated with permethrin are safe to wear against your skin, and the product is even used on pets, on feed crops, and in places where food is handled.

Permethrin: Permethrin is a pesticide and universal active ingredient in all tick-repellent clothing. Unlike the above chemicals, which just repel ticks, permethrin both repels and kills them (in ...

Manufacturers of permethrin spray for clothing note that because the spray is meant only for fabric and not for skin, for full protection people also need to use an insect repellent on their ...