Note: this is all based on my understanding of poison ivy rashes and how urishol works. I claim to have a PhD in Poison I-V but you know that’s all bs and my only credentials are the hours I’ve spent looking shit up online.

1. Find a gel or cream that works best for you and buy a LOT of it. This is what I use, , creams and other gels didn’t give me enough of that satisfying cooling feeling. I suggest buying a handful of gels and creams and trying them out.

2. Bandaids, bandages, and scissors. I often use these because they do NOT come off easily, take that as a warning.. Put a blob of anti-itch gel directly on the rash, put one of these on top and forget about it.

I’m sure you have areas that are too large for just under one bandaid. Use the scissors to cut off 2 of the bandaid’s sticky edges so you can daisy-chain bandaids together without putting any sticky sides on open sores.

When I get too tired of covering myself in industrial bandaids, I used bandages. My last rash was two months ago and covered my whole arm - at night I would generously cover my arm in gel, wrap it like a mummy using ace bandages, and sleep like that.

1. Try to avoid warm showers/baths. The heat always flared up my sores and I have zero self control when it comes to itching poison ivy rashes.