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Old 10-07-2006 | 07:25 AM
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ORIGINAL: Pat Curtis

Taking hot showers/baths will actually allow the urushiol to transude into deeper layers of your skin. Cold showers keep your pores tight. Not unlike folks that work around fiberglass.
I would agree with you initially; however, by the time the blisters form the urushiol should be off as it takes 2-3 days for a reaction to occur. I would recommend taking a cold shower if you think/know you came in contact with poison ivy and scrub down with some type of medicated soap. If you still get the blisters a few days later, I don't think it would hurt opening the ol' pores up popping them and treating with ivy dry, jewelweed, etc...
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