ORIGINAL: saltflyz
Childers...Thank you for your opinion. Unfortunately, here is the deal with chiggers..they don't in fact embed
Chiggers do not burrow under your skin, as many people believe, nor do they feed on animal blood. They actually feed on the fluids in skin cells. To get the fluids, they attach themselves to a skin pore or hair follicle and inject a digestive enzyme that ruptures the cells. The enzyme also hardens the surrounding skin tissue, forming a sort of straw for sucking the skin cell fluids. The whole process irritates the skin, causing an itchy red bump that continues to cause discomfort for several days. Chiggers are only about 1/50th of an inch (0.5 mm) in diameter and so are too small to be seen with the naked eye. This invisibility is the reason so many people believe chiggers burrow under the skin.
I am glad that some people are starting to get educated on these little sucker.This is the truth.
A shower and a wash cloth is usually enough to rid yourself of them.
If you saw them and got them sprayed and then took a shower,you should be in good shape.I have never been fortunate enough to see them.I will be sitting at home at night and feel them crawling on me and by then,I have had several bites and it is too late.