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Found a simple, rather painless way to completely remove urticating hairs if you've been "hit" that is much better than washing in soap and water alone. I did the soap and water route and was still itching. As I stood there at the sink contemplating how to rid myself of the remaining itchy hairs I was staring at my 8" dia. 3 wick aromatherapy jar candle and I remembered something I saw on TV a while back about how they used hot wax on the hands of suspects to remove microscopic bits of gun powder. Well, I blew the candle out and dipped the itching finger into the puddle of wax several times until it was well coated (wax is hot but not unbearably so when you have a big pool of it like what forms in large jar candles). Then I let it cool until hard, peeled it off my finger and all the itch was gone - just like that. Figured I'd share my discovery for those who are brave enough to put hot wax on themselves
Gail
Gail