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gropo
05-16-2015, 10:33
I've been brainstorming solutions to combat beard itch on those hot muggy stretches of the trail. I understand Peppermint is generally a bad idea, but tea tree oil? Generally a bad idea to have anything aromatic like that on your body at night?


Section hiker, Smokies to NY June-Aug 2015

WILLIAM HAYES
05-16-2015, 10:43
would not use it just wash with unscented soap the kind hunters use you can buy it at wally mart and rebottle it in a small plastic bottle it is antibacterial so it should help with the itch.

swjohnsey
05-16-2015, 12:29
Shave.....

Colter
05-16-2015, 16:35
I've been brainstorming solutions to combat beard itch on those hot muggy stretches of the trail. I understand Peppermint is generally a bad idea, but tea tree oil? Generally a bad idea to have anything aromatic like that on your body at night?...

Not worth worrying about. At all.