Ammonia based cremes erase itching. Can pee be used just as effectively?

If it was a wild animal that bit you, you should be more concerned and opt for medical attention and a series of rabies shots…if it was your S/O that bit you I would rub some dirt on it and take them out to dinner more often.

Pee isn’t ammonia until it sits out for a while. It has to sit out so that bacteria breaks the urea down and turns it into ammonia. If you peed ammonia, you’d be really really sick. Household ammonia, like what moms used to clean with, has been a long time home remedy for insects bites that itch.

(sorry, I thought you were trying to sell a product at first glance.)

Pee is also full of salt, I believe. That’s not good for your skin.

It has about 20% salt, actually.

When you get a stingray sting, peeing on it supposed to help so I think your theory has validity. (Somewhat harder for women to do effectively.)

I think you mean jellyfish sting. @janbb
It is an old and very wrong idea.

Treatment for jellyfish sting depends on the type of jellyfish, even. My son got stung in the Fjord when he was younger. Horrible.

@cazzie Nope – I meant stingrays . As an ocean goer, I know the difference. The peeing may be an old wive’s tale though.

I’d never heard that for stingrays. The rays in the harbour at Tauranga had no barbs that I recall but they LOVED a baited hook when you were trying to fish. Buggers to get off the hook. It was paradise to snorkel off the boat there. Geez I miss it.

@Kraigmo What kind of animal? Was it vaccinated for rabies?

@cazzie Yeah, you have to shuffle your feet when walking into the Gulf at certain times of year. I’ve never been stung but I’ve heard how painful it is.

I have heard that peeing on your feet can help with the itch of athlete’s foot.