Well Add Homonym, since you were among one or two others that have
belived me and trusted me and not got wrapped up with Wayne and his
cronies and the troll infestation caused by Carol Gulley, I will
give you an honest answer.

The fine hairs do nothng more than penetrate the skin, much like a sea
urchin spines would, and the film on them is what makes them burn like
fire....Along the same lines of installing fiberglass insulation., The
glass slivers gets in the skin and irritates it, but at least
fiberglass does not have a film of irritant on it...

Instant or pretty quick releif of bristle worm irritation is to wash
off with fresh water, and then soak in vinegar, or wash off in fresh
water, blow dry with hair drier, apply a piece of sticky tape or a
thin smear of super glue over the area, and then peel off tape or peel
off usper glue. This method us good at pulling the bristles out of the
skin. They do not really penetrate all that deep, for them to be
effective in getting irritated and burning sensation..Benedryl lotion
is very good to apply once bristles have ben removed or neutralized.
Regards

We now return yu to your regular infestatin of trolling posts by CArol
Gulley aka Ocean Breeze, aka Reel McKoi, aka Zebulon, aka well there
are just too many to mention.



On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:49:53 -0500, Add Homonym
wrote:

Tristin wrote:

Dumbass.bristle worms do not sting........

yet another clueless wonder............

OK, they don't exeactly sting, but what DO you call the intense pain
they inflict when the bristles get into ones flesh?



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!