# Has Anyone Here Has Bed Bugs And Successfully Got Rid Of Them **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643 "2010-08-27T08:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/21 "2010-08-28T09:38:55Z")
So I guess a number of random red dots on my fat gut means nothing more than random red dots on my fat gut? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/22 "2010-08-28T11:04:47Z")
There’s apparently a lot of variation in people’s reaction. Some people get the giant, horrible welts that \*\*Mississippienne \*\*describes, some people get no reaction whatsoever, and most fall somewhere in between. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/23 "2010-08-29T14:24:50Z")
Had them, staying in a tropical bungalow, in Bali. They never bit my husband. I thought they were really annoying mosquito bites, all in a row. Finally someone told me what they were and said to show the bungalow owner, which I did. Next day, at high noon, they came took both mattresses and put them out in the hot tropical sun for several hours, turning them occasionally. Worked like a charm, no chemicals required! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/24 "2010-08-29T14:41:38Z")
Oh…OH! Dagnabit, that musta been what they were, **elbows**! Staying in Bali, my husband was constantly sporting big itchy red welts (about twice the diameter of mosquito bites), \*especially \*first thing in the morning. Me…nothing. We never knew what exotic tropical insect was feasting on him. I bet it was bedbugs! I have very little (not none, but little) reaction to mosquitos. Guess my immune system doesn’t overreact to bedbug spit, either. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/25 "2010-08-30T02:22:32Z")
We’ve been careful about not bringing them into the house. When I go shopping for clothes or other cloth items everything gets either run through a dryer or baked in the oven (I don’t have a washer and dryer in the house any longer so sometimes baking is the only option if the laundromat is closed at the time) and we keep an eye on the [bed bug registry](http://bedbugregistry.com/metro/nyc) to try and be careful not to go places that have recently reported infestations. If we ever do find them in the apartment everything will be covered in DE for a month or so to get rid of them. ---
**Author:** ![Beltane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/26 "2010-08-30T23:27:04Z")
This makes me think of the Daily Shows bit about Bedbugs [http://videos.nymag.com/video/Late-Night-Isabella-Rossellinis#c=HDX0M117PJ010JDX&t=Late%20Night:%20Isabella%20Rossellini's%20Weird%20Bed%20Bug%20Sex%20Scene](http://videos.nymag.com/video/Late-Night-Isabella-Rossellinis#c=HDX0M117PJ010JDX&t=Late%20Night:%20Isabella%20Rossellini%27s%20Weird%20Bed%20Bug%20Sex%20Scene) Or the Ms Rosalini’s short can be seen in full (if you are brave) here > **[Isabella Rossellini Explores Bedbug Sex](https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-44930)** > > Back in April, Isabella Rossellini debuted "Seduce Me," a series of online shorts about animals and insects reproducing. The series was a follow-up to the actress' "Green Porno" series, and starred Rossellini in all the main parts. The series'... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/30 "2013-02-23T14:05:00Z")
Friend had them in her quite nice apartment in Denver (Arvada actually). She brought them in from a bit of a run down hotel near a hot spring. She ended up getting rid of all her water bed bedding, and I’m sure some other stuff. It took the exterminator 3-4 trips to get it done. I was afraid to spend any time in her apartment. Didn’t want my suitcase or clothes to get infested. I ended up getting a hotel when I visited. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-has-bed-bugs-and-successfully-got-rid-of-them/551643/36 "2020-09-24T20:33:10Z")
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