How can I get rid of crabs?

I have an itch down there now and I am afraid it is crabs. I got it from a toilet seat. Can I shave to get rid of them? Or should I try to burn or smoke them out.

I have never had crabs before, but I know it is crabs because of the description I read on Wikipedia. I used a public restroom some time back so they must have been dormant and came to life later.

I am not going to the doctor. I want to nip this one myself without all the embarassing questions.

Please help?

I would seriously suggest you to shave and if this doesn't help; SEEK a doctor FAST. Good Luck.

Hey, you did NOT get them from a toilet seat, so stop fooling yourself, or us.

Ask your pharmacist for the cream, (same as the medication for lice, but gentler because you are using it on a more sensitive part of your body) and you need to treat all your clothes, hair, linen, and sexual partners. If your partner has given you oral sex, they need to treat their facial hair too, and don't forget THEIR sex partners besides you.

(Actually if anyone gave me crabs I'd cut them loose, but that's just me)

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Treatment
Standard therapy

permethrin 1% cream rinse topical from chest to knees washed off after 10 minutes with repeated treatment 1 week later (ADEC B2)

Permethrin should be applied to clean and cool skin. The patient should not take a hot bath or shower prior to treatment.

Apply to infected and adjacent hairy areas

Nits should be removed with a fine toothed comb.

Sex partners should be treated concurrently.

Clothing and bed linen contaminated by the patient within the past 2 days should be washed and dried by machine (hot cycle) or dry cleaned.

If the eyelashes are infested, white soft paraffin (Lacri-Lube) can be applied to the lashes, and then the eggs removed, twice a day. This treatment should be continued for 7 to 10 days.

cheese grater!

How long does it take to get rid of Crabs

shave!!!