I recently realized I’m not affected by it either, for nearly 40 years I just thought I was great at identifying it and just careful. My wife got into it a few years back and it was horrible for her (big welts and oozing stuff, pretty gross), when she went to the doctor they were like, “Yep, that’s poison ivy, here is some cream and a shot, be more careful”; so I went out and cleared all of it I could find and learned how to properly identify it.
I still try to wear gloves because I’ve heard that you can eventually start having a reaction but I have debated the idea of using an aerosolized form of the oil as an emergency oh shit button if an unidentified masked person tries to pull me out my car.
I recently realized I’m not affected by it either, for nearly 40 years I just thought I was great at identifying it and just careful. My wife got into it a few years back and it was horrible for her (big welts and oozing stuff, pretty gross), when she went to the doctor they were like, “Yep, that’s poison ivy, here is some cream and a shot, be more careful”; so I went out and cleared all of it I could find and learned how to properly identify it.
I still try to wear gloves because I’ve heard that you can eventually start having a reaction but I have debated the idea of using an aerosolized form of the oil as an emergency oh shit button if an unidentified masked person tries to pull me out my car.