Treatment of Scabies

Treatment of choice for scabies is to apply permethrin (Elimite) overnight from the neck down, and to ensure that everyone in the patient's family be treated at the same time. The bedding and clothing from the past week should be washed or dry cleaned, or it can be placed in a plastic bag and set aside for a week until any scabies mites within them die. Some suggest that the Elimite should be applied again overnight to all persons five days after the initial therapy to ensure that any adults that are hatching from eggs that are not killed can be destroyed by the second application.