About the clorox.  I thought it felt wonderful.  Instant blessed relief.  Unfortunately, it felt so good that I decided not to dilute it and just press a soaked cotton pad with bleach onto it.  I overdosed on clorox.  Now I have what appears to be a very nasty chemical burn that peeled off too much skin.  And when your skin is open like that it is ripe for bacteria to breed.  The clorox might have been a good cure if I had not done more harm than good with the overdose.  now I am more worried about scars from that than I was about the ivy reaction.