This is clearly among the very worst cases of poison ivy rash we have EVER

The fellow who submitted this amazing and disturbing pair of photos was mowing his lawn

The proud owner of this rash and I spent some time trying to figure out

This super-grody rash was the result of weeding a patch of weed (the weed one

This bad rash was the result of digging out the frisbee from weeds while play

This fellow is the The King, not because he has the worst rash, but because

“Walking on a slightly overgrown trail with the dog. The point of contact was probably

“Went for a hike with some friends, found a place to sit down and have

Here is a pretty angry looking rash that is pretty far along: small bubbles have

Compared to some others, this is just standard level misery, but it gets special appreciation

Notice how the rash shows up on the arm and the side: seems clear he

Imagine you grab a vine and strip off the leaves by pulling it between your

Another caution about bare feet in the summer. This is a terrible rash, with bubbles

Walking barefoot in the summer can be a great source of joy – or misery.

This double line rash is a result of some unusual encounter with the nasty stuff.

For some reason, circular skin rashes from poison ivy and oak are somewhat common. Why?

This young fellow has a pretty typical rash that you might get from rubbing your

One eye swollen shut, the other almost as bad. You can tell this was not

Poor kid rubbed her face with a poison ivy covered hand. The redness and swelling

This is another example of a summer that went bad… His cheek is badly swollen,

This sweet girl has a rash on her face in both images, but is getting

Here we see a woman who went through a very severe poison ivy rash on

When you get a bad, deep poison ivy rash on a flexible spot, like a

This rash is in the later stage: the rash is starting to dry up, leaving

This brave young fellow is shown as his normal self, and then in two stage

This rash is not as impressive as some others, but look how much of the

This red rash looks almost like a sunburn. And in fact, you might get such

It is unusual to see tiny bubbles with a poison ivy rash, but here they

A bad rash on the back of the knee and leg. If this rash is

This will put a bit of a dent into your summer fun. You can be

Besides the big diagonal gash, there is also one very deep gash right at the

An example where a bad rash has turned into rough red scabbed area. The white

How do you get a triple poison ivy rash on the back of your knee?

This is a very educational rash! There is a center area with deep, bubbly spots,

Here is a poison ivy or poison oak rash that is infected and oozing fluid

Another way the ankles get such nasty rashes is that poison ivy (and California’s poison

This is the sort of rash you can get when you use a weed whacker

Why so many nasty ankle rashes? Probably because people mow lawns in shorts and when

Big, bad bubbles right above the wrist. Looks like he reached into somewhere and scraped

Clearly, the strange thing is that this poor person got the largest single poison ivy

This is a pretty serious poison ivy or poison oak rash. We can appreciate the

The poison ivy (or poison oak or poison sumac) rash is the result of your

This is the result when the bubbles in the Mother of All Skin Rashes bursts…

This is it, the worst rash photo in our collection. She was trimming a hedge

This is truly the worst rash we have ever seen; this must have been a