I used to think I was immune to poison oak. Last summer, after playing a round of disk golf, I found out otherwise. I had unknowingly walked through a large patch of poison oak, and because I was wearing shorts, I got the plant’s noxious oil, urushiol, all over my legs. The itching that comes with a poison oak rash is maddening. I searched everywhere for ways to keep from manually removing my dermis. Besides the itching, I was horrific to look at. During a large meeting at work, I caught a handful of collegues staring at my blisters. “Look, it’s pulsating,” I heard them whisper. Through my ordeal I’ve become something of an expert. I know that there are no medicines or treatments that will get rid of poison oak overnight; you have to let your skin heal. However, in my article on how to get rid of poison oak, you’ll learn about the most effective methods to soothe the rash, blisters, or hives that come with urushiol exposure.  You can also learn what poison oak looks like; the effort of prevention is much easer than having to get rid of a poison oak rash.