When I was a kid, I was the only one in the house the fleas would get, (that's how we knew the dogs brought them in) I would put garlic salt on the bed around me when I slept and rubbed it on my skin during the day, until the exterminator could get there. It was smelly, but it was better than being itchy. I'm in the process of giving my dogs garlic in their food to see if it will repel fleas through the smell from their body.
