[MindieRose]

Lice like clean hair better than dirty. So clean people are more likely to get it. Typically adults that style their hair don't have it because blowdrying and other heated items like curling irons and straighteners kill them, and they don't like styling product like hair spray and gel. Lice cannot live that long without human contact, so unless you moved in the day they moved out, odds are she did pick it up at school or from someone else. Last year my kids picked it up from school, and 5 of my 6 (yikes!!) got it. I will not use RID or any other pesticides as they are heavily linked to cancer. Last year I heard so many horror stories, even from a lady that worked at the health department (ran into her at the store, thank God!) about how much of a risk of cancer there is from them. She told me the best thing to do was drench them in oil, let their hair sit under plastic wrap or a cap for at least an hour because it suffocates the lice, and pick them out with a comb. I didn't think that could really work, so I went and bought some holistic stuff. That stuff did pretty well, but didn't get rid of all of them apparently. So I went and did the oil thing and that worked better than anything!! After I went through their hair with the lice comb, they got showers, and I blow dried all their hair, on hot, for a long time. You have to be careful not to burn them (lol, obviously) but the blowdrying really helps. I also did the obvious wash of all the bedding. You can put all the stuffed animals in a garbage bag for a week or 2, and they will all die. Saves on washing. As far as carpeting, get a big box of salt, yes salt. It works for fleas too. Salt dehydrates them and they die. Salt, leave overnight, vacuum, repeat the next day, and then a week later.