Head Lice

[babbsiam44]

I havene't read all the post but when one daughter got it 20+ yrs ago this is what I was told to do and it worked like a charm.

Take some basic cooking oil and douse the childs head with it. Get it good, all over.
Wrap with some clear plastic wrap and leave on hair for a couple of hours.
Take it off and lice comb it...good.
Wash hair and comb again.

Then off to the house with washing and vacuuming.

This worked like a charm. My daughters pedatrician said that lice were becoming immuned to all treatments.

Good luck!

[ritapatt]

We had a bad run of it when my daughter was little. I finally scraped out aloe and "slimed" her head with it, and sat her in plastic wrap for an hour. I had read that the enzyme would dissolve the nits glue and they would release. It worked! I think RID makes a conditioner that says it helps to remove eggs.

[babbsiam44]

Originally Posted by ritapatt

We had a bad run of it when my daughter was little. I finally scraped out aloe and "slimed" her head with it, and sat her in plastic wrap for an hour. I had read that the enzyme would dissolve the nits glue and they would release. It worked! I think RID makes a conditioner that says it helps to remove eggs.

[LuvTaycieGirl]

In my 8 years of being a hair stylist, I have seen MANY cases of head lice come in to various salons. The best advice I can give you along with treating the the head topically, (which you have been given many excellent advice and tips on) is the ONLY way to really get rid of those little suckers is by cleaning anything and everything...

Lice LOVE carpet fibers and fabric that is a wonderful place to hatch eggs... I would shampoo carpets, rugs, mats... and vacuum

Drapes, throw pillows, and check your furniture.. they LOVE couches, loveseats and chairs.. I always recommend shampooing and vacuuming anything fabric..

Remember your bathmats too.. kitchen rugs...

And don't forget your cars..

I have also heard of success of Bug Bombs from others stylists recommendations but I am not sure what they are or what they really entail..


Just thought I would pass this info on.. People think lice jump. This is a major misconception. The only way a person can get it is from direct contact. Such has sharing, hats, scarfs, shoes, clothes, hats, combs, brushes..

Also Hugging someone may pass it on... may not necessarily because you HUG someone who has it but because they are on their clothes. Because you hug someone and your clothes do touch, this is how they will pass...

I would also check every head, in your house, even your own.. all it takes is sharing the same pillow or laying on the floor.. If someone has it in your house, there is a 99% chance everyone has it.. The best you can do is treat everyone...

I am sure you already knew this but I thought I would pass it on.. I studied them quite intensively in school and many extra education classes. I have also looked at a few under a microscope.. nasty little bugs...

Hope this helps Good Luck

[Cooper2010]

They are nasty little bugs. I've only seen a few live bugs, mostly nits, but the school used to give us rubber gloves and wooden sticks to part the hair with. We'd go out in the hall and go through each kid one by one. I consider myself lucky to have never gotten them. It is SO hard to get rid of them.

Kids would come back with a release and two weeks later have them again.

[concretegurl]

Seriously steam cleaning and essential oils (lice specific also kills fleas, duct mites, scabies, something called "chiggers"most parasite insects-not ticks though) ...cheap, easy done for good, no toxic and repells, I mixed the essential oils in some water and sprayed out house too after having it steam cleaned ...everyone seems to forget to clean the car and car seats.