my daughter hair is really long and thick she has headlice need help to get rid o the wee buggers?

Answer 1

Having two daughters who had lice for three years was a nightmare.

I started off with the chemicals, tried the oils as already suggested, but then resorted to a Sunday evening ritual of 'The Nit Scrake'.

My girls often tried to wiggle out of this and I could have given up, but it became a ritual.

So just to explain. You get adult lice (the breeders) medium lice (cannot breed yet) and the nits the eggs.

So every Sunday, a good day as it is scrub up day before school.

Get your daughter to lean over the bath, and wet her hair for her, then add copious amounts of conditioner, I buy the biggest and cheapest, rub it through and add more water, brush it through with her own hair brush to detangle and start combing with a metal lice comb, from the nape of the neck and forward to her brow, you must ensure the comb touches her scalp, you must ensure you do every area of her head, rinse the little beggers off following each stroke. Your daughter will see them falling into the bath and start to undersand why she has to endure this.

Now turn her over so that her face is uppermost...it is possible and do it all again.

chuck the comb in a sink...count the little black dots with her, show her them close up, see the little wiggly legs and she may then take this more seriously.

I now rinse the bath and offer an evening shower or bath whatever their preference. They can relax, wash their hair and its all over.

So all in all you will have caught most of the mature ones, left some eggs behind and not managed to get the tiny lice, but as they grow on in the week you can catch them next sunday, and when the eggs hatch you will catch them in about three sundays.

You should notice a change in the size of lice being caught, but if they remain large...she is picking them up from somewhere or you are not doing a thorough job.

The reason why I do it over the bath is because lice will fall onto clothing or towels and crawl back up to the hair....I used to get covered in the early days and actually watched one wandering its way upwards and onwards.

We became lice and egg free in about two months, and my girls were absolutely infested, as long as you get the immature ones each week you will break the life cycle.

We all have our own hairbrushes..they are forbidden from using their friends brushes...easier to blame others for your lice!!.

We now continue this ritual, just to keep on top of things and have been clear for about five months.

I now do this with a small white towel over their shoulders, but still then get them to have their bath or shower afterwards, and the towel goes straight to the wash as if contaminated.

The hard work is so worthwhile when you get a sigh of relief and a 'Im not itchy anymore'....

I also clean the hairbrushes each week, but just as a note, check your own hair, one little itch means you have one.

But their hair is also so healthy now. I have saved myself a fortune, I have two girls who have an understanding of a life cycle, and I did not boil their clothes and bedding daily, The"nit scrake" ritual was more than I could bear.

Answer 2

Drench your daughters hair in olive oil. Right to the root. Cover her head with a plastic bag. Leave for an hour or two. Get a really good lice comb. (Available at a drugstore, pharmacy) Divide her hair into sections, and in Natural sunlight you will be able to see the dead lice. Pick out with a comb or fingers. There are also shampoos on the market that will kill the lice but you still must pick out the lice and eggs or they will come back. It is a long process and it should be repeated twice a day (picking the lice) until you see no more eggs on the hair shafts) Don't forget to wash all the bedding in hot water, put stuffed animals in a sealed garbage bag for 3 to 4 days to kill any living lice. There are all kinds of websites. Good luck, it is a tough job. When you have it all gone, get a spray bottle and a bottle of teetree oil. Put a few drops in the water (it smells) Spray it on her hair before school, before she goes out. It deters lice.

Answer 3

Buy some lice shampoo, some tea tree conditioner, a good, metal nit comb and some pure tea tree oil.

For very long, thick hair you might need two bottles of lice shampoo. Ask your pharmacist which one they are using in your area at the moment, (I know that sounds odd, but the lice become resistant to the shampoos, so they rotate them). Follow the instructions, but make sure your daughter's scalp is well covered and every strand of hair from root to tip.

After you rinse it off, put loads of tea tree conditioner on and sit with a nit comb and a towel. Comb her hair from root to tip in sections, wiping the comb after each time to get the eggs/lice off. When you have thoroughly combed it, rinse again.

For school, plait her hair and dab it all over and behind her ears with tea tree oil. The smell keeps them away.

You will have to repeat the conditioning and combing every day for ten days if you want to make sure you have got rid of all the eggs, or the ones you leave behind will hatch and you'll be back to square one.

Good luck. They are a nightmare, aren't they?

Answer 4

Shaving the back part of her hair will reduce bulk (most bugs live there) and with her hair down no one will be able to tell. Don't forget about stuffed animals, get rid of non-meaningful ones and put others in the dyer for at least an hour. And tea-tree oil smells bad but is a non-chemical alliterate (less hard on the hair). A hot -oil treatment the day after will help restore the hair. Also retreat after the recommended period of time never can be to safe, lice are hard to get rid of.

Answer 5

my daughter also has long hair and has had them through school a hell of a lot once you treat the hair there should be no more big one left in only eggs, 1 - 3 days later you should comb through to catch the ones that have hatch, now if the ones you catch are big it means your daughter has been re-infected during treatment you should put the lotion on again and repeat the comb through 1 - 3 days later with a treatment on the 7th day again these head lice should be little or none existent as they only just hatched, big ones mean shes reinfected again, i have found a product called headin(headrin) that works a treat you can get it in the chemist or at asda, the lice can't build up immunity from it. Tell your daughters school to put a letter to all parents because if even only one parent checks a child's head at least it is one less in the chain of infection, and comb through once every week i usually do it on a sunday after her bath with loads of conditioner in her hair. hope this helps.

Answer 6

Id suggest buy the chemical treatment and leave it in overnight, the chemist recommends this with long hair. Get a few plastic nit combs, brush her hair EVERY day thoroughly. The doctor told me that brushing breaks the eggs and prevents re - infestation. A good hair cut would definitely help. (when brushing remember to brush especially the hair at the back of the neck and behind the ears. Stick with it. (tell her not to use anyone elses brushs / hats etc. I would change her pillow case every night until the problem goes, they are light and will dry easily, dont forget if you have other kids to check them too.

Answer 7

Wash her hair then put loads of conditioner on it. Don't wash it out then take small sections of the hair and comb then through with a nit comb. Clip each section back when you have done it, and make sure you spend a good hour at least on it. Wash all the bedding at the hottest temp you can and send her to school with her hair in a plait. And tell her not to let anyone play with her hair at school!!! Thats the biggest cause of lice to spread

Answer 8

Gosh I went through that years ago. You will find them VERY hard to get rid of- they will keep coming back. Eventually they go away on their own. Washing the hair does no good- they can actually hold their breath! All I can say is use lotion and a nit comb (called the 'bug rake' by my father) and remove any eggs if you see them. Make sure she keeps her hair in a bun or tied back when with other people so she doesn't give them to others or get them back again after you use the lotion.

Answer 9

Oodles of hair conditioner, comb thru & break the lil beggars legs.
Not your daughters, the Lice!
Repeat when necessary.
Heard today that 1 in 4 lice are immune to the chemicals, so the old fashioned comb thru's best.
May well be time consuming but better than all those nasty chemicals.

Answer 10

Use a special shampoo from your local pharmacy. You do not need to cut her hair. Lice only live at the scalp as they feed off your blood. Sounds strange but its true. Also use the shampoo on everyone who lives in your household even if you don't think they have lice. You may have to get a bottle per person to have enough. Lice also die very quickly if they have no food source and can not jump from head to head but need contact.

Answer 11

Go to either your local pharmacy or your doctor and get a head lice shampoo. You'll have to use it at least twice. Make sure you read the info packet that comes with it because it's important that you understand how to prevent re-infestation.

Don't mess around with natural garbage like mayonaise. Just get it over with and let the poor kid get back to a normal life. Best Wishes. Head lice can be tough.