my little sister whos 7 has head lice and my mum is panicing!!?

Question

She has tried Lyclear,Full Marks,everything there is to get at a chemist yet her head is still crawling in them,she has just combd nearly 30 of the little things out again tonight.What else can she do? Any advice would be great. Thank you in advance. She doesnt know im on here asking for help as she is mortified.

Answer 1

Just comb the things out every night for about a week. I never bothered with conditioner - just combed dry hair and combed and combed and combed. No chemicals, no expense. Yes, it was a pain in the butt to do but it works. You need to comb everyone's hair though and DO DO DO let the school know or she'll just keep on getting them as they go round all the kids. Tell your mum not to be embarassed about it - anyone who says their school child never had nits is lying I promise her! And remember, she got them from someone else in the first place - they didn't spontaneously burst into life from her scalp! Tell her to chill about it - there are about 100000000000000 other mums doing the same thing as her tonight!

Answer 2

Here are the steps for effective treatments:

1. Everybody get their hair washed with lice medicated shampoo. Be sure to follow the direction, especially how minutes to leave it on.
2. Everybody in the household wear a showercap, even bedtime. Wear it for a week. Take it off when you leave the house.
3. Take all bedsheet, clothing, etc and wash it with HOT water.
4. Pillows must be throw in the dryer and set it high HOT.
5. Spray all furniture, carpeting, mattress, etc with lice killer spray.
6. Spray your car's seats as well.
7. Cut your hair shorter as possible, for easier nits rid.
8. For a week, check each other hair for eggs. Pull it out with a tweezer. Using lice comb doesn't work 100% of the time. Most you can find behind the ears and on top of forehead. Use flashlight for better finding in the dark room or go outside to let the sunlight go thru the hair.
9. After 3 days, re-check your hair. If still seeing lice, shampoo again.

Usually a child gets lice from sharing hat, brush, blanket, pillow, or sit next to a child.

Answer 3

Hi my sister's children get lice all the time, make sure your mum changes her bed and washes the linen, same with the towels when she is washing, my sisters swears by the stuff the chemist's give her just go the chemist with a dead lice in a hankie (i know it sounds gross but this way she can bypass the GP) and still get prescription medication. also has she tried washing her hair and then conditioning it but leave the conditioner in overnight and rinsing in the morning the lice can't get a grip of hair that way. You know it might be an idea also to mention to her school cause if she is sitting beside someone who has lice then no matter what your mum does they won't go away.

Answer 4

i actually just read a study in a pharmacy journal about a new home treatment that is supposedly better than most of the over the counter products. you sound like youre british though since you are calling a pharmacist a chemist, so i hope the product Cetaphil is available in your country. anyway, youre suppose to generously lather the kid's hair once a week with Cetaphil skin cleanser, let it sit for a couple minutes, then wash it out. do it once a week 3-4 times. (you could probably do it once every 3 days or so 3 or 4 times total, the stuff isnt that harsh i dont know why you are suppose to do it only once per week). it supposedly suffocates the bugs. just make sure you dont get it in the kid's eyes.

if you end up trying that, let me know if it works out and if i should tell other people to try it

Answer 5

If she follwed the medication instructions correctly that should have worked. The only problem is that she (your sis) might not the be 'carrier'. She could get rid of them one evening and by the time she gets back from school the following day, she's got them again from one of the kids at school.

Ask the guy at the chemist for help to make sure she's applying teh medication correctly.

Also - if the school haven't been told, it's best to let them know as then they can get all teh parents to check their kids heads and that way minimise the spread of the little critters!

Answer 6

You have to cover her head with tea tree conditioner and comb with a metal nit comb every night for ten days. The insects leave eggs behind which the comb misses, and these hatch into more insects. Ten days intensive conditioning and combing. Use tea tree oil behind the ears and in the parting while at school. Plait hair tightly for school. Check every day for eggs - they look like blobs of glue stuck to the hair shaft. If there are any, pull them out and get rid of them. It's hard work, but you just have to do it!
Don't be mortified. My little girl got them all the time, and as a teacher myself, I've had them too. It's the eggs you need to be careful of. Check everyone you live with too. Eggs take about a week to hatch into insects, so get rid of them now!

Answer 7

You are in early days of infestation- lice lay eggs in 8 day cycles. Once you have the first lot off by constant combing the best method is to ensure hair remains pleated, as they pass head to head contact, and sorry to say it , but regular combing at least once a week with conditioner and tea tree oil. My daughters had nits regularly whilst in junior school as they all play so closely, and there are pretty strong chemicals in those treatments and i had same experience of them not working. Bring back the nit nurse. They do eventually calm down. don't buy robicomb waste of money.

Answer 8

If your mum is combing all the nits out and treating the lice as well, it seems as if your sister is catching the lice from others, perhaps in her class. I know your mum is upset, all Mum's are. they think it is their fault and they are bad mums. I would suggest she asks the teacher at school. This is a fairly common problem these days. They may be able to suggest somethings, otherwise just keep combing.

What a pain

Answer 9

All you can do is keep going with the combing and use a more powerful shampoo if you can find one. Has she told your sister's school yet? If not, she must do so now, as one of your sister's classmates may have infected her. This may be why you keep finding them. As said before, make sure everyone in the house is uninfected. Wash any pillows, sheets, scarves or hats that your sister's head has come into contact with. I hope you get rid of them soon!

Answer 10

Try tea tree oil: head lice hate it. You can mix a few drops of tea tree oil in your sister's shampoo and conditioner. You will need to wash her hair daily and when you put conditioner on, comb the hair with a nit comb to get the little critters out...continue this until you can see no lice on combing. It's not instantaneous but it's not full of nasty chemicals and really works.