Anyone have any home remedies for getting rid of head lice?

Question

My children were exposed to head lice around 4th of July and i have been checking them aleast 2 times a day since I found out. Well any when checking my daughter last night I found lice eggs. So I ran to wal-Mart and bought bedding spray,and a product called licefreee! a homepathic Pediculicid it is pharmacist recommend kills lice and the eggs and most important is free from potentially harmful pesticides and is safe for repeated applications.(Non-toxic). I am washing everything in hot water and drying it at a hot temp. also I sprayed everything with the bedding spray. I'm sure that I've done a very good job and I also made sure my children didn't have anymore eggs/nits or bugs i comb it w/a nit comb throughly. I'm just needing serious suggestion on any home remedies that you might of heard that worked or tried yourself in case they ever return. also if you have any suggestions on how/or what to use to keep from getting them. Thanks alot ahead of time. This is very frustrating

Answer 1

I hear you..
My daughter had it for a while and it's hard to get rid of it.
Try NIX.
You can also buy tea tree oil.
I wash my daughters hair once a week with it.
Lice don't like it and stay off her head.It's also not harmful to her or her scalp.
As for home remedies...
Mayonnaise....I know it sounds crazy...
Cake some mayo on her head and cover with a plastic bag.
Let sit.
My friend did this and it seemed to kill any living lice.
I'm not sure about the eggs.
But when you have a serious infestation I would try anything.
Remind your children NOT to share hats or type of head wear. ie helmets.

Answer 2

Head Lice Home Remedies

If you don't want to use a chemical on your child's head, the most effective treatment that doesn't involve using any products at all simply involves removing the nits and live lice with a lice comb and/or tweezers. This is the method that is advocated by The National Pediculosis Association. It can be time consuming to do this and you may have to repeat the procedure for several days to make sure you get them all, but this is likely the best thing to do. You still have to take the time to comb out all of the nits anyway even if you use an anti-lice shampoo, as these shampoos don't kill the eggs. If you don't, they will just hatch and you will have live lice again.

Most other natural home remedies involve putting something on your child's scalp and hair to 'smother' the head lice. Popular choices include real mayonnaise, olive oil, and vaseline. These are usually left on overnight, often under a shower cap, and then washed out the next day. They can be very messy though and have not really been proven to work. Some experts believe that this method 'works' because you actually remove the nits and lice as you try to get this stuff out of the child's hair.

There are also herbal remedies to treat head lice, including products with tea tree oil and other essential oils. Because they are 'natural,' these are not regulated by the FDA, have not been proven to work, and should be used with caution and avoided in younger children.

Dog Shampoo
You shouldn't use dog shampoo on your child! Some of the active ingedients in dog shampoo, like pyrethrins, are also the main ingredient in Rid and other anti-lice shampoos. And other dog shampoos contain permethrin, like Nix. Plus there are dog shampoos with essential oils.

Although they have some similar ingredients, you still shouldn't use a shampoo that is produced for your dog on your child...

Answer 3

This may seem like a very extreme treatment, but it worked in our family when we were children....it was given to us by an old navy man. Our hair was doused with KEROSENE! A towel was wrapped around our head and let set for a period of time...I am not sure, how long, maybe 15-20 minutes or so....When the towel was removed my mother used a fine-toothed comb to go through our hair and remove the nits....Then a thorough shampooing, and we never had them again....This was a second try after a commercial medication did not work.work...

Answer 4

get a comb and some lice shampoo stuff and put any stuff that could be exposed to lice, out in a plastic bag and let it sit for a while so any lice on it will die, and be sure to keep checkin everybody carefully--i was exposed to lice in 2nd grade, but my mom didnt realize that i had them until she saw me scratchin my head aalot, and they had already hatched, my blonde hair made it basically impossible to see the eggs

good luck!!

Answer 5

Try vinegar and a proper head lice comb.

20 years ago, it worked for me.

Don't forget to wash out the vinegar smell!!

Answer 6

Lice do not like tea tree oil. Try paul mitchell tea tree shampoo and conditioner. You could also try adding a few drops of rosemary oil into your shampoo and conditioner, but I think tea tree works better. I think you have done everything that you can. I know how frustrating it can be, but it should be over.

Answer 7

I recommend cutting their hair to make it easier to comb out the eggs.You can use mayonnaise and vaseline overnight while wearing a shower cap.

Answer 8

I know this is going to sound absurd, and I promise I am not being a smart a$$. When we were little my grandmother would give us a buzz hair cut ( even the girls ) and then treat our scalps with kerosoene. Before you ask, YES it burns like HE!! and there aint nothing fun about it, but it worked.

Answer 9

http://members.tripod.com/~Barefoot_Lass/index-4.html#ivy

copy and paste this into your web address thing.
then when you arrive at the site, scroll down to where it says "head lice".
good luck!!
or you can always try the mayonaisse method!!

Answer 10

Try to put mediker shampoo. It worked for me