whats the best way to get rid of headlice?

Question

weve tried everything on the market and nothing seems to work

ive tried everything on my daughters head and nothing is working

Answer 1

Two years ago I had this problem went through everything the chemist and the doctors could give me.

I ended up having to conditioner her hair every night and going through with a nit comb.
My daughters hair is down to her waist I was doing this for 2 hours every night.
I had to do it for over 3 weeks to kill the nits and the eggs that were in the hair and any nits that were hatching.
I then did her hair every other night for another month after that weekly checks.
Combing the hair even if you don't get the nits out breaks the adults legs.
The problem with nits is unless everyone tackles it they will keep breeding.
I know kids who get there head clear of nits over the summer holidays go back to school and get re-infected with nits.

I tried vinegar it is supposed to get rid of the glue that attach the eggs to the hair.

I got told off the doctor nits are becoming immune to the nit lotions and we are breeding supper nits.

I found once my kids got to high school nits became less of a problem. Younger kids tend to swap hats and put their heads together.

Answer 2

Same problem here with my small child...commiserations ...it is such a nuisance! We tried the usual head lice treatments (shampoo, lotion etc). Some of these have the potential to be harmful because of all the poisonous chemicals...but we decided to use them at first anyway thinking that we would sort the problem out more quickly. It did not work. Problem is, if the children have picked the lice up at school, nursery etc, they are likely to be reinfected very soon anyway, despite the drastic (and expensive) chemical treatment. I have consulted a lot of other parents, school nurse, farmacist and the best advice was to use a special close toothed comb, you can buy the cheap ones which work just as well.
Wash hair first (put a few drops of tea tree oil in the shampoo if the child is not averse to the strong smell) Rinse. Then apply lots and lots of conditioner (cheap brands work fine, you will be using big quantities of this). Comb hair with an ordinary comb. after this you go through the hair with the nit comb, carefully and metodically combing from root to ends. Rinse once you have done the whole head. The essential trick is to stick to this routine religiously and to repeat it EVERY OTHER DAY until the infestation is over. Include yourself and any other person who is in close contact with the children. Save your energy (you will need it for all the checking and combing) and don't worry too much about soft toys etc, the lice cannot survive without their human host for longer than 24 hours anyway, be sure to keep all combs washed and clean however and avoid sharing combs and brushes..
Nits (the egg cases) are difficult to shift, those you find closest to the scalp are the one which will hatch out, the rest are likely to be empty ones, rather unsightly but harmless.
Be sure to repeat the treatment every other day with the whole family or it will not work. We have been through it, and it is such a boring task, but it does work. I would also advise you to keep to a regular routine of checking and combing at least once a week, when the outbreak has ended. I have come to accept that headlice is an ongoing problem for school age children, so I just try and incorportate the process above into our self care routines. Once the child is old enough they can do their own combing etc. There is a battery operated comb on the market which can be used on dry hair, but my child is frightened of the high pitch noise this emits. Hope this helps you and your family.

Answer 3

i have tried everythng o the market to full marks mouse, god that horrid other stuff cant remember the name of it. i will agree that tea tree oil did work for some time on my girls, but stoped working, i also read an articale that headlice are now becoming imunie to tea trea oil and other stuff like full marks. although i did read in some of the messages that to keep your kids hair dirty, this is a very missleading answer, cos a long time ago people agreed that nits did not got to dirty hair, in fact they have no prefrence to what hair type they go to, dirty, clean,fine or thick hair.

what i did find is some stuff called nitty gritty, its excellent but expensive to buy, but well worth it, it also does not dry the hair out like other stuff becasue it has all natural oils in it, so it leaves the hair in great condition. i get it from asda but i do believe that you can buy it at other chemists now. also they do nitty gritty repelant spray to stop the kids from getting reinfected.touch wood since my children have used the repelant spray they have not had another outbreak even when head lice are in the pick sesson going round, this also can be perchesed from asda's, but as i say a lot of chemistis are now stocking the stuff in,

although they may not like the smell of it i think because it has lavender in this product, i think its better than you child or the adults getting headlice repetaly.

as most ppl who have answered this question, they have said dont forget to wash the pilliows ans bed covers, but i have not noticed anyboody telling you that you must hover the beds as well.

anyhow good luck with wotever you decide to use and i hope things sort themselves out vey soon.

good luck

Answer 4

Wash the hair and leave the conditionar in the hair and then go through the hair for about an hour with a fine tooth comb, repeat every night for about 2 weeks or untill the lice are gone and then repeat once or twice a week even if there are no lice. Also try adding a drop of tea tree oil to your normal shampoo!

Good Luck, hope this has helped

Answer 5

Mix white vinegar with mineral oil. Rub it threw their hair then either wrap head in plastic or use a shower cap, leave on for an hour. Wash hair with Dawn to get the oil out then wash with regular shampoo and then put in hair conditioner, comb out nits. Works very good.
Use equal amounts of the vinegar and oil.

Answer 6

The French Revolutionaries had the perfect answer. After meeting Mr Guillotine little problems like dandruff, head lice even baldness were cured. Good God! they'd make a fortune today.

heavenlyhaggis

Answer 7

Every other day, wash and lather mild shampoo and leave it for 4 minutes.
Insects breathe through their skin, and thats how long it takes to drown them.
Rinse, condition the ends, comb with a wide tooth comb then comb through with a nit comb.
Do that for 2 weeks to clear the adults and eggs, after that once a week.

Answer 8

Condition the hair and leave it in, then comb through with a nit comb onto kitchen roll. Use tea tree shampoo and conditioner for a while, the little blighters dont like it and its better than all the chemicals you get from the chemist.
Another thing would be to inform the school that she goes too, because all it needs is one untreated child and the rest of the class is infected again.

Answer 9

Head lice treatment from chemist, its got to be one that you leave on overnight, the shampoo ones are rubbish.
To prevent them coming back after treatment, comb hair through with conditioner and tea tree oil once a week with a nit comb.

Answer 10

It's an odd when you think of it, but I heard people say you can apply mayonaise to your head and head lice goes away. Or you can shave your head, it's not the best thing to do, so........... You could also research about head lice shampoo. I think there's a special shampoo. Hmmm..... Also, keep washing your head many times, I've also heard about that. Don't keep your head stinky or dirty. Here's a website to buy a shampoo for head lice:

http://www.neemco.co.uk/shop/headlice



I will also agree with other people, I've heard tea tree oil work. And keeping conditioner on for a while is also a good idea. I dunno about the mayo thing though.

I hope this helps! Have a great day!!!