How do you get rid of headlice as soon as possible??!?

Question

I found headlice (both live and eggs) in my daughters hair recently and she's having her hair cut tomorrow ready for school...! I need help, I dont want an embarrassing situation with the hair-dresser so I need to get rid of them asap!! She cant have her hair cut later because she goes back to school in two days....!! PLEASE HELP!!

Please, no silly answers x

Answer 1

your drug store should have an over the counter shampoo that will kill them asap. The issue is that those eggs are sticky and very difficult to get off. You have to pinch the hair at the scalp and slide your nails down each hair, scraping the eggs off each strand. They have special combs, but those aren't narrow enough to scrape the eggs off the strands.

Oh! And don't forget to wash her bedding in that shampoo. There are directions for running it through your washing machine. Clean her room really well, wash all her linens. Run her pillows through a hot cycle in the dryer and vacuum her floor really, really well. Otherwise they will be right back.

Also, while you are washing her head, concentrate at the back of her head, at her neck. They like that spot cause it is soft and warm for them. But know they will start running all over the place as soon as you start washing and srcubbing.

Clean hair brushes and check everyone else too. And keep checking for several weeks just in case they are still around and starting a new generation somewhere.

Help her to not be too freaked out too. This can be traumatic for her. Try to be cool about everything you do. From her perspective she might feel like she has spiders or snakes all over her. Don't scare her.

Good luck hon.

Answer 2

here it goes my kids have got them twice. first of all (rid) will kill the lice.there is a comb with it you have to comb out the nits(eggs) they are tiny and attached to the base of the hair. the further away from the scalp the longer they have had them.you have to slowly go through their head a small patch at the time and remove the nits. the cycle is i think 2 weeks. A good trick to make sure they are dead is using a hot hairdryer on their head. any that escape your discovery will die by the heat. I will say this do not take your child to get a haircut. my wife is a hair stylist and when they find someone with lice they have to send them home it doesn't matter if their head is half cut. then they have to disinfect everything they have. Also lice only live a short time off the host but bedding and stuffed animals should be washed and dried in a hot dryer. every bodies head should be checked their school should be notified (so they can find who gave them to your child) All combs bow and brushes should be disinfected.Keep a check on them they may return using a dryer every couple of nights will prevent re infestation.Lice love clean heads so don't be embarrassed.

Answer 3

conditioner and a nit comb.
wash the hair and apply a good amount of conditioner and comb it through with a brush or comb first and then with the nit comb, this will get rid of the nits, you will need to go through her hair doing the same thing everynight for the next week. the eggs you will have to pull down the hair using your fingers as the nit combs only clear the nits and not the eggs.

Phone the hairdresser before you go in, explain that although she has no nits on her head she may have eggs left on her head that you have not managed to get rid of. ask if they are prepared to cut it, if not then you could wait until the weekend and try then or try another hairdresser.

You could try over the counter treatments from the chemist but they can be expensive and not do the job properly. I tried a mousse on my kids and it was just as bad after I used it, twice!!
conditioner is cheap and the only thing it takes is time.

Answer 4

You have to go buy some lice-killing shampoo and comb-out gel. With a lice-comb you will comb each strand of hair very carefully and pin it up. The lice you comb out have to be put in a plastic bag and thrown away right after you finish the combing process (which will take around 1-2 hours depending on the hair length). Also wash all bedding and stuffed animals, also clothes your daughter wore, hot and put it in the dryer on hot for at least 30 minutes. Stuff you can not wash should be put in plastic bags which you close and store for about 2 weeks. You have to check your daughter's hair everyday for eggs and newly hatched lice and if you find some again, do the whole combing process again. About 7-10 days after the first treatment with lice-killing shampoo you have to repeat the shampooing and combing to make sure you kill the new generation, which may have survived, before they get old enough to produce more lice themselves. - Just go buy a lice-killing kit (one good brand is "Rid") and read the instructions very carefully and follow all steps. Good luck for you and your daughter! :-)

Answer 5

First use a product called "RID". You can find it at Wall-Mart, or any drug store. Put enough in her hair so that all her hair is wet with it, wait about 15 minutes, then shampoo it out. Use a good conditioner, because when your done, you need to use the combs that come with it and go through every inch of her hair with them. Take a small section at a time and run nit comb through until you don't feel any more "tugging". You'll have to repeat this in 7-10 days, just in case any eggs were missed. Expect to spend pretty much the rest of the night on her hair. Good luck!!

Answer 6

You can get headlice treatment with an active ingredient called malathion which is currently recommended.

Or you can get a nit comb and start combing. Wash the hair, put on conditioner but dont wash it out. Go in sections and comb and comb from scalp to tip, wiping the comb each time in a bit of tissue. Then wash out the conditioner and hope you got all the little buggers.

tea tree oil based shampoo can help stop it coming back.

Answer 7

You can get an electronic head lice comb (From places like Boots), comb the hair through and it zaps the lice. Follow this up with a head lice shampoo, and the problem should be solved. Keep an eye that any remaining eggs do not hatch and re-infest. This could be any time up to a week after the initial treatment.

Answer 8

Try a lice remover kit, you can by one at any drug store. Please cancel her hair cut for tomorrow. Lice spread very easy. I worked in a salon, they should refuse to cut her hair if they see any lice or eggs. Plus she can pass this on to the next person, or the hairdresser giving her the hair cut. Combs, shampoo bowl, the chair, and all carry them. If the salon finds them they have to shut down and bleach everything, and that isn't fair to them. Lice only go to clean hair. Wash all the bedding in hot water with bleach, and if you can replace the pillows. Dry all items in a HOT dryer. Take shirts and clothing if possible and also wash in HOT water. Bath towels ect...If you have a dog or a cat, also bath them. I've been threw this on your side, and also on the side of the hairdresser. She also should not go to school if you know they are not gone. It could take serveral shampoo's with the lice shampoo. Don't be embarrassed, this things can happen to the best of us. Good Luck!!!

Answer 9

Get a nit comb, wash her hair, put lots of conditioner on her hair, and comb through, break the darned things legs, they die, and cant lay further eggs! Keep this up every time you wash her hair, Use Tea Tree Oil, they hate that!!!

Warn your hairdresser, she can decide to do it and sterilise her combs afterwards, or leave it for a couple of days.
But this is an every week occurance, dont worry too much.
Head lice prefer nice clean hair!

Also ARGOS do an battery nit comb whiich ZAPS them when you come through, very satisfying - good luck!

Answer 10

THE ONLY WAY TO GET ? IS A VERRRY SLOW AND PRECISE PROJECT
TEA TREE CONDITIONER
LICE COMB NOT A METAL 1, BEST ONES ARE CURVED ON 1 SIDE AND PLASTIC
8 HAIR ELASTICS.

SEPERATE HAIR THAT IS DRENCHED WITH CONDITIONER.
INTO SECTIONS. MORE SECTIONS FOR THICKER HAIR, PUT A LONG MOVIE IN DVD OR VIDEO AND BEGIN,
DO ONE SE CTION AT A TIME 10 MIN ON EACH SECTION AT LEAST!!!! REPEAT TILL ALL DONE. THEN COMB THROUGH AGAIN WITH LICE COMBE, REPEAT EVERY 3ND DAY. IT WILL BE WORTH IT> OR AN EXPENSIVE LICE LOTION THAT THERE IMMUNE TO ANYWAY. GOOD LUK