how do i get nits out of my daughters hair if they are too small to get stuck in the comb?

Question

she has been sent home from school with nits and i have treated her and cleaned the home "thurowly". I dont know how to get them out. it looks like dandruff to me but the school says different. i want to get them out. I have never seen any bugs. what can i do. she cannot go back to school until they are out. please help me!!

i have treated her with max strenth rid and used a medal lice comb nothing seems to work.

Answer 1

you can tell if they are nits and not dandruff by taking a shaft of hair that has one on it and running your fingers over the flake. If it moves, it's dandruff, if it does not move and feels like a tiny grain of sand it's a nit

here's the kicker - you CANNOT remove nits with a nit comb no matter what the product says... the comb will only remove the biggest or hatched nits....
you will HAVE to remove the nits by hand.
Wash your daughter;s hair, put her in her favourite compfy pj's, lay a large folded towel on the coffee table for her to lay her head on and pop her favourite movie in the dvd player so she can watch it.
carefully take your nit comb and divide her hair in skinny parts, all the while taking your fingernails and running them through the hairs where you see either dandruff or nits....
it's time consuming, it's tiring and its rough, but you can do it
at the end, slather your daughters hair with olive oil and run your fingers through it to spread it out... lice DO NOT like dirty hair. put a shower cap on your daughter and let her sleep like that.
repeat this for at least 4 - 6 nights.
lice breed over a 2 week period, so use the shampoo as directed, but between the shampoos, do like i said up there and you will get rid of them.

ps.... lice are NOT dirty, never let your daughter think she or any of her friends have done something wrong.... every kid gets them at one time or another.
after her ordeal, take her out for a really nice treat like a shopping spree where she can spend 10 dollars however she likes or whatever...

Answer 2

My six years old had them for nearly half a year every time i got rid of them they made their way back anyway i finely found away to stop them that was using a normal conditioner put it in her hair while it was dry the first time left it in their for an hour or so cause the more water in the hair wont help cause it makes their ends close up and nothing will work then wash it out combed it then the next evening i wet the hair and used the conditioner again washed out like you would normally do in the shower then combed it i did that for about a week every nite and it worked the key is to comb it all the time and use conditioner instead of the other crap cause it don't work

Answer 3

When my kids were little they were sent home with lice and I also had a problem getting out the nits.The school nurse told me to put Crisco shortening in their hair and let it sit for 15 to 20 minutes then comb using a nit comb.This is a messy job,but it worked great. The nits came right out.

Answer 4

My daughter had this problem last year her doctor told me after the lice treatment put olive oil on there and wrap it up for 3 hours and then take nit comb and magnifying glass and pull them out by the way nit are sort of glued like to each hair were dander is not good luck hope this helps.

Answer 5

Buy a steel nit comb from the chemists. Hair conditioner combed through the hair is a tip that nurses give.When you comb the conditioned hair,the nits find it too slippy to stay on. Tea tree oil is a good preventer. Use it on the hair every week

Answer 6

Use distilled vinegar and leave it for like 15 minutes! Rinse it well and comb again with the lice comb! They have an electronic lice detector comb out and that will tell you if they are all out!! Good luck!!

Back in the day they used to use Kerosene to get rid of the lice! Some of the old timers still use it today for their grand kids!!

Answer 7

you are putting pesticides on her head and thats not good. go to www.licemeister.org and you can order a comb for about $10. they will also send a little paper telling you what to look for. maybe you can share the paper with your school to be sure they know what to look for. anything the comb wont get out you will need to pick out by hand. natural light is best for seeing the little buggers. blowdry her hair everytime she washes it heat helps kill bugs. comb her hair w/licemeister often to make sure she hasnt gotten them again. remember now that she has had them shes more likely to get them again. note-lice are not dirty animals they like clean people. when they check her head at school stand over them and question what they find. good luck note-you can buy a concentrated tea tree oil at your local walgreens. you add a few drops to your reg. shampoo. helps keep them away.

Answer 8

as stupid as this sounds after you use a "nit " comb you can buy at a local drug store and wash her hair with regular shampoo and conditioner comb her hair again then take a spray bottle mixed 1/4 rubbing alcohol and 3/4 water and spray hair then go through again with nit comb. each day spray your daughters hair with this rubbing alcohol mist and she will never get nits again..they will not jump to her hair..my children have never gotten it and i soak all my combs and brushes in alcohol and water during "lice season" and spray their hair with the spray every morning..good luck and don't feel bad about this anyone can get lice but also anyone can avoid it

Answer 9

what i did was go where there is alot of light my case it was summer so i went out side.you have to keep secctioning her hair and using the comp then rince after each swipe the comb i took each trand of hair that had a nit or egg and pulled it off with my finger nails its very time consuming. i also would ask the pharmasist because i thought once treated it can leave dead eggs so i would check with the doctor if the school keeps saying other wise. also spray furnature wask bedding put stuffed animals in a plastic bad not sure how long to keep them in there..hope i could help good luck!

Answer 10

I would NOT put gasoline on my child's head. That is toxic and can burn her skin and eyes. Then you'll be making a trip to the hospital and have to explain how your daughter got gasoline in her eyes. Not fun, or smart.

The drug store should have a nit/lice comb that is extrememly fine toothed. That comb should help to get them out. Another home remedy (I'm not sure if it works or not) is to put mayonaise on her scalp and let it sit for awhile. Dunno what it does exactly but I was told it will kill lice, and help get the nits out. (At least it's not toxic.) I think I'd do more homework on that though before I tried it. What a mess, especially if she has longer hair. Yuck! Good luck!!