Eeek! Help, i have lice!!?

Question

now this is what happened. i just got posted to africa, nigeria, to help out orphans. Now, i've been working for about 3 weeks now, and i noticed my head felt really itchy, and i discovered i had lice. Please help me, i need a quick and easy way to get rid of them, some easy home remedy, please help hurry!!!

Answer 1

Natural Remedies don't work,if your thinking essentail oils and such. You need NIX SHAMPOO,but given your way over there the very best thing for you to do is cut your hair short and buy a NIT COMB and comb your hair,the health board recognizes the wet comb method one of the most effective treatments for head lice. You'll need to comb your hair every day for 7-10 days,then once every week for the time you are posted there.

Answer 2

If you can, get hold of an insecticide treatment for removing them, although sometimes these don't work. I had them before and had to go out and buy a second brand because the first one didn't work.

To get rid of them naturally: get a lice comb, wet the hair and comb through until you don't see any more on the comb. Repeat this every four days until your head is completely clean. The reason for repeating it is that on the first comb through, you may miss out on newly hatched eggs that aren't big enough to go through the comb yet. Your head should be completely clean after the third or fourth comb through.

If you can, get a hold of some tea tree shampoo and conditioner. They don't like tea tree because it makes the hair too smooth and they just slide off. Using this will prevent you from catching any in the future.

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Answer 3

Mayonaise works because it has oils and vinegar in it.
The lice nits have a hole in the end of them that provides oxygen, that eventually bursts open like a popcorn kernel; ...the oil smothers it. So actually, vaseline type products are best.Products that are made for ethnic hair are loaded with petrolateum and smell better.White vinegar/water mix at 50/50 under a shower cap for 20-40 minutes neutralizes the glue that the lice use to wrap their eggs around the hair shaft.

Answer 4

Ask a pharmacist for a special shampoo - i think it is called Qwell but there are others (Rid, etc.). Home remedies won't work - you need to buy a specialty product at a pharmacy or store.

Answer 5

See if you can find some shampoo with tea tree oil in it or if you can find plain tea tree oil add that to you shampoo and maybe put it straight on you scalp and rub it in then let it sit for an hour or so before washing it out. If you can't find tea tree oil then I am clueless for home remedies.

Answer 6

put vaseline on your hair really thick and put shower cap or bag and sleep with it on then wash it out this smothers the lice best way to get rid of them good luck and after you get rid of them keep gel or hairspray on your hair then they wont get in your hair

Answer 7

Yikes! I think you better do some reasearch on product over there. Rid is derived from some type of rag weed. you might try that.

Answer 8

shave your head. They will disappear instantly. Sure you'll have to grow your hair but compared with going round with some stinky experimental concoction slopped all over your head a few weeks wearing a hat will be a doddle.

Answer 9

if you cant get to a drug stor you can use vasilene of the nights and smother them ..nothing is easy when it comes to lice.

Answer 10

the shampoo is called RID, and it comes with a comb. Please stand across the room.