My 2 cuzin are staying over and they both have nits, i cant aford to get them the medical shampoo stuff
has anyone got any ideas? anything house hold that gets rid of nits and there eggs?
thanks xxx
2006-11-03 22:55:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
I remember a family where the four sisters, mom and grandmother had nits and lice, but the teen brother didn't. The difference was that he used lots of gel in his hairstyle and the lice didn't like it. If you isolate clothing, pillows, blankets your cousins use in a large plastic bag for 48 hours, the lice die of starvation. The nits attach near the root of the hair with a cement-like glue, so they don't always come off with the conditioner and comb. You will have to scrape off some with your finger nails. It just takes one or two nits that stay on your head and turn into lice, to re-infest your head. Good luck!
2006-11-04 04:34:36 · answer #1 · answered by Mari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is soak the dry hair in ordinary conditioner leave it for a couple of hours (the longer the better and also put lots on) then with a fine toothed comb, or preferably a nit comb, comb the hair through. as you drag the conditioner through the hair it will pull out any nits that are in the hair..........it takes quite a while and is a bit messy but if you do it in the bathroom and keep running the comb under the hot tap it is easier. Once this is done go through the hair for any eggs that have been left behind. Do it again a couple of days later incase you have missed any. Always condition the hair after each wash as nits find it hard to cling on to conditioned hair.
2006-11-04 09:03:06 · answer #2 · answered by pax949 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ABSOLUTELY EASY way to get rid of them is to straighten their hair - even if it already straight! The straightening iron will burn all the nits and their eggs! Then keep washing the hair and use a fine needled nit-comb to get rid of the dead stuff! It really works!
2006-11-04 10:13:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try putting tea tree oil in their shampoo. You also need a nit comb, they shouldn't be too expensive. Make sure you are very careful with cleaning the bedding - maybe lock your cousins in a back room the whole of their stay so they don't infect you (joke). I'm so glad i don't have to deal with these sorts of things!
2006-11-04 07:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by Nikita21 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The other way to get rid of gnits is to smother the hair with conditioner (whilst dry) then using a gnit comb (or a very fine toothed comb) comb out each strand of hair. The conditioner provides a slippery coating and the gnits will slide of the strands. This must be done very thoroughly though to be effective.
2006-11-04 06:59:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just buy a nit comb from Boots. Very cheap.
2006-11-04 07:04:06 · answer #6 · answered by anyamosaic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vinegar and vegetable oil. my entire school had lice when i was in grade five. however, if they have nits, you'd better wash everything cloth in your house or you'll have an outbreak yourself. Use a finetooth comb to pull them out and keep checking for them for a week or so.
2006-11-04 07:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by AJ F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my son got nits, we don't know how he gotthem as he doesn't go to nursery so he doesn't mix with other children, we used the shampoo and it didn't work, we eventually had to get his hair cut short (not too short). But I often wonder, if you straighten your hair, does it frazzle them? If you have striaghtners you could try that!
2006-11-04 07:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by ALEX K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my friend swears by using neat vodka as a final rinse for washing out nits - personally i would prefer to drink the stuff then i wouldn't care about the nits
2006-11-04 06:58:56 · answer #9 · answered by mousie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if they submerge their heads in water for 10 hours, they die!
well the nits and your "cuzin" dude
2006-11-04 06:58:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋