2006-11-20 21:18:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
"Wet combing" method
This method is very safe. It is cheap, and works well. All you need is a large bottle of hair conditioner, a nit comb, and some time and patience.
(It is best to ask someone to help you.)
Wash you hair with your usual shampoo
While your hair is wet, apply plenty of hair conditioner
Comb your hair using a fine nit comb.
comb from the roots upwards
check the comb for lice, and clear them away, after each sweep
comb all your hair, a little at a time, carefully,
Repeat this every 3 days for 2 weeks to get rid of any newly hatched lice.
Remember to check everyone in the family for lice and nits
2006-11-20 21:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Honey, if you haven't gotten rid of the nits, you have NOT gotten rid of the lice!
The nits are lice eggs, which take approximately a week or two to hatch... (And they hatch every day).
Yes, use the comb, with a special medicated shampoo. There are products available in the drugstore, but please ask your dr. for a better one, prescription. Those that use the stuff in the stores are only asking for reinfestation...
The Dr. can prescribe a cream treatment for overnight application... It works wonders! And yes, you still will have to comb out the nits, but they should all be dead anyway.
As far as your furniture goes... you will need to spray everything after vacuuming it all about 5 times...
Then, take all of your pillows and other non-washable items, place them in a sealed plastic bag which you have removed the air from.
Keep these bags separate and sealed for NO LESS THAN 3 WEEKS! (This is to ensure that all bugs will be dead).
One week is NOT enough!
Everything washable must be washed in hot water, and dried for at least 20 minutes on your highest dryer setting. (And I would still bag it up after it is dry, although it should NOT be necessary to do so...
I am a complete freak when it comes to infestations like this... It is nasty...
Hope this helps...
Good Luck!
XOXO
Anne
2006-11-21 05:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by ANNA-ANNA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apply conditioner, leave on for 20 minutes. then comb with a fine tooth nit comb.be very diligent and do this procedure twice a week for a month. Nits and lice have built up a resistance to lice preparations and they don't always work. The conditioner treatment works.
2006-11-21 07:46:29 · answer #3 · answered by Nana Susie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use the comb made specially for lice. Also make sure you bag everything for like a week. All clothes, linens everything and wash them in bleach after they have been tightly sealed in a plastic bag.
2006-11-21 05:27:18 · answer #4 · answered by tera_duke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nit comb, over the counter treatments and follow the directions to the letter........insure to get them all.......or easiest way is to shave your head so the nits have no where to live....drastic move though.
2006-11-21 05:22:27 · answer #5 · answered by Rickard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should be a special comb sold right by the shampoo - they go hand in hand.
Will need to use the fine comb to go through the affected persons hair.
2006-11-21 05:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋