how do i get rid of head lice?

Answer 1

You can either go to the drugstore and buy a product like Rid or Nix or just slather your entire hair THICKLY with mayo, wrap it in a plastic shower cap (or Saran wrap) and hang out for a couple hours... That'll suffocate the little buggers.

BUT, whichever method you choose - you MUST, I repeat MUST, use a fine-toothed comb to get rid of all the dead bugs, their eggs (called nits) and any living ones left. If you even leave one in your hair, you've gotta do this all over again. They'll look like little bits of sand, but they'll be stuck to your hair - it's going to take a while to get them all out, but you've got to.

Another thing to do - wash any bedding and clothing in the hottest water allowed for the fabric, put and combs and brushes in a solution of the shampoo, and then wash them in hot water. Vaccum all your furniture and even the car seats too. Put any stuffed animals and hats in a sealed plastic bag for a week, then vaccum them.

Good luck!!!

Answer 2

Here is a non-toxic all natural home remedy (vinegar is one of the ingredients)especially designed to rid lice infestations in children's hair: (from the Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine) 1. Carefully brush the child's head with a mixture of 3 parts olive oil and 1 part lavender essential oil. * First apply to a small area to test for allergic sensitivity or skin reaction. * The hair should be saturated with the olive oil mixture and a shower cap put on for 5 hours. * The olive oil clogs the breathing pores of the lice and they can't hold their breath for more than 4 hours. 2. Follow this by an apple cider vinegar rinse to unglue the nits from the hair. * Nits or lice eggs are fairly small and can be pearly to grey in color. 3. Then, using a fine-tooth comb, parents should comb the child's hair meticulously to remove the lice eggs from the hair shaft. 4. And finally, wash the child's hair with a natural shampoo. Once completed, check the child's hair every other day for the next 10 days, and if needed repeat the treatment. ( You could try adding a few drops of tea tree oil in the vinegar rinse for extra strength)

Answer 3

Good Luck! My partners daughter has head lice for over 3 years! She has her head treated at least twice a week as well as having all the bedding, brushes etc done. The most effective treatment that we have found are the Moov solutions from most chemists. It is made with Tea Tree Oil. Wash all bedding with a few drops of TT Oil in the water too.

Answer 4

Without major chemical smells you can try a lice comb and condtioner and comb for hours!

Or try using a TEA TREE shampoo and conditioner, (Paul Mitchell have a great one) as the lice don't like it!

Or go to a chemist they with have the chemical solutions you could try but many of the lice have now become immune to them!!

Answer 5

Lice shampoo from the store should work, but only if you get all the nits out first, with a comb and taking the eggs of your hair strands manually, one by one!

Answer 6

Go to the drug store and buy head lice treatment. Use as directed.

Answer 7

There are several over-the-counter remedies that you can buy. If you cannot afford them, you can coat the hair in Vaseline and cover with a shower cap. Then in the morning shampoo the heck out of it to get the vaseline out. I would also launder any bedding, clothes, etc. I have a girlfriend, whose daugther seems to get these little buggers every year and this is how she gets rid of them.... Good luck!

Answer 8

Our family has used Nix. It really helps but may have to be repeated. Also our pedestrian suggested apply margarine, or butter to the head and combing them out. I found using both most affective. Do the margin treatment and comb out as many as possible then use the Nix.

Answer 9

All you have to do is make an appointment with your doctor and he/she will prescribe you with some shampoo that you will use for like a week or so. Or just by a shampoo that will help dandrift, like head and shoulders or selsun blue.

Answer 10

there are some lice shampoos that they sell in drugstores and dollar stores...theyre pretty cheap