what are some ways to get rid of lice?

Question

I wondered if clorine from a swimming pool would kill lice any ideas?

Answer 1

No, probably not.

You need to understand that when lice first appeared a loong time ago, they had trouble adapting to certain conditions and a strong chemical could have easily killed them. Now, as with literally every annoying pest, they have evolved and are now a lot more durable. They will probably resist any factory made chemicals.

I reccomend olive oil. Why? No matter how well lice adapts to certain chemicals, lice needs to breath. Why is this important? Well a large amount of thick and heavy olive oil will smother the lice. It will also put a layer of thick oil on the eggs, so they can't hatch.

So you need thick olive oil, a lice comb (the kind that brushes out lice eggs and lice adults), and alot of hot, boiling water, plus 3 months.

Dip your hair in the olive oil, EVERYWHERE! Then, while the oil is in your hair, use the lice comb to brush out any lice you can.

Keep the oil in your hair for several hours, with a shower bagg cap thing on. Do this EVERY DAY! every 3 days!

Now take all your blankts, your pillow cases, every thing your head has been near, and wash it in sweltering hot, boiling water. Once they are clean and dry (use super hot dryer), put all the stuff into big plastic bags and close them up. Keep them there for 3 months to kill off any more lice and eggs.

Even if you don't think you have any more lice on your head, keep putting olive oil on, for about 2 months, trust me.

Good luck!

Answer 2

No it won't. You can buy the shampoo from the drug store, but I suppose you already know that.

Wash all bedding, doesn't matter what temp the water is, it's really the dryer that kills them, so if you want to skip the washing and go right to the dryer, 1hr high heat, that's fine.

Vaccuum all beds and carpets thoroughly.....you can buy spray for the furniture, but I don't think it's necessary.

Bag all stuffed toys in plastic bags and tie for no less than 2 weeks.

Lastly, lice cannot live in oil, they can in water because they can make air bubbles to breath, but will oil, they can't....Vinegar (white) loosens any eggs (nits) so that they can be removed easily...So, make a solution of 1/2 vinegar and 1/2 oil, then saturate the head (do not wash first)....tie a plastic bag or shower cap over the head for no less than 12hrs. Wash mixture out...pick any visible eggs out, the live bugs will have died in the mixture. Finally, keep just oil (preferably cooking oil) in hair for one week...if you wash it out, put it right back in! If you missed and eggs and they hatch, which they do in a few days, the oil will kill the bugs........

Good Luck

Answer 3

I don't know if olive oil works but I do know that when my daughter go lice and we used the insecticidal shampoos, she had and allergic reaction to them. So the next time...we found a book called "Tiny Pest Control" which gave instructions for using...Coconut oil!

Coconut oil is almost as thick as Crisco shortening. To do this you must heat the oil it to make it liquid (make sure it is not too hot). Then massage it into the hair and scalp and leave over night, with a cap of some sort to keep the oil off the sheets.

Next morning comb out dead (suffocated) lice and the lots of nits will come off too. Make sure to use one of those fine tooth nit combs. Finally, wash the hair several times to remove the coconut oil. You should repeat this twice within the next week or so to make sure you get any nits that manage to survive and hatch.

This method worked very well and smells good too.

Answer 4

no,clorine would not do anything,and could be toxic,go to the store and get some lice shampoo,cost ya 5 bucks,then wash and heat dry all the bedding in the house,wash all animals with tick shampoo.spray all furniture with a a lice killer.if you dont do all this ya may end up getting lice over and over......

Answer 5

i dont think clorine would kill them u could trying using tea tree oil on ur head and using a lice comb to pick the lice out also u need to wash and or freeze any stuffed animals or blankets to kill lice that might b on those to

Answer 6

My children had lice once and I had to buy the lice treatments from the store. But I had a girlfriend tell me that vodka will kill them. I never tried it to know if it works, but that's what I heard. I don't think chlorine will do it though. Maybe...but I doubt it.

Answer 7

do notuse lice shampoo, lice develop an munity to it and the shampoo wont work next time, try natural remedys like tee tree oil. cover your hair in conditioner then comb the lice out. brushing your hair regulary injures the lice and once injured they quickly die so brush your hair more often to make sure they dont come back.

Answer 8

no use rid...the shampoo at the drug store
also you must wash and or vacuum all bedding, furniture, clothes, etc. and pick each lice out of the hair. soak brushes /combs in alcohol
good luck

Answer 9

vinager!!!