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  • raeble
    raeble Posts: 911 Forumite
    My grandmothers old west indian remedy was to 'wet up the head' with sulphur basically give it a good covering . She would mix it with vaseline I think, I'll check with her. She would get the yellow powder from the chemist. Leave it overnight cover the head, then comb the hair out on a white towel and you would see all the little blighters come out dead as a dodo. I only had nits the once and she never found anything, probably because my mother had been combing and pulled out a big bug before hand.
  • 16011996
    16011996 Posts: 8,313 Forumite
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    thanks for that, it has been awful, will have a search for the thread on this. there have only been big ones so far, and not seen any eggs, maybe i caught it in time,

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  • 16011996
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    thanks sheel. ;)
  • If your g/f's hair is shoulder length, then she should only condition the ends. They will be dry but the roots will be greasy and if you condition them it will make all her hair greasy. Or so my daughter in law hairdresser says.
    Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money but you can't get more time
  • I can't get a brush through my hair (it's absurdly thick and wiry) unless I use John Frieda or Tigi. Annoyingly expensive I will try filling the bottle up with water to make it last longer though thanks :)
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  • When my son and I went to American, we had them and my brother asked around. The advice was was your bedclothes daily and hoover the bed when it is empty. Put the hoover where they can't get out and crawl over carpet. Dye hair and use styling gels as they don't like to get smothered. Heat tends to kill them. We also put our pillows in the dryer. My sister in law cut our hair short.

    cathy wrote: »
    aww thats a shame

    the conditioner only loosens the nits (eggs) it doesnt kill the lice so they will keep laying

    there is a comb thingy you can buy thats zaps them electric

    or mayonaise kills the lice also olive oil hard to get out though

    tea tree oil is also supposed to be good

    a louse lays an egg and it takes 7=10 days to hatch out you can tell how long the lice have been laying as they lay on the root of the hair shaft, so if theyre low down the hair shaft theyve been there a long time .

    its awful isnt it, good luck

    theres a thread somewhere about this in I wanna
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  • Clutterfree
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    cathy wrote: »
    head and shoulders isnt much good really, IVe found t gel was good but thank gawd dont need it now YAY

    also someone posted that they dab cotton wool soaked with white vinegar over their dry scalp before washing and its taken her dandruff away

    on sunday my head was itchy itchy so i tried this and let it sit I just sprayed the hair with vinegar (I smelled divine) and combed it through

    itch went and when I washed it I didnt do the vinegar rinse just to see and it was fine up till yesterday!! had to wash it then mind you before someone called the police ;D ;D

    Would vinegar work on Psoriasis as well do you think?
    My scalp is terrible at the moment and I don't really wish to get more steroid lotion from my GP if there is a safer alternative.
    Thanks.
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  • lil_me
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    Would vinegar work on Psoriasis as well do you think?
    My scalp is terrible at the moment and I don't really wish to get more steroid lotion from my GP if there is a safer alternative.
    Thanks.

    According to this web page, yes http://www.pr-inside.com/cure-your-dandruff-with-remedies-at-r236704.htm
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
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  • beemuzed
    beemuzed Posts: 2,188 Forumite
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    Our school nurse reckons people should use a fine tooth comb really regularly as it "chops the legs off" the little blighters. Trouble is we all tend to wait until we know there's a problem - I think she feels a regular comb through would keep the problem at bay.
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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,650 Forumite
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    We didn't have a Health and Beauty Moneysaving board when this thread was started but as we do now it is the best place for this thread so I'll move it across.

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