headlice again!!!

jessicamb

Hi Sammy

These are some other links I found while updating the index - from memory I think that wet combing was the most popular suggestion for getting rid of the blighters

Hair Lice:
- Tea Tree and nits!!!
- Cheap nits treatment
- Aargh! head lice

bobsa1

Another conditioner vote. Only thing that works in my opinion. I also think other parents who don't deal with lice should be shot! (perhaps slightly extreme) it just drives me mad that we deal with it but if one parent doesn't whole class can be infected within days.

crystaltipps

i had an ongoing problem. I ordered a comb called the Licemeister (stupid name) from america. AMazing isn't the word. Truly miraculous is closer. My daughters hair (v long) was constantly having them running around. This comb got ALL the eggs out. The teeth are tapered, so the hair gets literally stripped of debris. i wish i had bought one 2 years ago when they first came home from school with them. cost about £15 or so - not sure on price as it was in dollars, but WELL worth it. As far as time saved, worth its weight in gold. was even thinking of buying some in bulk to sell on - was THAT impressed!

nickyhutch

Hedrin. Evidence based treatment that school nurses and health visitors recommend. It works.

Penny-Pincher!!

Can you shave his hair off?

DD hasnt had nits for about 18 months now and personally think its because she use the straightners a few times a week. She was getting them all the time beforehand and was a nightmare! I also have used the conditioner and comb approach and seems to do ok.

PP
xx

aeuerby

I used conditioner but combed every day. I found this more effective than combing every 3 days as it doesn't give any newly hatched eggs time to lay eggs themselves.

Usually doing this my daughter was clear in week or so, but was checked regularly for the following 2 weeks.

jessicamb

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

Can you shave his hair off?

DD hasnt had nits for about 18 months now and personally think its because she use the straightners a few times a week. She was getting them all the time beforehand and was a nightmare! I also have used the conditioner and comb approach and seems to do ok.

PP
xx

Thats a really good idea - I guess the very high heat from the straighteners would kill the little critters - and must be quicker than combing

Not good for little boys though

jimsmum

on short hair use hairspray,the lice and eggs stick to it and its easier to comb out.

Spendless

If using conditioner, it won't get the eggs which it turn turn into lice which mature and lay more eggs and so on, unless you do the conditioner for several days and catch the lice before they mature enough to lay eggs. This may not be possible to do if you only see him on a w/end. When mine got it, the first tratment I used worked on DS but not DD and neither did other stuff until I bought nitty gritty after reading about it on here. It cost £28 for the comb, lotion and repellant spray but it's been worth it. I wish I'd bought it first instead of wasting money on other stuff.

IWannabedebtfree

Seaxwyn wrote:

Hi there sammy

My children regularly get headlice and I would say straight away don't even think about getting the chemical treatments as they don't work.

The only thing I have found that works is putting on lots of conditioner and combing through with one of those plastic combs. You will never get all the eggs out, but if you repeat this every three days you will catch them as they hatch and after three or four goes it will be OK.

It's a palaver but I actually miss it now my daughters have got beyond that stage! The thrill of the chase and all that.

I'm sure you don't need to worry about disinfecting pillows etc. Headlice die pretty quickly when they are not on a head. Just give the pillows a good shake and hoover the chairs if you're worried (I have never gone to these lengths).

Only other tip - get your stepson's hair cut very short!

Yay, this is my routine too- I find the method of regularly checking with conditioner good-and me and the kids actually quite enjoy it, in a funny kind of way-still it's nice when you get to the 'nit-free'; point! My DD had a friend who continually gave her head lice- since that friend moved away, no more head lice for my DD and no more letter home from school-she must have spread it around a lot.