headlice again!!!

barjam_2

i totally agree withall the conditioner and combing posts, i got the bug busting kit on prescription it has the little plastic yellow combs and a purple one for the eggs (supposedly) i was thinking of buying the nitty gritty comb too but i have a question to all you users who have it, when i use the yellow plastic comb after every stroke in my daughters hair i clean the comb and its dead easy .. how easy is it to clean the nitty gritty after every stroke and also my daughter has really thick long hair and it takes me ages putting it into sections is the nitty gritty good for thick long hair ?

lil_me

now I am scratching. Combing with conditioner regular, I did it twice daily last time, is the only way for me. Then without it if the eggs get too slippy. They are always going round in my neices school (aswell as worms) and sometimes in my sons. I have the boys hair as short as possible, without them looking like thugs. Sorry but if she isn't sorting her sons hair and it's always as bad as you're saying that is neglect, I would be considering what action to take.

If you want to try the chemical option our pharmacy prescribes it free if you take one of the little critters in. Usually easiest to stick it to some cellotape, ring the pharmacy first. You must use it a week after first applying it for it to work.

Tea tree is good at keeping them away, spray my boys with it daily, haven't seen any since I started this, but be careful if you have sensitive skin as it's pretty strong stuff and some people react to it.

Off to check mine again as this has got me paranoid now!

lex

I'm itching now too!

My DD went through a phase of being continually reinfected at nursery for a good month or two. Every time we caught them we informed the nursery who "reliably" informed us we were the only people who had it. Eventually 6 weeks down the line, someone else reported it and finally we didn't get it back....grrrr.

I've given up with the medicated shampoos and conditioners. Just wash and apply plenty of conditioner. Then sit and comb (used to use the plastic one, but eventually splashed out on a nitty gritty from ebay). And repeat every day or every other day.

When I knew someone else at nursery had it and wasn't treating it, I resorted to rubbing neat tea tree oil on my hands then rubbing my hands through her hair which seemed to help. You can get proper tea tree shampoos and sprays though.

The nitty gritty combs are easier than the plastic ones for long hair IMO. DD has almost waist length hair, although it isn't massively thick, we don't have any problems splitting it into a million sections to comb ;o) No problems cleaning. Just wipe on a towel/tissue or dip in water.

lex

webitha

i find the comb and conditioner trick working also my Oh told me to give a quick spurt of cheapest hairspray i could find after doing DD hair for school (long naturally blonde hair grrrr cowbag lol) result nothing for about 14 months even tho there is a girl in same class who is so infested that you can actually see them crawling around when they line up poor kid
everyone has complained to school and to the mother nicely (told to p*** off) now school has told mother sort it out else face poor kid excluded until it has been and social services told good on them i say

dugdale_2

I didn't have any luck with all the various creams and ointments that my local chemist stocked when my 6 year old first returned from school with headlice. I then bought an electronic zapper comb but as my daughter has really long, thick hair it wasn't too succesful. We now use the conditioner and nit comb routine at every hair wash and I'm pleased to report that I only found one baby head lice this morning and I couldn't see any nits at all.

code-a-holic

My middle son is a breeding ground for them. My eldest brings them home from school then my 2 yr old will have millions byt he end of the day. The nitty gritty comb and conditioner every day is all i have found to work. I battle all term and after the comb on the last day of term we will be clear here all holidays/weekend. 1st day back at school and we'll find some that night.
A never ending battle. The school are rather powerless to help now as its against the rules to tell parents directly that they need to sort their child out. So its a reminder letter to all once a term.
Grrrr!

soapnutter

Olive oil works well as a conditioner if you're allergic to brand ones.

The Nitty Gritty is available Here on ebay and is about a tenner but comes with a lifetime guarantee.

stefejb

that nitty gritty comb is amazing and i speak from over 16 years of headlice experience. 10yo dd had had so many infestations that even when there were no lice you could see the eggs which made me not want to tie her hair up. since using the comb for a couple of weeks they are all gone but she is still getting infested. I have resigned myself to the fact that its part of our sunday evening routine until she goes to big school by which time dgs will be ready to start nursery .....oh well

Seaxwyn

I'm very tempted by this nitty gritty comb, as my daughter is very prone to headlice. But why is the nitty gritty better than the cheapo plastic comba I've been using for the last six or seven years? Can someone explain what it's unique features are?

THanks

jjef

My DD had a problem in P1 (she is now P4) and since then we have checked her hair every wash time, when she started school she was given a small plastic yellow comb ( I think Fife Council provided this) and I have tried a lot of combs since but this seems to be the best, also when drying her hair I add two drops of tea tree oil and fingers crossed since we started this she has been nit free even though they have been going round the class.

If you are able to identify the child who is not being checked and is passing them on this helps, we did this and then approached the parent in the playground to let her know that her child was being picked on (she wasn't but rather than come straight out as say that her daughter had nits we tried this) as the other children had spotted nits in her hair and were taking them out for her - she was so embarrassed that she obviously did something about it as her child has been clean since.