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Help....headlice.
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I've told them as have some of the other parents whose children have them. It's like a nit party in the class.“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”0
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Superdrug sell little bottles of Tea Tree oil which whilst you probably didn't ought to use neat sticking a few drops into the conditioner when you put it on might help add a chemical element to the tools.
However if they are still around in the school they will keep coming back. Its where having boys is so much easier - they still get them but shorter hair is easier to comb through!Adventure before Dementia!0 -
My sons Hair is white blond and he's never had one....my daughter on the other hand, long brown hair, nit magnet and a sod to see them in.
I will try the tea tree oil in shampoo. Nothing ventured and I need help!
Thankyou.“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”0 -
If she is mixing with people who have them, then no amount of chemicals or wet combing will get rid of them. All you can do is limit spread amongst your family, and stop your child becoming infested, by regular combing.0
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I've got a nitty gritty comb which is excellent at getting eggs and lice out of the hair. A spray of tea tree oil over dry hair in the morning seems to help too. I no longer use the chemical treatments as they say lice are becoming immune to them. Just be very thorough, give your daughters bedding a hot wash as I believe they can live off hair for 2 days and good luck with itThere is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word which means more to me than any other. That word is England.
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jules-2005 wrote: »I've got a nitty gritty comb which is excellent at getting eggs and lice out of the hair. A spray of tea tree oil over dry hair in the morning seems to help too. I no longer use the chemical treatments as they say lice are becoming immune to them. Just be very thorough, give your daughters bedding a hot wash as I believe they can live off hair for 2 days and good luck with it
I too use a nitty gritty comb...they are well worth the money, just trying to find something to make it work!! her hair is currently plastered and I will buy tea tree oil and make up a shampoo and spray with it.
I didn't know that about the bedding so I will strip it and wash it in the morning when, hopefully the dead uns have fallen out.“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”0 -
I need help.
My daughter has nits/headlice and despite regular (weekly) conditioner wet combing we cannot get rid of them.
It could be if you're only doing this weekly it's not enough. Have you seen what the NHS website says? http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Head-lice/Pages/Treatment.aspx
According to this you need to wet comb every four days for two weeks, as within a week the eggs will hatch, the lice will mature, and they'll lay new eggs. You can't comb the eggs out, only the lice, so you need to get rid of the new ones as they hatch before they lay more eggs.0 -
It could be if you're only doing this weekly it's not enough. Have you seen what the NHS website says? http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Head-lice/Pages/Treatment.aspx
According to this you need to wet comb every four days for two weeks, as within a week the eggs will hatch, the lice will mature, and they'll lay new eggs. You can't comb the eggs out, only the lice, so you need to get rid of the new ones as they hatch before they lay more eggs.
I did think once a week wasn't enough, a decent comb will remove the eggs.0 -
Oh buqqer. I try to do it every 5 days but realistically haven't been.
Thanks for the advice.“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”0 -
I use vosene (deterrent) on my 8yr olds daughters bum length hair and so far she has escaped the dreaded blighters - even when her entire class appeared to get them!!
Tea tree they hate, so well worth using once you`ve cleared them.DebtFree FEB 2010!Slight blip in 2013 - Debtfree Aug 2014 :j
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