Headlice (merged)

calleyw

MsHoarder wrote: »

Being prescribed (amongst other things) 64 paracetamol (far more than you can buy without a prescription) was a relief when I returned home post-op.

I have no issue with someone who needs paracetamol etc for long term pain control. But someone who because they get free prescriptions think that should get everything for free. Now that is wrong. You can get 32 pain relif tablets for less than 60p.

My husband has a life time medical condition and needs to take a lot of tablets though it has gradually reduced. His condition has already tried to kill him once. And at one time he was about 8 different meds a day. Is it fair that his condition if untreated is life threatening. But he has to pay for his perscriptions. At one time they were monthly. Not hard to see it would have crippled us without a pre-paid certificate.

But it is ok to get nit treatment for free.

Yours

Calley

castri09_2

hi my girls seem to have nits :mad:all the time i get nit stuff full marks from the shops but its so expense is there anything else that will work to get rid of them .one of my daughters has long hair and nit combing just doesnt work. hope somebody can help thanks

caitybabes

I've heard that tea tree oil is good - could use tea tree shampoo and conditioner too.

chris_n_tj

Ask your Gp for a prescripton, but as the above poster says TeaTree is good. x

rigsby1967

My DD use to have this problem as well. When you say nit coming doesn't help, how are you doing it?

midnightraven3

manuka oil
wonderful for nits and more effective than tea tree for getting rid of them
tea tree will keep them at bay once you have gotten rid of them though, so add a few drops to their conditioner

claire21

I bought a tangle teezer brush from amazon when they were on offer for about £4 - its absolutely great
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tangle-Teezer-Professional-Detangling-Hairbrush/dp/B00264NW7G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306953240&sr=8-1
my daughter has really long hair

I then have tesco value conditioner (about 20P) and pile it on, go through hair with brush then the nit comb and it does work.

Also make sure she keeps her hair in a pony tail / plaits etc for school

Philippa36

I used to use a couple of drops of tea tree oil in a couple of spoonfuls of cooking oil - slather it all over the hair and let it soak in for a bit. Then plenty of combing, every night to break the cycle of the lice breeding. The oil takes a lot of washing out but it does make the hair easier to comb.

The only other suggestion is to cut their hair short, it's easier to comb and their less likely to catch lice from other children.

midnightraven3

having shorter hair wont make them less likely to catch them, sorry
it will be easier to comb and treat, but when my girls got them, both had waist length hair, i just couldnt bring myself to cut their hair, investigating i found it was less likely to catch if hair was tied up, but length made no difference to the chances of catching them, so french plaits it was until high school

G51shopaholic

you'll find that the full mark stuff kills the nits but not the eggs, so a week later the lava hatch, and the nit cycle starts again.

My daughter too has long hair and a few years back I had a nightmare time (I was also going through chemo at the sametime!).

On wet hair, use lots of conditioner - cheap is good - Asda 18p stuff is what I used.

Cover her hair with the conditioner, rub in well and then use a bone comb. You need to be really good and split the hair into small sections, checking the comb before each comb through. You then need to go through and pick out the nit eggs. This can take upto 1hr. But it is worth doing properly!

The next day use the lotion, you should get this free from prescription. YOU MUST REPEAT THE PROCESS 6 DAYS LATER.
You have to treat all family members and get her friends parents to do the same to their children or you'll be running round in circles!

I know use tee tree shampoo & conditioner and in the summer I use the tee tree spray away.

People don't always itch - my sons head was jumping and he never itched once -

Two years on and we haven't had another instance!