Headlice (merged)

anguk

I've had problems with my 12 yr old daughter for years, I've tried just about everything but the only time she ever seemed to be totally clear was during the summer holidays when she wasn't at school. I always seemed to be fighting a losing battle as some other parents don't deal with the lice when their child gets them.

Now she's at secondary school it doesn't seem to be so much of a problem and she's been clear for a while but last week I found head lice while doing her usual twice weekly conditioner/comb check-up. This time I've tried a new product called Hedrin, it's not a pesticide, it's odourless and seems to work by suffocating the lice. It's worked too which is a first, even the chemical based lotions don't work on my daughter, so I'm pleased. It was a doddle to put on and wash out, didn't have a nasty smell and alot quicker than the conditioner/comb method.

CharleneUK

I know that my children's school don't kick you out.

My daughter has had headlice once and it was awful, I actually kept her off myself, but don't know why I bothered as everyone else who had it continued to go to school, I was worried that she'd get it as soon as she returned.

Now, if she catches it again, I'll just send her in as usual.

Sorry this happened, it's pretty awful.

jellyhead

i know someone who doesn't bother treating her daughter and it drives me crazy, not because my child catches nits, he doesn't, but because having had them myself that one time my boy got them on holiday (twice, mine came back the following week) i can't believe anyone could leave their child in so much discomfort. it was AWFUL, it really was. leaving a child with nits is cruel, it's abuse.

i fell out with the mum who doesn't treat her child because it was the summer holidays and i couldn't believe she was going to leave that poor girl with a bleeding head again (child also has eczema) when treating her could leave her nit free for 7 entire weeks! but no, she just said 'well she'll catch them again as soon as she goes back to school, or from another kid in the holidays so i don't see the point'. sigh ... don't childcare facilities notice the nits? can they refuse to have nitty children?

CharleneUK

jellyhead wrote:

i know someone who doesn't bother treating her daughter and it drives me crazy, not because my child catches nits, he doesn't, but because having had them myself that one time my boy got them on holiday (twice, mine came back the following week) i can't believe anyone could leave their child in so much discomfort. it was AWFUL, it really was. leaving a child with nits is cruel, it's abuse.

i fell out with the mum who doesn't treat her child because it was the summer holidays and i couldn't believe she was going to leave that poor girl with a bleeding head again (child also has eczema) when treating her could leave her nit free for 7 entire weeks! but no, she just said 'well she'll catch them again as soon as she goes back to school, or from another kid in the holidays so i don't see the point'. sigh ... don't childcare facilities notice the nits? can they refuse to have nitty children?

That's absolutely disgusting!! Poor child!! :mad:

Anniek1969

I have 3 daughters youngest just 3 so we've yet to go through this with her but my older 2 had them several times throughout primary school. My niece was also at school with them and as she lives with her dad she was always getting them. I look after her when he's at work so I would have to treat her as he just wouldn't bother. I tried everything and I found that the only thing that worked was the bug busting kit which I read about in a magazine, I got it free on prescription from my GP. I followed the instructions and my 2 daughters have been clean ever since and that was about 18 months ago.

My niece however has had them several times since, mainly because the street that she lives in is full of kids that are left to their own devices while the parents are at bingo or in the pub so there are nits galore in her street. She's in high school now and thankfully has managed to keep her head clean for a few months now but she also has eczema and has a bad scalp so the bug buster was definately the best thing for her.

I just wonder if the companys that make these solutions don't really want them to work because they make so much money on these things every year. With the technology they have today surely somebody must be able to come up with a solution.

andycarmi

Anniek1969 wrote:

I just wonder if the companys that make these solutions don't really want them to work because they make so much money on these things every year. With the technology they have today surely somebody must be able to come up with a solution.

Never really thought of it like that!!! Good point

I didn't think schools could send children home! Our school policy is not to send children home!

Broken_hearted

Schools can't kick a child out for headlice, they can't even single the child out for having them. Headlice is something that happens to everyone. I have had them twice when I was working in schools.

Eagle_1

CharleneUK wrote:

I actually kept her off myself, but don't know why I bothered as everyone else who had it continued to go to school, I was worried that she'd get it as soon as she returned.

Yeah but if she was at home with you you would not be getting the name calling because she was scratting. I have always kept my DD off school when she caught nits, I telephone the school and they send letters out so us decent parents will at least check our kids hair.
I tell my DD to tell her friends she had an upset tummy if they ask why she wasnt at school, a little white lie never hurt anyone.

The zapper comb thing I did not find that effective tbh. My Daughter has thick hair and I found that it tangled quite easily in her hair, I used it once and now it is in a cupboard somewhere.

The Bug Busting Kit wins everytime for me, its free and works well as long as parents are prepared to comb through childs hair when they find nits.

loopylass

can some one tell me what the bug busting kit is as ive got the combs
is there any lotion to put on my daughter has fine long hair so its easy to put a comb through

loopylass

can you tell me where you can get Hendrin from is it available in the shops yet or doctors thanks:D

anguk wrote:

I've had problems with my 12 yr old daughter for years, I've tried just about everything but the only time she ever seemed to be totally clear was during the summer holidays when she wasn't at school. I always seemed to be fighting a losing battle as some other parents don't deal with the lice when their child gets them.

Now she's at secondary school it doesn't seem to be so much of a problem and she's been clear for a while but last week I found head lice while doing her usual twice weekly conditioner/comb check-up. This time I've tried a new product called Hedrin, it's not a pesticide, it's odourless and seems to work by suffocating the lice. It's worked too which is a first, even the chemical based lotions don't work on my daughter, so I'm pleased. It was a doddle to put on and wash out, didn't have a nasty smell and alot quicker than the conditioner/comb method.