Headlice (merged)

Penny-Pincher!!

DD has had nits on and off for the past 2 years-i tried everything. In the last 6 months I have started using straightners a couple of times a week and she hasnt had one nit!! Very impressed.

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looby75

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

DD has had nits on and off for the past 2 years-i tried everything. In the last 6 months I have started using straightners a couple of times a week and she hasnt had one nit!! Very impressed.

heat gets the little blighters every time

cindiedunkley any news about the schools response to your relatives problem yet?

squibbs25

Hello, im sure this would have been on here before but i dont have the time to search, so appologies in advance. My step-daughter is staying with us for a few days and she has head lice, i wondered if there was an alternative i could use on her hair instead of the chemicals from the chemists. She is 10, i will also need to treat my 3yo daughter too. As we are in to money saving i wondered if there is an old fashioned remedy that has been effective
thanks

tanith

I think they recommend just 'combing' nowadays as many of the products just don't work anymore....

Wash hair and put lots of conditioner on and just comb and comb and comb with a nit comb... it needs to be done regularly if they are coming into contact with it at school.... my daughter does her kids hair as part of bathtime routine.....
I am not sure if I would be happy putting chemicals on a 3yr old head

good luck

looby75

There is a product called Hedrin which is supposed to be very safe and very effective. I've never used it but I've heard good things about it. Apparently you can get it on prescription from your gp now too so it won't cost a penny (if you get it in your daughters name)

cheekymole

I agree with tanith, loads of conditioner and lots of combing, tea tree is good too

Crispy_Ambulance

The only remedy that really works is putting loads of conditioner on and combing with a proper nit comb. And doing it every 3 days for 2 weeks or thereabouts.

squibbs25

I did well condition sd's hair and comb it through yesterday, but she seems to have quite a few, i just wondered if there was a more effective way of clearing them. She has long hair too, so it takes ages! Now little one is scratching, HELP! going mad
Also how often do i have to wash bedding and pillow cases because of the head lice, normally do bedding about every 9 days?

ps, thanks everyone for replies

fannyadams

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/head_lice.html

Lice don't live away from the scalp and infestation is via them crawling from hair to hair, so laundry I don't think is an issue.However, if infested with Scabies on the other hand you would need to wash bedding in boil wash every 3 days, until the little b*ggers are dead!

Rachie_B

the only thing that ive found to work well is nitty gritty http://www.nittygritty.co.uk/ng/index.jsp?page=/productListing.jsp its an all natural / aromatherapy product