Headlice (merged)

Yoga_Girl

Combing is the best way to get rid of them, they come out much easier if you comb whilst the conditioner is still on the hair. You have to repeat it every few days as well to get any lice that have just hatched.

My daughter has long hair also so yes, it is quite a job to comb through!

We found that Neem Oil shampoo is pretty good as a natural remedy, you can buy it on line or from health shops, neem oil is used as a natural insect repellant.

I read some research that said head lice are now becoming resistive to the chemical treatments! Best sticking to condition and comb!

Other natural treatments that are meant to be good are tea-tree oil, I think thats used in quite a lot of the natural remedies.

looby75

I forgot to say in my last post, once you have got rid of the lice get a spray bottle, fill it with water, add a few drops of tea tree oil and a the same amount of Lavender oil. Shake well and give your daughter/step daughters hair a light misting of the mixture. It works fanstasticly well as a repelant. Once I started using the mix on my daughters hair she never got headlice again.

bedshaped

This is the stuff I recommend

http://www.xit-headlice.co.uk/

Expensive - no more expensive than Full marks, lyclear etc really but definitely effective and therefore much better value I think.

Perhaps a cheaper alternative - I saw some 200ml bottles of shampoo and conditioner in Poundland that might be worth a try - they are called 'head on' and also contain essential oils of tea tree, eucalyptus & neem oil, havent tried it myself but I intend to if DD ever gets lice again.

hth
Bedshaped

helen_vasey

The only remedy in my experience is wait till they start high school! :rotfl: my dd had them every single year throughout primary school, I would get totally rid of them in the summer and then every september they would re-appear as if by magic, once she started high school she never got them again. fine, long hair is absolutely the worst for getting nits. wet combing is the only way to keep them under control.

salli9

If you have the time try removing the eggs from the hair, very tedious, but twice I did this with my daughter when she was younger, it prevented them hatching out. The eggs attach themselves near to the roots and are visible, once you look, even with blonde hair, drag hair between your fingers and remove them. My daughter didn't like it much but prefered it to the thought of the lice.

Quackers

looby75 wrote:

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)

I got talked into trying that by the pharmacist and found it pants. It didn't work at all. Just my experience though.

I usually use nice 'n' clear which is another chemical free product which I've always found works really well. They've got their own website too:

www.lice.co.uk (isn't that perfect )

I need to leave this thread now - I'm itching :rolleyes:

squibbs25

I would just like to say thank you very much for all your help and advice, i honestly didnt expect any replies.
Nice to know we are not on our own :j

Peakma

Rachie_B wrote:

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

Second that.The nitty gritty comb is the best thing ever!Forget all the derived remedies people conjure up ,and all the wrapping heads in cling film,Just get a nitty gritty,they are available on prescription-so free for children.When I've had to use it I slap loads of conditioner on the kids(with a few drops of tea tree-don't know if this helps-but smells like it should!) and comb through until the comb comes out nit free for a while,I rinse the comb out in a jug of water every stroke,and then look at all the drowned ones at the bottom in victory!(The cycle of the head lice from nit to fully grown lice is ,I think about 2 weeks)So I do this every bathtime for the next couple of weeks or until I'm certain they are gone,although I must sat it generally sorts it out first time,I just like to be sure.
Please everyone get a nitty gritty,I truely beleive if every household with young children used one of these the problem could nationaly be reduced.Before I discovered it the kids had nits and I was spent hours a day combing through my reluctant wriggling kids who were fed up with it,for weeks on end as they hoped back and forth and kept bringing them home from school.

streetgirl74

My daughter had nits once and then someone advised me to wash and condition her hair in tea tree shampoo and conditioner, i have used the tescos ones ever since and touch wood she hasnt had any nits :j

Mishy

It doesn't matter what stuff you put on the hair because at the end of the day you are still going to have to comb the lice out. So I would say just use a lot of conditioner.

Mishy