Headlice (merged)

morganb

Don't forget to boil wash all bedding, towels, etc., as well.

kj*daisy

ONly thing I find shifts them properly is Hedrin or Full Marks solution (the oily non smelly one) these are oils that dry out the lice. You have to repeat it after 7 days. Then we keep on top of it with combing. I have also just bought a nitty gritty comb and it definately gets more eggs out than a normal nit comb.

jackiegibbo

A friend of mine used to do the combing in front of the tv while a favourite programme or dvd was on to distract her daughter.She put an old white bath towel on the floor(which went straight into machine for a boil wash) to collect the little horrors and because her daughter was distracted by the tv she could do it for a long time!!:D

purplepatch

I'm a headlice expert!! We've had 3 lots of it this year, I've tried the full marks stuff, and the nitty gritty comb with only limited success.

By an absolute mile, the best thing I bought was this Bug Buster kit which is a set of combs, three (one large and two small) to remove lice at all stages of development and one to remove the empty egg shells. The difference between this and the nitty gritty comb is that this one is so easy to use and glides through the hair quickly and doesn't pull on the hair at all, which is soooo important when they are tiny - my DD cried when I used the nitty gritty comb and it kept snapping her hair.

You comb every fourth day during a two week period which is the period of time necessary to ensure that the lice are removed at all stages of development - so important whatever comb you use as it can take a couple of weeks for eggs to hatch out so only combing a couple of times will mean that you will not catch all of them. Only adult lice can lay eggs, so once you've removed them, it is just a case of waiting for the eggs they've laid to all hatch and remove them before they are mature enough to lay more. Hope that makes sense!

I now use the yellow lice comb once a week to comb through as I can whizz it through in 5 minutes and I know that DD is nit free. She's got long thick tangly hair and it really does get through it easily. I just do it in the bath when I'm washing her hair.

geekgirl

purplepatch wrote: »

By an absolute mile, the best thing I bought was this Bug Buster kit which is a set of combs, three (one large and two small) to remove lice at all stages of development and one to remove the empty egg shells. The difference between this and the nitty gritty comb is that this one is so easy to use and glides through the hair quickly and doesn't pull on the hair at all, which is soooo important when they are tiny - my DD cried when I used the nitty gritty comb and it kept snapping her hair.

You comb every fourth day during a two week period which is the period of time necessary to ensure that the lice are removed at all stages of development - so important whatever comb you use as it can take a couple of weeks for eggs to hatch out so only combing a couple of times will mean that you will not catch all of them. Only adult lice can lay eggs, so once you've removed them, it is just a case of waiting for the eggs they've laid to all hatch and remove them before they are mature enough to lay more. Hope that makes sense!

I can second this, my daughter only had to look at a kid with lice and she had them. This was the only regime that worked with her, I used the kit with a cheap bottle of conditioner. I would pin her hair up and do it in sections to make sure I got every last little bit.

Its rotten getting lice isn't it!!!

nickj_2

do not waste money on headlice shampoos imo they are ineffective
use the finetooth comb + conditioner will do the trick , it may take a week or more to get rid of all the eggs , search hair in small strands looking for eggs , i found that having a strong lamp makes it easier to spot them , even when you think that you've got them all out - keep going for a few more days just in case
and of course check weekly

Savvy_Sue

sealady wrote: »

What part of washing their hair do you children not like, years ago you could get a special head guard that you place on the childs head and it stopped the water getting into their eyes. I've tried to find a picture or a link but so far not having much luck

I found this on Amazon by googling shampoo shield. There are different sorts: we had a couple of different ones, probably from Mothercare and Toys'R'Us. They did help until DS1 grew out of his anti-hair washing phase ...

TASHMA

purplepatch wrote: »

I'm a headlice expert!! We've had 3 lots of it this year, I've tried the full marks stuff, and the nitty gritty comb with only limited success.

By an absolute mile, the best thing I bought was this Bug Buster kit which is a set of combs, three (one large and two small) to remove lice at all stages of development and one to remove the empty egg shells. The difference between this and the nitty gritty comb is that this one is so easy to use and glides through the hair quickly and doesn't pull on the hair at all, which is soooo important when they are tiny - my DD cried when I used the nitty gritty comb and it kept snapping her hair.

You comb every fourth day during a two week period which is the period of time necessary to ensure that the lice are removed at all stages of development - so important whatever comb you use as it can take a couple of weeks for eggs to hatch out so only combing a couple of times will mean that you will not catch all of them. Only adult lice can lay eggs, so once you've removed them, it is just a case of waiting for the eggs they've laid to all hatch and remove them before they are mature enough to lay more. Hope that makes sense!

I now use the yellow lice comb once a week to comb through as I can whizz it through in 5 minutes and I know that DD is nit free. She's got long thick tangly hair and it really does get through it easily. I just do it in the bath when I'm washing her hair.

I couldn't agree more - You order it off the internet and arrives within a few days. Well worth the money - I wouldn't be without mine.

Violetta_2

sealady wrote: »

I used the conditioner method on a daily basis and then on a weekly basis used Hedrin.

It does not have a smell like some of the other nit treatments it's more like baby oil on their heads. What part of washing their hair do you children not like, years ago you could get a special head guard that you place on the childs head and it stopped the water getting into their eyes. I've tried to find a picture or a link but so far not having much luck

I picked a shampoo shield up from woolies ages ago when my dd started hating getting her hair washed , it didn't help that much, so far she's not had nit's YET. But something I did try a few weeks ago and kick myself for not trying it sooner was swimming goggles, got a pink pair in poundland, worth a shot at that price I thought. I won't lie she does not like having her hair washed but she will let me do it now, bloomin stroppy for a 3 yr old!!!

ATMLADY

Tea tree oil bottle for a pound from poundland its useful to treat hair lice.