Nit shampoo for schools.

ahsar32

just thought i'd say you can get the nitty gritty comb on prescription from your nurse/doctor, they cost around a tenner in my local chemist but worth every penny plus if it breaks you can send it back to the address on the packet and they will send you a new one as it's supposed to be unbreakable.

I downloaded a letter from here and gave it to my nurse.
http://www.nittygritty.co.uk

mrs-moneypenny

mine caught them from school (the primary in particular) and its so frustrating but i find them and deal with it as i check the hair regularly, (with having 5 kids i dont want them spreading through the house so i check regularly and when there a problem i check daily as soon as we get home from school so they are removed before they breed! the problem is made worse by people who dont bother checking so those poor children have vast colonies of the things to share amongst the class,
I work in the school and policy there is if we see a 'walker' ie live louse, the family get a phone call to collect their child and are asked to treat the problem before returning. No proof is needed or questions asked about the treatment.
We CANNOT look for anything even if we suspect child has them, if while looking for a bump when child has banged head we see them that is ok but you cant go checking.

Any child can get head lice, clean well cared for loved children for stable families are just as likley to get them as anyone else.


this post is not intended to judge or accuse anyone of anything.

our school tried selling 'nit combs' but no one was interested, it was thought parents were embarrassed to buy them in case anyone found out and thought they had a problem, in my opinon the reverse is true if you have a comb and check the hair they are less likey to have problems as if any 'wander in' you can find and deal with it.;)

milkywoo

i totally agree with morticia1296 , i have four very well cared for children but mine get nits too. every child can get them, clean or otherwise!

NaughtyAngel2007

im forever doing my kids hair and my little girls always getting them. theres a few kids in the school where you just know for sure the parents wouldnt sit and de-nit the kids. it drives me nuts !!!. ive just emailed the school with this link aswell. i brought one of those nitty combs in the holidays , there brill.

stinky_daddy

First posting - so please be gentle!!!

I have to agree with the majority sentiment in that any / all children can / do get nits.

As we have 4 of the little darlings (and my wife has long hair), I seem to be buying Nitrin continuously (sorry not sure of name and also whether we can post brand names or not - so sorry if not suposed to) and usually spend about £40 - £45 a go for a full treatment to clear all :mad: .

I will however be advising her of the comb listed above and also passing along the sign up to the schools / nursery (1 x 8yrs, 1 x 6yrs, 1 @ nursery and 1 ankle-biter at home) that they all attend (the children not my wife!!!!).

It if saves us some money and does as good a job I'm all for it. :j

SPANIEL36

i asked my doctor for one of these nitty gritty combs last week, lloyds chemist stock them too and i gotta say its the best thing i ever used on my daughters hair, all the little white eggs that are really noticeable and embarrassing...they all came out. Wish i'd got one of these years ago

geordie_lass_2

The Nitty Gritty comb is the best £10 I ever spent, I can't speak highly enough of it. It can be used on every member of the family and is very effective. As mentioned it's also available on prescription, I only found this out after I bought it.

The pharmacies in the Durham area have a scheme where you can get free chemical headlouse treatment from them if you bring in a louse stuck to a piece of paper with sellotape. It's possible that this could be nationwide so it's worth asking before you buy any treatments.

Goofygaz

I do apologieze to Morticia and milkymoo if my comments upset you.
But I never made any personnal attacks towards anyone and I certainly did not say that that kids who have nits are in danger I was meerly saying that in our school there are certain cases where children are not lucky enough to have caring parents who look after them . perhaps i should have been more precise in the way I wrote and not generalized.
As for your comments Morticia about me being blinkered and needing more tact you should perhaps read your message back to yourself to see how it sounds.
At the end of the day we are not here to pull each other apart you have a view and so do I .
As long as we all look out for our children and believe me we wouldn't be posting on this board if we didn't we are doing a good thing.
Am just off to comb through my girls and myself, luckily enough hubbie has no hair.
Take care and please be nice to each other

lmcg123cat

I am a school nurse assistant and can I just say that as far as I am aware any child with headlice can get FREE treatment from their GP, they should not be having to pay for it, as geordie-lass said here in Durham it is free over the counter in the chemist but any child who has head lice and gets an appointment with the nurse or GP should be able to get it free. And can I be a pain here and point out that nits are actually the empty egg shells not the live lice...:D .....a child with a head full of "nits" may not necessarily have head lice. Please remember also when traeting that you need to leave the lotion on at least overnight..not ten mins as it says on some bottles...and repeat after 7 days to kill any lice that have hatched out from eggs unaffected by the first treatment.

dozy_dora

lmcg123cat wrote: »

I am a school nurse assistant and can I just say that as far as I am aware any child with headlice can get FREE treatment from their GP, they should not be having to pay for it, as geordie-lass said here in Durham it is free over the counter in the chemist but any child who has head lice and gets an appointment with the nurse or GP should be able to get it free. And can I be a pain here and point out that nits are actually the empty egg shells not the live lice...:D .....a child with a head full of "nits" may not necessarily have head lice. Please remember also when traeting that you need to leave the lotion on at least overnight..not ten mins as it says on some bottles...and repeat after 7 days to kill any lice that have hatched out from eggs unaffected by the first treatment.

:T :T :T :T ..........EGGSactly!!:D

In addition ..........inbetween 2 treatments comb conditioner through hair with nitcomb, also helps to get rid of newly hatched lice