I have had them before and now I do again. It is so frustrating. My scalp really hurts when I scratch it. It bleeds and I am concerned I will get an infection. I tried the treatment, but it did not work. Please help.
Alisa
Headlice are a pain, but go to the doc and get a prescription for the stronger NIX they will write for you, also make sure it is not something else like an allergy or a dermatitis problem.
Other than that, here is a way I got rid of lice from my girls who got it from an extracurricular activity: It is very simple. For the next 3 weeks, every time you shampoo you hair in the tub or shower, use Dawn first and let it sit about 3 minutes and rinse it out.
The most important thing is to have a metal lice comb. Flea combs are too large and the plastic ones they give you in the products you buy are not good or effective. I would buy about 4 lice combs and put them in each room with a roll of toilet paper and a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol. Then when you comb out your hair, and you don't really have to comb all the way down since they will be within two inches of the scalp, I do because it makes my hair look prettier.
For the treatment time, I used the lice comb everyday about 4 times and then an extra 6 times. I bought one that had a magnifying glass on it. Every time you go into the bathroom, comb through your hair with a lice comb. You can have a little bowl of soapy water, and you will be able to see the lice and nits come out. Each time you think of your hair or each time you have an itch. Lice comb your hair. I actually like these combs, they are great.
With repeated shampoos with Dawn, letting it sit for 2 minutes or so, shampooing with regular shampoo and lice combing 6 or 7 times a day for three weeks or so should do it.
I would wash all my clothes and bedsheets and whatever with Dawn, and spray with rubbing alcohol everything else you are near.
The main thing in treating lice is not the stuff you put on the hair to kill lice, it is combing them out, both the lice and the nits. Hope this helps. (12/15/2009)
By Robyn Fed
Prescriptions can be dangerous to use over and over. When our grandchildren had lice, we covered hair in mayonnaise, then covered with shower cap for 4 hours or overnight. Then we washed and rinsed in vinegar. Then use the nit comb to comb out dead lice. Keep doing this until the lice are completely gone. After lice are gone wash hair every day or every 2 days and use blow dryer to keep lice free. It's a bit of work, but there is no easy way to get rid of lice. (12/16/2009)
By Marjorie
Well, when I was a kid my mom put tea tree oil on it. It really works. They hate the smell and will leave within days.
(12/16/2009)
By Jimmy2000
The best and healthiest thing to do is smother your head in conditioner and then comb your hair out with a thin-toothed comb. (12/18/2009)
By Stina
First of all, not only do you have head lice, so does your: hairbrush, pillow, winter coat collar, couch cushions, carpet, snuggie blanket, bedding, mattress, bed blankets, bath towels, hat, toboggan, scrunchies, and possibly your cell phone cover, get the picture?
Secondly, do not wait the ten days the package says before re-treating your hair. They will already be on round #2 by then. Retreat your hair at seven days, for about three weeks. While the solution is in your hair, brush through with your hairbrush or comb, and let the solution sit in the brush while you treat your hair.
Also, steady comb through with the nit comb while the solution is in. Not like normal combing, but pull the section straight out from your head, lay the nit comb flat against your scalp, and push it up against the hair as you go straight out from your head.
Now, the lawn and garden center has a concentrate by Ortho and other manufacturers for aphids on roses, this stuff is exactly the same stuff that is in your lice shampoo. Wash everything that has come into contact with your head. Take the couch cushion covers off and wash them with detergent and the aphid solution, seal the foam rubber cushions in large lawn and leaf bags, and then put the clean covers back on over the cushions. Same with throw pillows, bed pillows, coats, scarves, etc. Put the aphid solution in your carpet shampooer and have at it.
Don't forget your car interior, if it is cloth, put plastic bags over the seats and head rests for at least two weeks. Lice can't live long unless they can feed. Then check the kids, their friend's heads, and anyone else who may be re-introducing the lice back into the house.
I know all of this may seem extreme, but when our six children were little and lice shampoo had to be bought out of pocket, they all decided to play lice merry-go-round, and this is how I stopped it, once and for all.
Anything less, and your are wasting your time and money-they will come back. Good luck (12/20/2009)
By Gloria Hayes
I am using baby oil right now. it makes the nits suffocate and they can't hold on to your hair and the bugs can't either. (03/25/2010)
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