How do I get fleas out of human hair?
By Kristy
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I use dawn dish soap on the dogs and sometimes the family. The fleas hate the dish soap and die or drown when trying to run away. We have a big prolem with fleas from stray animals. I good shampooing with the dawn should take care of it. Good luck!
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If you have an animal, the fleas will prefer to live on him. Are you sure they are fleas? If your animal has fleas, treat him with a remedy from the vet. Nothing else works. Trust me! I have 3 dogs, and they are treated every month with 'Comfortis.' You can also try 'Advantage' or 'Frontline Plus.' You don't need a prescription for Advantage or Frontline, but you do for Comfortis.
Ok I never knew that it was possible to get fleas in my hair but I swear that has got to be what is causing my head to itch like crazy and the last few times I have taken a bath instead of a shower I found dead fleas in the water! Tonight I found 4! This is really freaking me out, I have been in CA for the last 6 months I just got home about 2 weeks ago and with in a few days I started itching. I haven't notices any bites any where else on my body and only my head itches. What I can't figure out is why we have fleas in the house? We do not have any pets right now, our 11yr old cat had to be put to sleep on 3-1-11 due to kidney failure and I have always used Advantage on him.
# Nickie00
Even though your cat has passed on, and despite you using Advantage, flea eggs will have been dropped around the place. and they remain viable for 2 years or longer, waiting to hatch when conditions are right (humidity etc). It only takes a couple of eggs to hatch and develop into fleas, then the breeding cycle starts and gathers momentum at a frightening pace.
I too have fleas in my hair, and they're driving me crazy. I'm quite sure they're actually breeding there. If only I had a bathtub then I'd follow what some others on this page have done. Unfortunately I live in an extremely infested apartment and as I am the only host (no pets) the fleas live off my blood. I'm bitten up to 12 times a day.
In recent months they've taken to leaping from my head down my neck and are biting the top of my back where it's really hard to scratch. They really are cursed little beasties. I've done everything within my budget to get rid of them but it's a lost battle.
All year round however freezing the weather I have to wear shorts while inside otherwise they get into my trousers and crawl around my legs and butt biting when and where they feel like. At least with shorts on I can shake them back out much more easily.
I've heard of people that have had to flee their homes for good because of unstoppable infestations. I know the feeling well, and if I had the where-with-all I'd do the same.
They are Lice not fleas.They live in your hair and itch like crazy! That's why you can find them floating in the water. But take caution, you must still kill them, just cause their in the water doesn't mean they're dead. And they can be the size of fleas big and black. If you catch one you must kill it with your nails. sqwuishing it in your fingers does not kill it. The same goes for killing ticks and fleas (they bite you but these do not make their home in your hair)
Best remedy: lice shampoo.
Home Remedies: Vinegar - soak head with vinegar. let sit for 5 min then rinse and comb through with very thin comb. (warning : it might feel like your scalp burns because of the little open lice bites)
DYE your hair: hair dye kills them. (follow directions on dye box)
I know people keep saying they are lice. .but it is not true. I taught ESL in the schools and lived through head lice from some African children who brought it with them from the homeland. It is quite different. A family member brought fleas to my home and they crawl bite and mess on my head. They like my head better than anything. I have tried all the mentioned things. Diatomaceous earth nearly killed me from breathing it in, borax, salt, vinegar, rosemary water, essential oils and dawn dish washing detergent did nothing but leave my skin with chemical burns. I put oil in my hair over night, sudsy soaps, sulphur soaps for an hour or two and nothing clears them completely. I am not sure what to do. Salt on my body and hair gives me some relief but only temporary a borax bath with my hair under water helps temporarily.
Yes my dog is on advantix II for two months, yes I vacuum often , wash clothes and bedding. The Vet said to plan on three months and be diligent vacuuming to wake the little pupae up so they could be killed by the vacuum cleaner. Wish I could vacuum my head.
They ARE FLEAS. I am experiencing a "cat" flea infestation that started when my son moved out with his cat. I am a dog owner and have cancer so have always used Diatomaceous Earth, essential oils and coconut oil. I have never had a flea problem. My dogs coats are usually beautiful. They were bald using my cancer friendly, never failed me in the past, treatments. BTW? using apple cider vinegar? It does nothing to deter them. I detox daily and love the taste. Apparently so do cat fleas. I am trying to get a dumpster and all the furniture except my bedroom that has upholstery is getting trashed. The majority of my home is hardwood floors. I use the DE and have central air and ceiling fans. So it is dispersed EVERYWHERE. Still we are infested. I was my dogs and my hair in Dawn. It kills the live fleas. Comb comb comb. I use the coconut oil as it deters, even seems to kill some, and helps with drying out skin. Lavender essentially oil has always kept DOG fleas off of furniture and dog bedding. Been using DE (it is useless if wet) and not working. I tea tree all of us. Usually works. Not when this infested. I cannot fog the large areas. I had already planned to rip out the carpet in the two bedrooms. Mine was done 3 years ago. Am happy for the first time I was bitten by a WOLF SPIDER while sitting on my brand new memory foam. I have not slept in there for 2 years so I get to keep it! Had never seen anything like that. Looked like a tarantula without the orange color. In Indiana where humidity has been the worst since I landed here 10 years ago. Weirdest bugs EVER.
All I can suggest if you are infested like I never knew was POSSIBLE? Keep vacuuming, I find my shop vac with the floor/carpet attachment works better than ANYTHING. Suction is so great? It is difficult at times to lift off my hardwood floors. Use tea tree oil on filter and bags. Clean every time (am starting that today. Transportation issues prevented me before) I am working on one room daily to have a "safe" hopefully flealess area. I am even using "Sevin" I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS!!! On the floors, moving around with a dollar tree broom, vacuuming it, and replacing filter and bags in shop vac. My friend had same problem and it worked. I never thought my DE would let me down. I use it year round, along with essential oils, and never saw a flea on me.
Oh...they don't like my Oregonian blood as much as the Hoosier dogs so only bites on my head! I am sick now as I haven't dyed my hair in a couple of months? I am seeing nasties everywhere! Seriously considering putting it all over my body.
One more thing. Lice do lay eggs. Just cause you get rid of the hatched ones doesn't mean your clear. The eggs will be close to the root of the hair. Most commonly found near the warmer places on your head; behind your ears on your neck.
The live eggs are brown the dead ones are white. Again to kill the egg your have to do it between your finger nail and you will hear a high pitch pop (only for the live ones).
I lived in a third world country. The kids came home with this once a year.
Yes fleas can and will live in your hair, especially if there is no animal around for them to live off of! Our dog contracted fleas this summer and my husband had to leave and take him with him out of state for a couple of months (he's a seeing eye dog), now the fleas are attacking me and my kids. I can feel them crawling around in my hair, and I know it's not my imagination.
Fleas can live in human hair because I am pretty sure that that is what I have. How do I know? Well lice normally just makes you itchy, but in my case my head is itchy, it feels like sometimes something is biting my head and it hurts and I can feel them crawling all over the top of my head. That is another clue that it is most likely not lice because you cant feel the lice crawling on your head and they typically feed on your scalp behind the ears and behind your head.
I know that a quick way to kill them is to wash your hair with dawn dish soap because fleas hate dish soap and they drown in it and die. After you are done washing your hair, you need to clean off your bed and put whatever sheets, blankets or anything that you, well, cuddle or sleep with into the washer. Next you need to get all of your pillows cushions etc. into the dryer and keep them in there for at least hour. The heat coming from the dryer kills them. Last, I would put all of your brushes in a pot of simmering water because it might have eggs in them and the heat kills them. So good luck!
Yes! Fleas CAN live in hair! I went to my daughter's house about 2 weeks ago and spent several nights. While I was there, my head started itching something fierce. Come to find out, her fairly large dog, who is allowed on the furniture, has fleas really bad.
I came home, washed my hair and the itching eased up a bit. So I figured the fleas were gone and the bites were beginning to heal. Then last night, the itching started again and I noticed new bites! Apparently the fleas were gone, but they left me a bunch of their eggs!
I am going to try some vinegar and some Palmolive dish soap and hopefully, that will be the end of it!
Yes, fleas can jump on human hair, mobile and even your laptop. As the eggs are very tiny, they can fly to your hair when you play with the pet or when your pet shake their fur. If there is no pet they will feed on human, not their best choice.
If you have fleas on your hair:
1) try apply a lot of conditional or baby oil on your hair and then use the fleas comb to comb them. Wash away the conditional with dawn dish wash or joy or any other dish wash. Repeat until you feel they are not biting your face.
2) cut your hair shorter will make it easier for you.
3) use dawn dish washer and let it sit for a 5-10 mins and then apply conditional to replenish the oil. Repeat until you feel they are gone. Then repeat every week for a while just to be safe.
4) use head and shoulder shampoo, let it sit for 5-10 mins, then wash off and apply conditional. Repeat daily till you feel they are gone.
5) you can use tea tree mix with water to repeal them but they will just jump into your house. So you do need to treat the house. But for prevention that is good. But if you spray your hair, you need to spray very little on your face (not so strong) or they will attack your face.
Remove all the hair brush as it will be easy for them to hide inside, try to use normal comb that you can wash with boiling water with soap water and then rise with water with 2 drop of tea tree oil.
Meanwhile, treat your pet, house, bedding and cloths.
Wash your cloths in hot wash will not kill them at once as they will keep jumping back so keep washing them until your house is clean.
I still have not find a way to get rid of them from mobile/ laptop/ hard disk. Just need to do regular maintainance to make sure we get rid of them.
And do take note of cloths / material / towel / rug that you buy from any shop that is not wrap up, best to wash them with hot wash the moment you reach home. Some people love to keep their new cloths when they get home, if there is a flea in any of them it will jump to the rest. Cloths that is manufacture in large quantity are all throw around on the floor before they appear in the store. So hot wash will kill the dust mite / fleas / whatever that come along. This is a good practice.
If you are wearing your shoe and walk on soil and dirty ground, then try not to store your shoe with your cloths. What jump on your shoe will then jump on your cloths since they are store in the same place.
Go to the doctors and they might help. Iv'e had them before and that's what I did and my hair is back to normal.
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