Everyone seems to have differing advice. I mean doctors differ to pharmacists who differ to schools who differ to friends. My ds has nits, but because I'm 7 weeks pregnant I thought I'd better check with the pharmacist as to what to use around me. He proceeded to give me a long lecture that differs completely to anything else I've been told. There are some that say that regular combing with conditioner and a comb is the only sure way. The schools round here disagree and say that chemicals - the stronger the better are the way forward. A couple of months ago a health official on Kent radio announced that the new mousses that get put in and left for 30 minutes are the way forward as they coat the lice and suffocate them. Then today the pharmacists told me that only a 24 hour lotion should be used, that no chemical on the market actually kills the eggs and that I should only treat the child with the live one found. But that I should wet comb that child's hair every night for the next 7 days. (I can't help but wonder at the point of the loition at this point - apart from costing me 14 quid!!). Also what happened to the idea of treating the whole family and cleaning all the beds, towels and hair stuff!
The reasons this is such an amazing heartache for me is that my eldest child has aspergers and NO ONE touches her hair. Hair wash days are AWFUL. She's sensitive to smells and the idea of going through her hair tonight is turning my stomach.
So what is the best way?
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So what is the current recommended way to treat nits?!
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Wills · 06/04/2009 18:29
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