To clipper cut DS’s with lice

I actually cut my DDs hair pretty short after months of repeated lice (class not being treated).
Girls can have short hair!
OP are they up for having their hair shorter? Doesn't have to be a no.1

That comment is unnecessary.

I buzzed my ds’s hair to a grade 3 when he was 6yo. There was a kid with long curly hair whose parents just never bothered with his nits. He was a good friend of my ds and my ds kept catching them and giving them to me and my dd.

After I buzzed his to a grade 3, the nit problem was solved. They can’t live in very short hair because it’s too warm if they are too close to the scalp.

My ds is now an adult and has had the grade 3 haircut constantly since the age of 6. No brushing no combing no nits and never looks out of place. Less use of shampoo, dries instantly. It’s absolutely brilliant.

What grade are you defining 'buzz'? Because a grade 6 is very very different to a grade 1 cut.

Also remember that you still need to treat and regularly check for lice and eggs. Lice can live on very short hair.

Get them all to absolutely slather (and I mean SLATHER) their hair in the thickest cheap conditioner you can find, they need to really rub it in thick. They can sit like that for a few hours and it should smother the lice. Then start combing through. Not all on ypu though, 11yo can help surely with his younger brothers?

Don't be so bloody lazy. Yes, it's annoying and time consuming but it's part and parcel of having kids in school.

Conditioner and a nitty gritty comb and just get on with it woman. They'll be lice free after a couple of weeks.

If they're ok with having short hair, give them a no.8 clipper cut (1inch), then get rid of the nits and then take them to the barber for a proper style.

No need to buzz it all off.

I’m a Primary teacher, in 20 years of teaching I’ve never seen a girl with a buzz cut. You’re talking rubbish.

Are you going to shave your head, as most likely you have them too?

If the boys want their heads shaved go ahead. If they don't then it's cruel. Just treat them properly.

No don’t do that. Go to a big chemist and buy whatever nit products are on special offer. Treat them today and then do it again next week. There is one that you need to leave on for just 5 mins. A buzz cut would be horrible for them.

You can douse their hair in vodka if you want a good effective treatment (or perfumers alcohol) I did this on my daughter when she was 6 and her lice kept coming back

You can’t shave your children’s heads just because you are too busy to treat them properly, that’s appalling!

As they've all got nits , it must have taken a few days to spread , so you'll need to treat yourself and DH . Are you going to buzz cut yourselves too !

If you look up the stats, even a completely shaved head can get lice..my youngest DD at primary school a long time ago,had thick waist length hair,tied in high ponytail , because of asthma and eczema could not use standard treatments. Our local pharmacist said you have to check the hair 3 times a day, morning, after school, bedtime. I relayed this to the Head, nothing happened. Standard letter still went out....check hair every 3 days. I tried electric combs. In the end it was in the bath and comb through with thick conditioner every night
We were told they prefer blonde straight hair, this was certainly her!

are you going to shave your head at the same time?

Just do a normal cut not shaved but maybe a little shorter than normal. Nitty gritty comb with conditioner then treat then the next day repeat with comb and conditioner they’ll be gone quickly

Yes absolutely. It's just a buzz cut. It will soon grow out. You're lucky they're boys!

I do DS's with a number 5 on top and then 3-4 on the back and sides. I think it's a nice style, I would think something like that would be fine. Or if you don't want to comb and they don't want it cut use Hedrin Once and do two treatments 7 days apart. I used to do this for my DD who has sensory issues and very thick hair.

I would treat rather than cutting their hair off.
My DD currently has head lice and it's a nightmare but we are persevering. Her hair is long and thick.
Do your boys want a buzz cut?

Can lice use clippers?

I’m the opposite of all these responses, I think it’s cruel to allow them to have nits when you can shave it all off in minutes. I shaved my hair during the pandemic and it was so nice not to have to worry about lice combing.
The treatments don’t work first time (IME) and as you’ve experienced it’s cruel to pass them onto parent who don’t need any additional pressure.

Alot of schools don't allow buzz cuts, our school doesn't allow anything below a 2 hair cut. But buzz cutting your kids hair over lice is ridiculous. You put the lice lotion on to kill them - then you fine comb them all out. It's not a fun task, but you will have to do it anyway.

The school will also have to send out a note to the class letting parents know there is an incidence of lice in the class - and your boys turning up to school with two shaved heads will just let all the other children know exactly who had the lice 🙄

Just douse them in cheap hair conditioner, let it sit for a while and comb it with one of the nitty gritty combs.It's not really difficult.
If you do this at least once a week for a few weeks they'll be nit free.

Chances are you have them. Will you shave your hair?