What works best for nits?

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Just found some nits in dd hair. Do I wait for them to hatch and then use over the counter treatment and is there one that works better than the rest?
Also does it work on the nits or just lice?
Is there a better way to rid the nits than combing every one out?
Sorry so many questions, first time finding them.

I’ve tried every treatment going and nothing is working 🥲 just following for any other ideas!

There's not a one hit wonder with them unfortunately. The treatment kills the lice by suffocating them in a plastic-like coating but this doesn't guarantee kill the eggs. The unhatched eggs are a pearly colour and you can almost see the lice inside. The hatched eggs remain on the hair and appear as a white flaky casing. It's literally a case of treating, combing through every day for 1 week with a nit comb and a ton of conditioner, treating again 7 days after the first treat. Wash pillow/bedding regularly. You can also physically pick them off the hair.

You will need the Nitty Gritty comb. Regular combing with this worked for my kids, although they had fairly manageable hair.

Lyclear and regular nit combing with conditioner. Miserable!

nits are lice?

Don't wait for them to hatch...there's more than likely a family of lice settling in and so it's a case of mixed methods. They have a hatch cycle of 1 week so you want to treat again after a week and in the meantime keep the combing/manually removing the nits. It's honestly a nightmare if they set in and I had boys who I could buzz cut.

Get a base oil like almond oil add lots of drops of tea tree, clove and eucalyptus oil, mix well rub into all the hair, then wrap all the hair up tight in cling film, leave as long as possible, an hour at the least, then when ready to wash off a tiny bit of hot water and lots of shampoo, it won't lather much the first time but should on second shampoo, then conditioner and comb through with nit comb, and wash all bedding towels and hair accessories.

The nitty gritty comb is absolutely brilliant. No treatments other than that necessary. It gets out every egg or at least it did for my five.

Nits are the eggs, and the shells of them after the lice have hatched.

The nitty gritty comb was good, as was the robicomb (I think it was called). The latter had a battery in and electrocuted the live lice whilst also removing the nits pretty well too. It was what finally worked for my DD1.

Vosene Defense Spray to prevent as and when the email comes round from school.

Also worth informing school as then other parents can check and treat so there's not reinfection.

I thought nits were the empty eggshell, and that it is those that itch? The lice are the live creatures.

I find that conditioner and nitty gritty comb every other day, and keep going until no lice found has worked for us. It is hard work with long hair though.

You have to look at the life cycle. Use the lotion, niity gritty comb then at least once more between the last egg hatching but before they can reproduce. The more times you do it, then more likely you get all of them. I don't belive anything kills the eggs. This a good one, also boots own shampoo are good but the eggs do not die, that's not my experience.

Also I was surprised that ds12 had caught them from dd10. I didn't think they ever got that close. So do check any other siblings ( and you, I too had them)

We used the nitwits all in one treatment and the nitty gritty comb and they were totally cleared in an hour or so. We now always use a prevention spray and haven't had them since we've been using the spray.

We used this on very long very thick hair. Worked first time.

I recommend the Nitty Gritty comb. It really works.

I have the nitty gritty comb but doesn’t shift the eggs unfortunately. My daughter has incredibly thick, coarse hair that is waist length. It takes me 4 hours to do her hair 🥲

Conditioner and comb comb comb comb. Daily for at least 2 weeks.

It's a right PITA but only think that genuinely works in my experience

I've found that too! Bought one but it just goes right over the top of eggs 😢 we had a very narrow comb and many nights of repeated combing

Conditioner and the nitty gritty comb is good. I found the stuff which suffocates them good too, I think the brand I found best is Lycoclear.

Slather hair in any own brand tea tree conditioner. We used to use Tesco's own, cheap as chips!
Leave on for a bit, then use the nitty gritty comb.

Dd had nits and luce when she was young. It coincided with the 2007 floods and ourcwater being cut off, with literally drinking water and inches of water for washing. Managed to get rid of them by using a nitty gritty comb twice a day, nothing else

If you can see eggs, she's almost certainly got live ones too.

I found by far and away the best was the mouthwash Listerine.
Soak the (dry) hair in it, then put it under a shower cap for about 15 minutes. Then wash hair as normal. The nits literally float off, we used to say they were drunk.

You do need to do it two or three times, but it was so less arduous than the horrible over the counter stuff, or combing, that it was much better.

Nitty gritty comb or nit wits nit treatment. See YouTube for tips on wet combing. X

I work with kids. The treatments often don't work. You need to comb wait 4 days comb wait 4 days and keep going with that until you get nothing combing. Comb everyone in the house. Inform school/childcare and they will tell other parents there is an outbreak and not name your child.

It’s so hard isn’t it. I do my daughter’s hair every couple of weeks and it’s infuriating! Nothing I seem to do works and we comb her hair about 4-5 times a week and have tried numerous different products over many many weeks. And we use the nitty gritty comb.