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to consider vacuuming my DD's head?

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SlightlyJaded · 15/12/2011 20:37

So in the last two years we have tried:

Hedrin
Full Marks
Lyclear
Derbac
Olive Oil
Some hardcore stinky overnight concoction
Tea Tree Oil

We have 2 nitty gritty combs - one upstairs, one down (that's how often they're used)

And DD, 6 still has nits.

My friend told me about a hairdressing salon that does a 'treatment' involving some machine that sucks the eggs and nits out of the hair but I can't find our where it is.

Today, I was looking at our Dyson handheld and I started to wonder...

I'd wash the attachment first (and after) obviously.

Anyone?

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Cherriesarelovely · 15/12/2011 20:39

If you do it could you post a video!!!

KittyFane · 15/12/2011 20:42

A gallon of supermarket value conditioner. The little blighters slip right away.

Original poster
SlightlyJaded · 15/12/2011 20:43

Cherries am seriously considering it and would be happy to youtube the event for research purposes Grin

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PosiesofPoinsettia · 15/12/2011 20:44

Cheap condtioner and brush through every two days for two weeks....at least. We had them really bad, me and three children....only by doing that could we even stand a chance of ridding them. It did help that we were abroad for the summer and had wet rooms so didn't freeze.

DaveyStott · 15/12/2011 20:45

An episode of Embarassing Bodies featured that salon. You could look at their website.

dixiechick1975 · 15/12/2011 20:55

Hairspray. Coat DD's hair liberally in it aswell as tightly plaiting each day.

Nit free so far (touch wood) - DD yr 1

ImperialBlether · 15/12/2011 20:59

Is this it?

ImperialBlether · 15/12/2011 21:00

Would she mind her hair being cut short? That's the easiest way, in my opinion.

itsbrandybutterandtinseltime · 15/12/2011 21:03

When I was little my mum had me in the bath every other night until I was about 12-13 with a head full of conditioner just combing and combing and combing... So glad I've got a boy!

AJH01 · 15/12/2011 21:03

Have you tried an electric nit comb? It electrocutes the eggs and kills them. Worked like a charm for us.

Original poster
SlightlyJaded · 15/12/2011 21:04

hmm maybe Imperial - not so different looking to a vacuum cleaner, non? I am really quite tempted to Dyson her....

The short hair thing is pointless though isn't it? The nits are in the scalp and I must just keep missing the odd egg or she must keep getting them back from class so I've never really got how short hair would prevent them - just be less to comb???

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Cherriesarelovely · 15/12/2011 21:12

Excellent! I will wait with interest!

hiddenhome · 15/12/2011 21:16

They can't hide as easily in shorter hair and it's easier to comb through with conditioner. I have two boys with short hair and they've never had nits. I think they like longer hair to hide in Confused

crazycrackernanna · 15/12/2011 21:31

They also have one of those hair salons Hairforce in Regents Park in London.

DD had lice for a solid 2 years too from 5 to 7yo. I gave up in the end and cut her waistlength hair into a bob Sad. Makes it harder for her too as she is mixed race and her hair is curly and it doesn't grow as quick.

She's 13 now and it is down her back thank goodness.

Did the trick though. She never got lice again.

namechangerbat · 15/12/2011 21:34

Hoover your own hair first and see what it does. I guarantee you won't Hoover hers. unless you want her to look like she has dread locks

lollilou · 15/12/2011 21:46

Have you tried Vosene? I've been using it for a month now and no nits so far. My ds has long hair and we'd tried loads of different treatments. We're using the Vosene shampoo but they do a conditioner and a repellent.

AteAWholePacketOfBiccys · 15/12/2011 21:46

This isn't recommended by professionals but I wash their hair, put huge huge huge amounts of conditioner on, leave for as long as possible.
Hair dryer the hair til completely dry - that literally blows any survivors off, then straighten with GHD's, NOT for cosmetic reasons but it seems to get rid of the eggs as well as the nits.

Then spray hairspay all over.
Treat everyone in the family at the same time and then do it a couple days later.
Its a pain in the arse and time consuming but worth it in the long run.

Hardgoing · 15/12/2011 21:53

I agree with the people saying do conditioner with combing several times in intervals of a few days. This charity do a 'Bug Busting' kit and it has worked for us, plus now I leap on my dd2 at the first sign of an itch, and I have caught one or two big nits obviously from someone else before they've had a chance to breed.

www.chc.org/

Hair doesn't need to be short, but cutting it regularly means the combs go through much easier. You really can outwit them with persistence.

ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets · 15/12/2011 21:57

I always feel left out when I read threads about nits, I've never had them, and when I was at school my hair was so long I could sit on it.
Maybe I could be used for scientific research?

ImperialBlether · 15/12/2011 22:07

My teenage son kept getting them - his girlfriend had a younger sister that I suspected.

He had long hair and a lot of it - it was a nightmare getting it out. He got it cropped and never saw another nit. It's obvious that if you have more hair or longer hair, it's more trouble getting rid of them.

randommoment · 15/12/2011 22:24

In a state of exasperated fury I did Hedrin and Nitty Gritty comb at the same time. Finally got a result, no sign of the blighters for three months now.

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