You are a lazy fcukwit, voseene shampoo does not prevent nits .

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Person who shall remain nameless had me .

Dd4 (asd) had caught nits. I found it in time and it has been treated and cleared , and has not spread to any of the other children.

Phoned around everyone who has been in recent contact with dd4 to inform them , and ask them to do head checks on their children ( and themselves) .
Have even offered to buy them treatments if they need it.
Most people were very nice about it actually .

Except one nutter who told us that it's ok ,as she washes her ds with voseene shampoo , but she doesn't really care as all kids have nits anyway .

No wonder nits keep doing the rounds if thats the attitude of some parents .

It's not hard to run a bone comb through when your bathing the dcs is it ?
Am I bu ?

YANBU
Vosene does not stop you from getting nits, trust me.
It is very annoying when people don't treat nits, they just keep infecting other kids.
Some people have no shame and care not that actually kids do get talked about for constantly having them. What awful parents to put your child through that.

Aside from the lazyiness it's the thought of not caring if her dc have nits /lice or not that makes me .

I caught them from my dc once , and it's bloody uncomfortable...to allow your kids to be constantly itchy isn't nice.

Poor kids.

thanks.

You nee to ask at your local pharmacy if they have a minor ailments service in your area and if it covers head lice.

If they do you usually have to take infested child into the pharmacy or at least evidence of lice.

You will be given which ever product is on your local formulary, it might not be Hedrin.

If they don't you either ask your GP for a script or buy it.

I'm new to the nits thing. My dd1 (6) presented with lots last night and then found half a dozen on me and husband. I'm considering on balance after reading NHS website advice and lots online, to forgo the Hedrin etc and just wetcomb and conditioner very regularly. Do I wash-condition-rinse then wetcomb and then leave to dry in that order? What do people recommend?

Elly1801

You need to wash, towel dry and then apply conditioner. The conditioner makes it easier to get your comb through their hair. Its also supposed to stop the lice moving so fast. We usually need to work through a succession of combs from a wide toothed one down to the small nit comb. Then go through hair methodically.

I usually stick a towel round DDs neck and put a her in the living room with a video on.

Thanks, is it a leave-in conditioner, then or can I use wash-out stuff as that's all I've got to hand?

No, sorry should have said, its wash-out conditioner. Actually thats the bit DD hates most, having to have her hair rinsed again. But I don't think leave in conditioner would work as you need lots to get it really slippy.

I use toilet roll to wipe comb between each comb through. I tend to do it two nights running then every three nights for 2 weeks after the last live louse I found.

I think I may be a lazy fuckwit!?!

DD (5yo) has not had nits yet, but tbh I don't check as regularly as I maybe should.

She has very thick, very curly, very long hair. It is nightmare to wash and brush through. She has her hair washed usually just once a week after swimming (often in the swimming pool showers as she is more easily distracted there!). I comb through her hair with a nit comb now and again, but certainly not weekly, although I do fairly regularly (fortnightly?) check the nape of her neck cos I was told this was often where the nits would be most obvious (is this true?)

I do use a nit repellent spray on DD and she always has her hair tied back in tight plaits for school. I realise this is no guarantee of no nits.

Of course if I ever found she had nits, I would treat them thoroughly as directed, but do you think I need to do a full comb through every week just in case??? I dread to think how traumatic that would be!

My DD hasn't had nits for over a year now!
I use detangler spray with 10 drops of tea tree mixed in, every morning.
I also, do the nit comb, twice a week to check.

My friend never bothers to check her DC hairs..
I gave her a bottle of the stuff i use to try!She blames the DC in her DCs class. She reckons that "nice" DC like hers don't get nits.
Some of her views make me cringe!

Nape of neck and behind ears. DD is blonde, I can always see the dark eggs stuck on her hair. DSs were the same.

Have to say DD has hair to her bottom so I didn't do a full weekly nitcomb check, but I do try and do it regularly, and did catch them when they were there. She has had them maybe three times. She is now at secondary school so am keeping fingers crossed that's it!

Always check after first couple of weeks back at school, especially after the summer!

I don't routinely check my children's hair. We have had nits in the family twice and DS1 is nearly 13. I don't use a repellent champ or spray.

If they itch, I check,
If a friend reports nits, I check.

It mostly spends on "luck" and what classmates and friends are like wrt treating outbreaks. It doesn't seem to be a problem in the classes my children have been in but this isn't the case for other classes.

champ was meant to be shampoo.

I use which ever conditioner is cheapest, but not the realy cheap one as I found this did more damage to dd's hair.

Put it on quite thickly. Leave for a couple of minutes then comb through with a wide toothcomb, then section a area of and comb with a fine toothcomb then the nitty critty comb. I tend to do while dd's are in the bath. I rinse the combs out in hot water in the sink each time I comb through. Once I done the whole head I comb through the whole head again. I keep going until I get nothing out. I also change pillowcase just in case.

DD (reception) hasn't had nits (yet). I check once a week, but after reading this I wonder if I should do it more often?!

I might also get a lice comb as it sounds like its a case of 'when', not 'if' she catches them!!

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to treat yourself? DP sometimes stays away overnight with work- how would I delouse myself if he wasn't here?!!

Vosene is a dandruff shampoo, how can it prevent nits? Sorry but "has a horrible smell" does not = "prevents nits".

God this thread is making my hair itch!

Oldest child is 10. No nits yet. Is there an age when it is then less likely to happen? School has termly nit nurse visit - wonder if that makes a difference?

Oh Soupy I was getting quite excited at the thought of a repellent champ! A nit-busting Superhero

I have battled all fecking autumn and winter against the little bastards and they are still winning I reckon I've spent £100 since September; more with the cost of hot-washing bedclothes and towels.

Owlef I have friends whose children have never had them. Its likely yours will at some stage, but not a definite. I think its worth having a comb and conditioner to hand, nothing worse than finding you need them late at night.

Also, I do my own hair. I stick my head upside down over the edge of the bath or bidet and comb through repeatedly. It may be easier to get someone else to do it but not impossible. I don't trust DH. He checked my hair after DS1 had them first time and pronounced it clear. For some reason I wasn't happy, and ran through my dry hair with a comb the next day and found one!

tea-tree doesn't kill them, this stuff does though and it's herbal not chemical
www.healthpol.co.uk/delacet/
Can recommend highly. It's plant-based and stinks

As well as the vosene nit repellent shampoo and I use the accompanying spray every morning before DS goes to school. He's not had nits and I want to ask how obvious they are to see? If DS gets them will I know it straight away when combing? He has short blonde hair so I'm assuming they'll be easy to see. Will I actually see them running in his hair? .

i used the vosene lice repellent spray on dd, it was awful stuff. nits were worse than ever. instead of repelling them, it sends out subliminal messages, 'come and have a nit party over here'. binned it.