To think this is some kind of mutant headlouse?

[ledkr]

I noticed dd itching her head so when i was in the shower i did a comb and conditioner a got out one medium brown bugger but no more.
i did dd and sure enough she had a few.
The problem is that since then i have noticed i have about 5 itchy bites on my poor scalp.
Is that normal?Do they bite?
Also we havent had them for years,what is the current recommended treatment?

I use tea tree oil - it is brilliant and the lice hate it.

what strength do i use?do i leave it on overnight?

Scratching not itching. Sorry,its boring but it annoys me.

I use a tea tree shampoo and have so far escaped headlice.

Thanks for the English lesson but im an adult so dont bother again I think you will find its head lice as well.

Headrin smothers the little buggers.

Combing regularly with a nitty gritty and the hair slathered in conditioner will get rid of them if you keep doing it regularly over a period of time.

Tee tree oil may help repel them but is not proven to kill them or repel them.

Chemical treatments can kill them, but lice are increasingly becoming resistant.

Come on now, everyone, don't get your knickers in a twist.

Or is that the pubic lice?

The itchyness may well be a reaction to the saliva of the lice.

@ ledkr

Or is it their droppings?

Why thank you for your english lesson.

I can actually feel the bites though ugh. Vile things. How often do you need to do the comb and con to eliminate them. I feel unclean and SCRATCHY hohoho.

narked DROPPINGS??? arrrrrrgh.I have pooh in my lovely blonde bob,style snd beauty will hate me.

Consider it natural highlights

I would google for a combing schedule. Well, actually I'd find the strongest chemicals I could to blast them off my hair and the deal with the DC's in a more delicate way.

They live on blood don't they, I mean in terms of diet rather than location, so that means they must bite, logic innit? I'm sure the little feckers bit me last time the DDs brought them home from school

Hedrin is the only one that worked for my kids...used it the two recommended times and never looked back. Its a bit on the expensive side but as it works so well that doesn't matter. I had tried every method going before that.

Yes they do bite, and the itchiness from the bites will last a few days even once the head lice are all gone.

Not everyone itches with the bites, which is why some people find headlice a lot more itchy then other people.

At least 20 minutes of combing per person per night for the next week. Use a proper nitcomb (I like Boots own better than Nitty Gritty, but something like that). Keep combing until all symptoms are gone & at least 4 days of not finding any. Then repeat check once a week in same way.

Feckers.

use a comb with conditioner through the hair, they can't grip and come out easier.

I use the stuff in a pink and white box forgot its name! But I also buy dd vosene shampoo for kids as it has anti nit repellent in ot

I use a few drips of neat tea tree oil in DD's shampoo every time I wash her hair and I use Faith in Nature's Neem and Propolis shampoo (also insect repelling). She has had nits once since she started school (now Y2) and that was prior to me using the tea tree oil/FIN shampoo regime. I would avoid Hedrin which is a pesticide. And it seems that the lice are building up a resistance to it.

Herding is not a pesticide. It is an inert silicone which coats the lice so they can't breathe or attach themselves to your hair. You then remove them. They can no more become immune than get used to drowning. It is harmless and effective, unlike folk advice about headlice, which is responsible for perpetuating the buggers.

*hedrin, obviously, not herding.

lebof I dont know,i could herd them off my damn head.
I will do another comb and con later for me and dd then am going to put a solution of t tree on over night.Im having my highlights done on Monday so that should kill the little feckers

LeBOF, Louse Wrangle Extraordinaire.

I didn't know that about hedrin, but I have read/heard that lice are becoming immune to the pesticides used in other lice treatments. Is the silicone coating effective? I only ask because I have to treat my chickens for red mite periodically and the standard mite powder treatment works in the same way and is bloody useless.

Ledkr - I really on my monthly hair-dying sessions to keep me nicely lice free.