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AIBU?

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Original poster

To think that £15 for a bottle of nit lotion is overpriced?

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toptramp · 14/09/2012 17:53

Especially as it's an essential with kids. All the best lotions seem to be this expensive. I hate nits.

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PunkInDublic · 14/09/2012 17:55

My doctors would give you it free if you took in a nit on a piece of sellotape to prove you needed it. I thought this was standard in the UK. Have you tried it?

Matildarae · 14/09/2012 17:56

Just use listerine( the original yellow) cover with a shower cap and leave on for twi hours is much more effective and I lot cheaper

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toptramp · 14/09/2012 17:57

No but will go in Monday and ask.

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LindyHemming · 14/09/2012 17:57

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fergoose · 14/09/2012 17:58

get a nitty gritty comb from the doctor on prescription and just use conditioner - I never found any of the lotions worked, but the comb works a treat.

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toptramp · 14/09/2012 17:58

Hi there. Whats listerine and can it kill the eggs?

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OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 14/09/2012 17:58

Isn't listerine a mouthwash?

Nit stuff is expensive, not sure about overpriced, but it's not an essential. You could do the conditioner/comb thing for a fraction of the price.

JumpingThroughMoreHoops · 14/09/2012 17:59

Get it on prescription.

No it isn't a necessity. Some children are prone to nits some aren't. You don't keep nit lotion just in case

SharpObject · 14/09/2012 17:59

I've just bought 4 bottles at £10 each for 4 heads to do a week apart as it said on the instructions.

I do use nitty gritty and conditioner weekly but poor DD2 has come home with a few whoopers this week so someone else isn't buying it for their dc

lljkk · 14/09/2012 17:59

Boots comb is fine too, ime. Nothing beats cheap conditioner and several hours of combing; you can't know there are none left until you don't comb any more out, anyway. I can't conceive of buying any lotions in future (famous last words?! lol).

GrassIsntGreener · 14/09/2012 18:00

Why would you spend so much on it? That's crazy. Get a decent comb and conditioner like someone said, the nitty gritty is fab.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 14/09/2012 18:00

The only one that I found to work was one called Nyda - it is eye wateringly ££.

I bought a new mousse one which still left live lice the next day (I left it overnight for good measure. ) It was crap.

In despiration (before I tried the Nyda_) I went to the Pharmacy and asked "What can I use I've tried XYZ"
They sold me a bottle for headlice and scabies (not that my DC have scabies you understand).

I was woken up at 2am by DD insisting I wash her hair because she couldn't stand it itching/stinging.

Nitty Gritty and serum in between and Nyda for a killing session

Floggingmolly · 14/09/2012 18:03

PunkinDublic. You have to produce an actual nit ?

CleoSmackYa · 14/09/2012 18:10

I've been buying stuff from Wilkos for a fiver. Clears all the fuckers bugs and lasts a few times too. You do have to leave it on overnight though.

WelshMaenad · 14/09/2012 18:19

Ugh. I've just spent £16 on Hedrin spray to treat my two, and will have to spend the same again in 7 days. Dd has ludicrously thick hair, we can't do the nitty gritty. She was clear going back into school and in less than 2 weeks has them again. Growl.

Do drs insist on seeing an actual louse? I never see them! I see the nit casings, and she gets a rash on the nape of her neck from the bites, but I have yet to see a live louse!

3in2years · 14/09/2012 18:24

We got it free from the chemist, a bottle each for all family members that are exempt from prescription charges. DH had to fill some forms out but no need to see the doc for a prescription.

charlottehere · 14/09/2012 18:29

It used to be free but not any more, at least thats what I understand. TBH I do think its essential and can't think of anything worse than combing through my 2 older daugters hair repeatdly especially the headsore 8 year old.

charlottehere · 14/09/2012 18:30

Oh good tip cleo will be stocking up on the wilko stuff at a £5.

SarryB · 14/09/2012 18:37

Is anyone else's head getting itchy just reading this?

I'm in the conditioner and comb gang. Works a treat, mum used to do it every week.

PunkInDublic · 14/09/2012 18:43

Yes Flogging we did. We were told we'd get it free when we called up the doctors. So we toddled down, they then asked to see one on a piece of tape. They wont look in the child's hair either. It was beyond stupid, we had to go home, whack one on the tape then go back.

Floggingmolly · 14/09/2012 18:49

BlackberryIce · 14/09/2012 18:53

Head lice treatment .....lyclear...... Is £1 in poundland here!

ontheedgeofwhatever · 14/09/2012 19:30

Actually I do have a bottle of nit lotion just in case - got it when DD was in reception as assumed it would be a necessity. She's jsut started year 2. We've never YET needed it but at least its there for when we do

Foxy800 · 14/09/2012 19:31

Hi my gp wont prescribe it, i have taken to using conditioner and nitty gritty nit comb every time i wash her hair, and it seems to be working.

Matildarae · 14/09/2012 21:22

Yes it's mouthwash but it works think its the alcohol, no doesn't kill eggs but kills every single lice and lotions don't seem too. I have used it on myself and I have psoriasis and it didn't irritate my skin. If you repeat after 7 days you will kill any eggs that hatch x

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