Something on a nit comb - is this a louse? Photo attached

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Nitty gritty comb used

Something brown near red arrow? Is this a hatched headlouse?

Cider vinegar is your friend here

Sending thoughts and prayers

I remember once it taking WEEKS to get rid of nits in our house. The smell of teal tree still gives me PTSD.

The conditioner, comb and patience are the best things to get rid of them

Agree regards plaits EVERY DAY

I feel for you we had them really bad last summer. What worked for us was lots of combing with the nitty gritty comb and I used NitWits which got rid of them straight away.

My Mum always gave our hair a final rinse with vinegar. loosens the cement that sticks the nits onto the scalp. Glasgow in the 50's.😆

I think this is the best idea

Once you think you're clear.

Just do a regular check every 2-4 weeks using conditioner.

I found the nit comb you get with the nit shampoos - think lyclear or hedrin really good for the frequent checks not as traumatic as the nitty gritty.

Its really easy to just comb through once a day with that. I think regular combing also affects the lice and maybe damages their legs or something.

I thought the nit was the egg? The nit is the egg of the louse.

I gave up and got the straightners on all our hair! Burnt the little shits as fed up of nothing doing the job. It worked!

If you are only finding eggs then they are probably old and the treatment has worked.
When you have an active infestation then you find dozens of lice. And if your eyesight is good enough they will be obvious.
If the lice are very tiny then they are just hatched from ages laid up to 2 weeks ago

The treatment only kills the eggs not remove them. If the eggs are 2cm from the scalp that may be 2 months old

You are riddled !

We used cheap tea tree conditioner. Comb through with increasingly fine combs finishing with a nit comb. Treat if anything found.

On the plus side DC had beautifully soft hair!

Nitty Nora the Bug Explorer! - what we called our nit nurse back in the 70s. 😁

You really don't need chemicals. Just conditioner, the Nitty Gritty comb and the correct combing schedule (see the wet combing section for which days to comb). Good luck!

We tried combing without much success. Hedrin killed them all.

If we had the dreaded letter from school, I used to use a nitty gritty comb every morning and evening with conditioner and if I found anything I’d start all over again until the kids heads were clear.
I also bought an electronic nit comb from boots which would zap them.

I had a full cupboard of nit equipment and treatments, then kids got a bit older and no more nits!

Hedrin left in overnight. They will suffocate and literally fall off onto the pillow. Wash out..wash all bedding. Repeat In 7 days fir any hatched eggs. Should be golden!

This one. Will save hours of combing

Thank you for all the feedback, much appreciated

1. Re vinegar - how do i apply it. Just pour over hair and let it run off or do i need to leave it on eg wear swomxap to keep it on

1. Re someone said I'm riddled - do you mean you see something else on the photo?

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That, exactly.

Heddon hadn't been invented when my kids were nitty though.

Oh, and no, I don't think that's a louse. It's too round, there are no legs, and it's the wrong colour, if your camera is accurate.

And yes, no faffing with sheets, pillowcases and soft furnishings. Just a nit comb, loads of conditioner on wet hair, and kept tied back at school.

Me and my children had them last month! Tried Lyclear and Hedrin with no success then read on here about the nitty gritty comb instead of the plastic ones. So ordered one along with this and they have been gone since I only done one treatment.

I suspect that poster was being sarcastic. There's nothing in the comb. If your kids were riddled with lice, one comb through with conditioner would have several big lice wiggling around on it.

You may be over reacting a tad.

I agree with Hedrin, and hair straighteners! Horrible little bastards.

I used vinegar and olive oil to clear lice when DDs were at school. We were in Latin America were most people can’t afford the shampoo for lice, so they use the old methods.

The vinegar dissolves the glue keeping the eggs onto the hair and the oil kills the lice.

Mix the two, cheapest olive oil, or coconut oil, cheap vinegar. Tip head back and use a towel on forehead and slather the mixed oil and vinegar onto the hair. Cover with a towel and leave for 30 mins then comb through.

Repeat every 7 days until totally clear.

Be careful not to let the vinegar to tun into eyes.

I will never forget being in the queue at the sorting office with ds & saw one marching across his blonde hair. Still makes me itch thinking about it.