To feel utterly defeated by nits ?

[Biggadyboo]

Have two kids with learning disabilities. They have both had nits since January. Which means I have too.

Treated them first with Hedrin, three times every seven days, wet combing mid week.

still there

Then tried nitnot , no difference.

was advised by a GP friend to try Lyclear as different active ingredient. Have done that three times now. No change.

the kids both utterly hate having their hair combed. Their learning disabilities and sensory issues make it a stressful battle.

But nevertheless I’ve been fucking combing it with conditioner as much as I can the last two weeks . Almost every night. It’s utterly hell, screaming, crying, horrible. But I’ve been doing it

and today there are still literally hundreds of the bastards. I literally can’t comb them all out. There’s just too many

i don’t know what to do😭

Help

That sounds horrendous. I found the chemicals didn’t work effectively enough, or i wasn’t good enough at using them effectively, so I wound up paying for that service (a franchise, I forget the name but you can google) where some expert women did it with head hoovers and got rid of it all. Your kids might have issues, but they were well set up with DVDs on to distract and were very professional and worth the cost if you can stretch to it.

Unfortunately you just need to keep at it with the conditioner and combing. You need to go through every bit of hair. When DD has them it was really difficult as her hair is so thick and long but you need to preserve.

I think it was Hairforce. But other nit removal services are available. Good luck!

Tea tree oil is your friend! Put a few drops on normal shampoo and then wash it out. Put 5-6 drops in cheap conditioner and comb out the conditioner and they are either dead or come out. Repeat after three days a couple of times - works a treat. And use a not comb (I’m sure you are). The conditioner makes the combing tolerable ….good luck!

My DD is 28 now, but we went through a similar stage. This was my saviour.
https://amzn.eu/d/cCUo3hh

Extreme haircuts.
Then:
-nittygritty comb with lots of conditioner & send them out for the day whilst you:
-boil wash all bedding, cushion covers, - anything else where they sit, lie down.
-vacuum entire house

OP I feel you and I had to take drastic action with my SEN child and cut their hair in the end. I tried for 6 months and it was hell, none of the treatments worked and only conditioner and nitty gritty comb.

The hair force is a professional head lice removal service.They are a based in Primrose Hill.

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/theliceprogram/theprogram.html

I’ve heard this program works. Lots of combing though but I think that’s inevitable at this stage. I’ve also heard that straightening their hair after every combing session helps as it fries any eggs that are left.
Id also be tempted to give them as short hairstyles as they will accept to reduce the amount of hair to comb at the moment. Good luck!

Hair dye kills them and they don't like living in dyed hair.

The nitty gritty comb is a must. Shorter hair. I remember that stage well so I feel for you. My daughter wanted us to try the hoover service!

Neem oil. Nit Kryptonite. It reeks horribly but eradicated dds persistent, treatment resistant nits. Leave overnight & kids will need to wear a cap. It's quite hard to shampoo out. After this be vigilant with conditioner and nit combing. Repeat if necessary but neem kills the adults and eggs.

They’re UK-wide.

Haircuts (warn the barber first!) - as short as you can get away with.

Conditioner with a nitty gritty comb (wipe it between every hair swipe) every day. Pay particular attention to the hairline and around their ears. Go from their scalp to the very end of their hair every swipe. You need to do this for everyone in the house. Change their bedding and clothes daily.

Keep hair short in the future and use teatree shampoo and spray.

It’d horrendous but you really do need to conquer it.

I have the nitty gritty
I use conditioner
I use tea tree

my daughter has just spent two years growing her hair out :-(

i don’t want short hair either :-(

@Littleredracecar every parent should read that!! Thank you for posting

Do like the monkeys do. No need to comb. It’s quite relaxing as well. Speaking from experience. But recommend haircut first - if you can find a hairdresser who will cut nitty hair.
good luck!

I just can’t actually manage to comb it every day for fucking ever. I work, I have special needs kids. I already don’t have enough time to think. And the stress that the combing is causing is awful

I'm sorry but I just don't know how you can be combing and missing '100s'.

I mean, there must be loads in their hair I guess, if they've had since Jan/Feb, but even so. You keep combing over and over, regularly. One pass with a Nitty Gritty the first and only time my DS had a fairly bad infestation, and the comb was teeming with them.

Practically, I would invest in a spiral brush; they are like springs and hurt hair very little when brushing it out prior to combing. Once it's smooth I can't see the act of combing could be that painful? Although I guess raking over the scalp might upset them.

Secondly, I would seriously consider professional services, who use a hair dryer to suck out the buggers. This is low power I think so hopefully wouldn't cause noise sensory issues for your DCs.

i don’t understand it either 😭

I comb through the Hedrin with a nitty gritty. It seems to paralyse them. So Hedrin on then brush it through with a tangle teaser hairbrush. Then a comb then the nitty gritty as it can get the eggs off.

It is worth stripping them down to a vest and wrapping a towel around shoulders before starting. I often find one stray one jumps off and I assume crawls back up after combing. iPad and sucky sweets/ the sugar free ones from Aldi are nice.

Tea tree oil in everything, detangling spray, conditioner. I add a little to body moisturiser too and then do necks and ears.

I feel your pain, we had similar for a while and DD has thick curly hair so it was so time consuming. The winner for us was nitwits. You don’t actually need to comb with it either and it gets eggs too. It saved my sanity!

Mine had them in the Easter holidays. I treated twice, combed every day, sent them back to school entirely louse free. Within a week they both caught them again. Went through the same process again. Entirely clear. 2 weeks later another infestation. Someone at the school clearly isn’t treating and they just keep picking them back up. It’s driving me fucking insane.

I would cut everyone's hair short. I couldn't deal with that for very long. I have autistic son too and there's no way he could go through that every night.