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😭

That’s how you get rid of them though. Every day or every other day for at least 2 weeks until the head is consistently clear. It’s a pain in the arse I know but you won’t get rid of them otherwise.

There's no need to boil wash, do extra washing,they only crawl from head to head ,they don't ho like fleas and once off a head they're half dead and can't crawl back on.

But that’s what I just have done! And still hundreds

What comb are you using? We used a Nitty Gritty one which was excellent.

But you're not,you said you haven't got time to comb every day,but that's how you get rid of them.

Ah sorry I thought you were only combing between Hedrins.

It’s really shite OP and so grim. Xx

Perhaps the school holidays will help as they will be away from any superspreaders the school has and indeed away from any soft furnishings at school which could be harbouring them. Is there anywhere else they could be getting them from?

I’ve got 3 girls so lots of experience with nits. Two are grown up now but still have a younger dd. When she catches them which is thankfully not often I lather her hair in conditioner and comb section by section with a nitty gritty comb. I do it every day for 10-14 days and that gets rid of them.
Its tedious, it’s a slog but it’s what you have to do

done it ever day or close as dammit fir two weeks

can’t continue 😭

I used to put mine in a bath and comb and comb until there was nothing left. We used to collect them in a jug of water, and make up songs to get us through the ordeal. It got so that one combing session was enough. We used to use really slippery conditioner, like L'oreal.

For us, it was the constant reinfection from school that was the problem.

Hair in high pony tail using thick hair gel. DD2 had a fringe so grew it out and kept it covered with a thick hair band in school. When these are taken off and brushed out at home, any eggs laid are no longer in the warm zone, and it is harder for them to remain attached at the roots of the slippy hair.

Similarly went thought all the usual products in the chemist, they had little or no impact. Then got NitWits for kids - game changer! Started to work immediately. I ordered it from Amazon, highly recommend.

I cut the DD’s hair. Had to do it myself and it wasn’t super short, but they both had long curly hair and we just weren’t getting rid of the nits.Then sat there for hours every day with a DVD, combing. My neighbour Totoro and Ponyo are forever associated with the smell of nit lotion in my mind!

At some point I discovered that the boy DD2 sat next to in school (also with longish curly hair) was constantly crawling with lice. I knew his mum so turned the conversation to nits and she said that she didn’t believe in chemicals and that humans and headlice have evolved together 😭😭😭 After that I got the DDs to wear a thin scarf-type thing to cover most of their hair for school and that seemed to limit the infestations.

I know you said you don't have time to do it everyday but I don't see why you cant swap a normal hairbrush for a nit comb. Are your hairdrying their hair aswell as that helps? I do sympathise with you, the only thing that helped keep them out of my daughters hair was the 6 week summer holidays where she wasn't in close contact with other children

Straightening hair as an extra measure for the eggs really works too. It’s gross but you can actually hear them pop

Vamouse is the only one that works for us. And yes we also had them for 6 months on and off once it can be a nightmare.

Had a similar mum at my kids’ primary. I reckon there’s one in every bloody school

I knew his mum so turned the conversation to nits and she said that she didn’t believe in chemicals and that humans and headlice have evolved together 😭😭😭

We had a similar problem and I had a conversation with the mum. It turned out that she had bought an electric comb and expected the children to do it for themselves. This was an 8 yo, but the older sisters had a problem too. 😬

nitty gritty comb with plain conditioner to which you add few drops of tea tree and some neem oil too. also add this conditioner to a water spray and spray every morning before school. only thing that worked for us. That and firmly plaiting long hair for school too.

vamousse, tea tree shampoo and conditioner, aussie spray in leave in conditioner, bin the pillows and buy new ones. we haven't had nits for years after following this after many many infestations. They seem to really dislike the aussie spray and on the plus side it smells lovely! good luck!

oh and if it hasn't been mentioned, once you've got rid of them hairspray helps stop them getting in.

Are you doing your hair at the same time as theirs ? Otherwise you'll just be passing them back and forth.

We plait every day ! Use leave in conditioner !

Yes it really does,they don't like it at all!

I know and my DC wasn't thrilled about cutting their hair (I had to do it myself as no hair dresser would come near them). It was a needs must situation as I could not get rid of them at all - I had spent nearly £300 on various treatments.

There are specialist companies who can help but my ND child just wouldn't have coped with someone else doing that to their hair.

Mine, my son and my daughter