To consider shaving my 6yr old dd's head?

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I could cry. Have 2 dds and I swear the younger one comes home at least once a month with headlice from school. I comb the bloody things out for hours day after day and lo..they reappear. Have discreetly informed best friend's mum on each occasion to warn her. I AM GOING SPARE. Know for a fact that there's one wee darling whose parents consider them a fashion accessory and never treats.

Anyone any less drastic deterrent ideas than shaving her head? I know there are worse things but AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!

Feel better now after psychotic rant.
PS older daughter has NEVER had them. Weird or what.

How awful for you, it's a pita. I would hold off if it was me as you have the summer hols coming up so it shouldn't be so much of a problem. I say that, thankfully dd has only had them twice thank goodness but I can imagine feeling the same about it. Maybe have there hair shorter/

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I have been told by dd1's reception teacher to try hair spray- apparently they don't like it.
However not sure whether it actually works as dd has never had them, but told teacher I was worried as dd hates having her hair up.

Plait and spray it makes the feel like false hair and much less damaging than treatment or constant nit combing.

I have used the vosene anti knit shampoo since nursery, I ran out for a couple of weeks and DD caught them.

I now comb through every other day and she goes to school with hair in a ballet bun.

I was told that afro-caribbean children rarely get them because they tend to use hair products so spray/ wax/ maybe even a bit or serum might be the way to go.

My DD got them every bloody week for a whole year. She had afro hair and I did use a lot of products. I think it does deter them but it wont stop them altogether.

If there is a child in the class who isnt being treated the buggers will get on somehow.

Once they do get on afro hair its a bloody nightmare. Imagine using a nit comb on hair so thick the underneath doesnt get wet in the shower !

Keep the hair up and use teatree spray. Comb it through every day to check for any strays.Its all you can do really. I do feel for you.

My DSs have never had them (so far). Two of them have dreads so God knows how I would get them out.

Tea tree oil works apparently - apply it to their hair after washing it. Washing it often is supposedly not good though as clean hair is easier for the little buggers to hang on to.

I used a product called biz niz its a leave in conditioner, you put a little on tips of your fingers and rub it through their hair. Its a bit expensive but you only need a tiny bit and it lasts me a couple of months using everyday on my two daughters. Or I have used tea tree oil (put a bit on the brush and then brush through, going sort of under hair around neck first) which worked well but my eldest moans about the smell.

These methods work great, have not had any 'visitors' to the girls hair since getting into this routine every day and I also check for nits regularly. It really annoys me when parents don't check their children's hair also nits make me feel sick.

Is Teatree OK to use neat, read somewhere (probably scaremongering by a chemical delouser) that it might have nasty properties?

My dds hair is chin length so probably ideal for flopping forward and catching stray bugs. Maybe I'll try actually growing it rather than shaving it so she can tie it back.

I guess I should be grateful its her that bags the beasties rather than my other one because like your kids the first Mrs D, her hair is so thick it doesn't get wet underneath in the shower. That really must have been a nightmare for you and your dd!

Vosene 3 in 1 anti lice kids shampoo - supposed to deter head lice! Got teatree in it. My dd hasn't had headlice (yet!) and I like to think it's because I'm using this shampoo.

The six year old I look after has had them pretty constantly for 2 years. We have used every product and shampoo going and combed till our arms ached! If she was mine, I would have shaved her head. No word of a lie, I would have taken the lot off!

My niece used to get them repeatedly until SIL started tying her hair back and giving it a good coating with hairspray. If you put enough on the nits just can't penetrate it.

if you don't want to go up the chemical spray route then try using straightners - divide up the hair same as you would using a nit comb - you are basically frying any live lice and burning any nits - think I read this somewhere apparently really works on afro hair.

Wet combing method works really well ( KS1 teacher of 20 years who gets them regularly from my darlings).

Wash hair, put in lots of conditioner and comb through with very fine plastic nit comb. Do this as if your life depended on it!! Rinse.
Repeat this procedure every 2-3 days for at least 2 weeks and you will be nit and lice free! Until the next time of course!

I am bumping this thread because we all have headlice here and I am sick of it. The younger ones are quite easy to clear but DD1 seems to pick them up anywhere. Also I still have them after combing and treating with Full Marks. I find it very difficult to comb my hair because it is frizzy and each stroke even when coated with conditioner is tough and makes a scary rrrrriiiipppping noise.
Can anyone recommend a treatment to KILL!

Both Sinead O'Connor and Demi Moore looked stunning with #1 crops. Might make for a bit of a tense discussion with the school, though.

i fully understand how you feel, as at one point my sweet daughter was 1 scratch away from a skinhead due her getting headlice at least once a week, it was driving me up the wall especially as she has really long thick hair, it would take hour upon hour to sort through it all. in the end i had to cut it not to short as im not overly keen on bobs and everytime we have playgroup or nursery i use a natural tea tree spray and make sure all her hair is back.

Never mind the DCs, I just spent the last three years or so growing out a crop. Not a No1 mind you.

Tie her hair up in a bandanna.

Sorry just to clarify I am not the op. I searchd for recent threads on headlice and bumped this one.

Personally I swear by that original source mint and teatree shampoo (the stuff that almost blows your head off in the shower on a morning) - I've been working in schools a decade nearly and never ever had them using that!

Mind you they don't seem to like my hair anyway - I never got them as a kid either.

Best product I ever used was 'Lyclear' its a fine silicone spray that you apply to dry hair, leave for a bit and then you comb out the dead lice.
About 4 days later you do it again and at that point you think "Oh no it's not worked" but what's happening is that all the eggs have hatched and now they have died.

By the third application they are gone and then just use tea tree oil spray to keep them off.
Don't cut your DD's hair as that would be cruel

I just want them all to DIE. NOW.