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Headlice and headrin can anyone help ?

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Lilyloo · 20/07/2010 10:28

Basically just over two weeks ago i found ds had lice. I picked about 20+ little black dots from his hair and 2 live crawling lice.
That night we did the conditioner and comb then used headrin and applied again 7 days later.
Today i have picked 10 + spots but mostly white ones.
Are these dead ? Do i just have to manually pick these out now ?

To top it all found a couple of black spots in dd's hair today so will have to go and buy another bottle of headrin so want to check i am doing it right before i spen another £14.
TIA

OP posts:
GooseyLoosey · 20/07/2010 10:30

You need the Nitty Gritty comb - best solution to headlice ever - it has special teeth that gets the eggs as well as the lice.

Squiz · 20/07/2010 12:14

Or if you do go for Hedrin again ring your GP and ask which pharmacy does a Minor Ailment Scheme - this means you can get your Hedrin for free without going through the Dr's, the chemist fills the forms in for you.

Although I have a metal comb like nitty gritty and prefer to just spend as long as possible combing!

SparkleRainbow · 21/07/2010 13:46

I never use chemicals, just the comb and conditioner, it works just as well. We have nit Sunday in our house, when I just check the children when they are in the bath. The comb pulls out the lice and some eggs, if you repeat every day when you have found live lice for a week, and then just check once a week you will knock it on the head (so to speak) without using any horrid chemicals. Happy hunting

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