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Treated the nits - when does the itching stop?

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 18/04/2011 13:39

DS2 cam home from nursery on Friday itching his head and over the weekend we discovered head lice .

We've treated us all with Full Marks headlic treatment, but he's still itching his head. Is this likely to be from the irritation that happened before we treated him, or should I do it again?

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LIZS · 18/04/2011 15:18

Sounds like you may need to repeat - think it is 7 days after first one. Or you coudl wet comb with conditioner and a nitty gritty comb.

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 18/04/2011 20:15

I've be been through his hair again with the nit comb - no sign of anything untoward.

Do you know if it'd be ok to repeat 5 dyas after the first application - we're going camping on friday and I'm not keen on doing it there!!

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Al1son · 18/04/2011 20:31

Full Marks doesn't always get every one so you need to comb and condition every three days to make sure you get any stragglers or recently hatched babies anyway.

If you only treat and then don't follow up by regular combing and conditioning you are very likely to get another infestation within a couple of weeks.

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 18/04/2011 20:41

Comb and condition - no problem. We'll do that daily.

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Al1son · 18/04/2011 22:24

Should have said earlier it's worth buying a Nitty Gritty comb to do it with. They have longer teeth so get through more layers than a normal nit comb. Especially worthwhile if like mine your DC have really thick hair!

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 19/04/2011 20:57

He's got short hair, only about 1" long so the Full Marks comb seems big enough to do the job.

Combed again tonight with conditioner, will do it again tomorrow........!

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FannyFifer · 19/04/2011 21:05

DS has v short hair and the comb I got with shampoo didn't catch the lice and I had to get the eggs with tweezers.
I then got the nitty gritty comb and there was no escape for the feckers, it caught lice, eggs everything.
No need for the shampoo when you have nitty gritty comb.
Incidently when I used the shampoo I found a live beast the next day so it didn't even kill them.

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 19/04/2011 21:15

OK. I need a Nitty Gritty comb!

Do I need a visit to Boots or Superdrug for one or do most pharmacies stock them?

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FannyFifer · 20/04/2011 07:43

I got mine from an eBay shop, was cheaper and came the next day. :)

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