So, Hedrin - once and for all, why do I have to comb as well?!

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I've read all about Hedrin and how to use it and I really, really can't understand why you need to comb the eggs out after treating. A 2nd treatment will get rid of any eggs hatched since the first treatment and after that there should only be dead lice and empty eggs left - so why do I need to comb to prevent reinfestation?

no, i found one on ME! i presume it made the leap during the pre-conditioner brushing.

ach, it's a professional/personal courtesy thing. if my hairdresser found them he'd be squicked. i don't think it's polite to creep someone out for the cost of a lollipop and some conditioner, even if they're not live. and he likely would see something if there was something to see, he always checks behind dd1's ears when she gets her hair cut.

i suppose i just think that it's polite, at the end of the day.

Why won't you use Hedrin, dumbledoresgirl? It's brillliant stuff!

I'm here to tell you that hairdressers do spot empty egg cases and send you home if they find them!

Oh Aitch, don't you know they can't jump? Or fly before anyone else suggests that. They only crawl. If I were you, I would be going back to look for the adult louse.... should be quite a colony by now

Joking aside, I stand corrected re the hairdresser. They must have better eyesight than me. We are still combing out unidentified "bits" from ds3's hair. Definitely no lice anymore, or not adult ones anyway, but I am never quite sure what we are getting out of his hair. Personally, I don't take my children to a hairdresser though, so I am not going to commit any act of discourtesy.

Oh and why won't I use Hedrin? Because when my older children had lice, we did not find anything was fully reliable until someone recommended a small spray bottle of something to us (I forget the name but I have not seen it on sale since). Even then, we did the combing routine also, just to be sure. So if we are going to comb anyway, we might as well save our money on treatments that may or may not do what they say on the tin, but most definitely will smell foul and may do all sorts of untold damage to my children.

If a hairdresser sees an egg (and the white ones are easier to see imo) then they will refuse to continue with haircut.

And quite right too. You may know that all the live ones are gone but they don't, and they're not paid to give nit checks and infect their equipment.

Have to say that I love Hedrin as it doesn't smell but I usually do the conditioning method for a fortnight to make sure the little buggers are gone.

Fair enough. But just in case.

Hedrin works. Use it properly and it works.

You don't need to comb - unless you're going to the hairdresser.

It acts purely physically on the lice, so absolutely no possibility of damage to the attached child. I've done my research!

And no, I don't work for them - I am just so pleased to have something that I can use on my comb resistant nit-magnet that I'm a bit evangelical about it1

i know they don't leap. but my head is definitely near enough to dd's often enough for me to catch them from her. perils of affection...

we all used the nitty gritty, i found it great.