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Has anyone tried Hedrin?

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 19:06

Does it work? Is it a one dose thing? How much does it cost? Does it really have no side effects (even tiny little ones that organic lentil weavers would object to)

I don't think I have lice atm, but I did find one egg in ds's hair yesterday and my hair is so long and thick it is totally depressing to be nit combing it "just in case". If this stuff works, is safe, and not too pricey, I might just bung it on every time there is a possibility we might have lice. What do you reckon?

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ssd · 04/08/2006 19:10

dunno but will bump for you

matnanplus · 04/08/2006 19:10

Sorry i use the Nelsons Tea Tree Treatment Box of shampoo and leave in conditioner.

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 19:10

Thanks ssd

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 19:11

Does that kill them matnanplus? I have never heard of that being recommended as a treatment for live lice infestation.

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SminkoPinko · 04/08/2006 19:14

Skim mis-read the title "Has anyone tried heroin?"

Sorry to hear of infestation Franny. They are little shits, lice. They will become immune to hedrin after a while but it might work the first time.

tortoise · 04/08/2006 19:18

Well i bought some but haven't used it.Not had any lice since i paid out for it! Wouldn't say its cheap!

JennT · 04/08/2006 20:26

It's meant to 'drown' the lice and suffocate them. Spoke to somebody today who said it was rubbish, but you never know if kid had been reinfested anyway.

You need to use it twice like conventional treatments (so you can get any lice that might have hatched from eggs) seven days apart. And you still need to use nit comb.

The ingredient is Dimethicone (dimeticone) which is the same acive ingredient of infacol (Simethicone/simeticone).

Thought Simethicone was some sort of silicon, which is a major ingredient in hair conditioners.......

matnanplus · 04/08/2006 20:30

Several families i have worked with have used it to good effect.

Use shampoo then apply conditioner and use nit comb, dry hair and repeat as suggested, i think on day 7 and 11.

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 20:36

Sminko how will they become immune? (I don't think we are infested, btw, but if I don't treat I will have to comb and comb until I want to puke)

JennT why do you still have to comb if it suffocates them?

Matnan how does tea tree kill headlice?

Sorry but all of this info is confusing me as it doesn't fit in with what I know about headlice. Is MartianBishop around?

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 20:38

Tortoise, how much is it?

Yes I did notice Dimethicone in it. That's in my born blonde glosser hair stuff, makes your hair madly slippery. Perhaps I'll just drown them in that

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JennT · 04/08/2006 20:41

Coz you still need to comb the blighters out. It doesn't kill the eggs either, so they will still hatch.

tallmummy · 04/08/2006 20:42

Hedrin worked on three of the dss and myself but not on dh! He found some tiny lice two days after applying but as it kills lice not eggs I reckon they'd hatched after he'd washed the stuff out.

Now do the tea tree and conditioner thing twice a week and have had no more lice.

JennT · 04/08/2006 20:43

And they can't get immune to it (according to manufacturers) because it suffocates them. It would be like humans becoming immune to drowning by evolving gills

tallmummy · 04/08/2006 20:44

Costs a bomb, nearly £12.00 a bottle.

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 20:44

Why do you need to comb them out if they are dead?

tallmummy sounds like you need to apply it twice to catch all the newly hatched ones

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 20:45

LOL at gills

eek at £12

how many goes per bottle? mind you if it stops me having to comb every 3 days for gawd knows how long it is probably worth it, really

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SminkoPinko · 04/08/2006 20:55

Oh, sorry! I didn't realise it was a drowning treatment- doh. Totally unhelpful post in every way, then... Thought it was one of the chemical killers- should have realised they wouldn't be for you, franny!

I think most people comb out the dead onesbecause they don't like the idea of their hair becoming a louse graveyard?

JennT · 04/08/2006 21:04

Of course the life cycle of a head louse is obviously shorter than humans so wouldn't take the millions of years for humans but still.

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 21:16

Would the dead ones not just drop out / wash out after a while? I am thinking we maybe have a few lonely lice, not tons and tons here.

Don't worry Sminko, there are so many treatments it gets confusing. I have considered using the evil chemicals in the past (it drives you to distraction doesn't it?) but read the latest study about then being worse than useless and decided not to bother. You have to comb with them anyway, and it's the combing I want to avoid

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BonyM · 04/08/2006 21:27

It's fab - small bottle about £4 and will do 2 treatments if hair is not too long.

Only thing that I've found to work.

SpaceCadet · 04/08/2006 21:34

ive used hedrin and it didnt work for my kids, however delacet, does do the trick(so it seems so far), no nasty persticides, all natural, headlice killer, once youve applied, you keep some lotion in a spray bottle and squirt a bit on the dc's hair before they go to school.

spangles · 04/08/2006 21:35

whats fab boneyM...

spangles · 04/08/2006 21:37

Hello F and Z.. I am still looking for a post that says "this shampoo will work and you wont need to comb kids hair every night foe a month"

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 21:39

How does Delacet kill head lice Spacey, if it is not a pesticide?

Spangle, BonyM means Hedrin.

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FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 21:39

Hi Spangles

me too

Let me know when you find it

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