Headlice lotion on nhs?

[Momof2soonmomto3]

Does anyone happen to know if i can get headlice treatment on the nhs please? My daughter came back from school 3 weeks ago itchy and we discovered she had lice, i tried wet combing it as it was too late to get any headlice treatment and i managed to remove a few and got some treatment next day, couple of days later i started itching and found i had them too and treated my hair straight away, i also checked over my babys hair and 4 year old non verbal sons hair as well as partners, didnt spot a thing but a week later i seen my son itching so i checked again and there they was, i treated his hair and now tonight iv discovered me and my baby has them i really cant afford more treatment as im a full time carer for my disabled son and already spent loads and im going to have to retreat us all :(

Contact your GP. In the mean time can you buy a fine toothed comb and cheap conditioner?
also boil wash pillowcases. Genuinely boil wash. Kettle, washing up liquid.

You can get stuff on minor ailments go and ask, use conditioner to smother and comb in between times. It’s hard going when they are small I hope they go soon. I didn’t boil wash anything though 60 degrees was fine

Do any chemists near you run a minor ailments scheme? If you're entitled⁷ to free prescriptions you can often get head lice treatment too. Or use the conditioner and combing method every few days for 3 weeks.

You dont need to boil wash anything. Wash brushes/combs and do the share them though. There is a 3 week life cycle so treating once isn't enough as eggs will hatch. Look up bug busting method as it tells the best days to comb if using the conditioner method

Don't share brushes/combs that should say

They are immune to lots of the lotions. The key to getting rid of them is repeated combing with a fine tooth comb.

Put a decent amount of cheap conditioner through the hair. Comb until they are all removed. Rinse the conditioner. I always repeated daily until there were no more lice then twice a week for at least two weeks after the last one (I reset the timer if I found one).

You probably don't need to do it as frequently as daily but I couldn't abide them and wanted them gone ASAP. Every second day would be plenty I'd say.

Thank you all ill try everything because i cant stand them, iv even got a rash at the back of my neck now its vile

https://www.chc.org/frequently-asked-questions/

This says you can get the bug busting kit on prescription free for children. Can use for whole family

Hope you managed to get sorted op. It's no wonder nits and threadworms are rife in our primary school, when the treatments are so expensive. A pharmacist once advised me that I could just do dc hair with tea tree conditioner and a nit comb, everyday until all the eggs are killed.

Also do you have hair straighteners OP? Obviously not an option for the baby or if anyone has short hair but the high heat fries the buggers and the eggs so it’s worth doing it for you and DD after you do the conditioner and comb method mentioned above.

More info about the NHS Minor Ailments Scheme

https://www.boots.com/nhs-services/minorailments

It means you get the stuff free for anyone who doesn't pay for prescriptions which should be the kids and you if your baby is less than twelve months old using a maternity exemption certificate

What @OchonAgusOchonOh said.

The buggers are immune to the chemical stuff.

My DDs had headlice a few times when they were little, and gave them to me once - I only ever used the conditioner plus nit comb method and was able to get rid of them that way. After I started using Tea Tree conditioner, plus religiously French plaiting my DDs hair every single day, they never had them again. That's not evidence based or anything but it seemed to work for us.

Oh gosh I just gave up and used cheap conditioner 3/4 times a week and prayed for secondary school!

Don't pray for high school my 12 year old came home with them now my non verbal 3 year old has them n I'm paranoid I do so treatment on all then il repeat and do conditioner in-between my house never been so clean as I'm paranoid they r crawling all over haha