Please help, I'm desperate.

[Radley]

dd1 & dd2 both have nits and they are driving me to despair, no matter what I do I cannot get rid (school do nothing)

DD2 has now developed a very angry sore on the top of her head and a couple at the back of her head.

I just don't know what to do, I've put antiseptic on, it scabs over and she picks it off. They look really sore and my heart goes out when I see them

Any ideas what I can do? I am going to comb through again now.

Sorry - only had this in the BIWI house once, but didn't want you to go unanswered!

I assume you've treated the usual way?

Can you keep put a headscarf on them to
a) protect her scalp
b) keep her hair away from other nit-carrying children?

Hopefully you're about to have the Easter holidays so there will be no contact with other nitties!

We've just finished the easter holidays. So they are back for a few weeks. She won't wear a scarf etc.

It's making me ill with worry

I wouldnt of thought the scabs would be caused by nits, are you using chemical nit removers? maybe theya re hurting her head? have you tryed the bug busting sets? (just different sized combs which you need to use regulary to break the mating/egg laying cycle?)

I thought the sores were from where she has been scratting at them and they have got bigger the more she scratted. Maybe I'm wrong

radley have alook here the combing through has to be done exactly as they describe for 2 weeks I think it would be better than chemicals because of the sores you poor things

Yes i suppsoe that could be the cause, but if you are using chemical removers then thats far more likely to be the cause

the only thing that works is conditioner on dry hair and a nitty gritty comb, or hedrin & a nitty gritty comb every 2-3 days to break the cycle.

If you have not managed to get rid of them then your dds are possibly one of a few children passing them around in circles hence the problem. Some people are not allergic to lice saliva therefore are not itchy and do not realise they have them, they could also be catching them from an elderly person?

However if you know (because you have seen it for yourself) that there is a heavily infested child in the school that has not been treated for weeks or similar I suggest putting in writing to the school that not treating children is neglect. If there were a child like this you would be able to see easily many many adult lice running around on their head - yuck!

i've not got a full bug buster kit, but will get one. I've a nitty gritty but it seems to hurt their heads.

i've not got a full bug buster kit, but will get one. I've a nitty gritty but it seems to hurt their heads.

Have you tried Hedrin and a nitty gritty comb?
Hedrin has no nasty chemicals, and the comb has special teeth that remove the eggs aswell as the lice.

sorry x posts

the nitty gritty doesn't have to touch their scalps? Have you been using chemicals at some point?

No, i've generally used a conditioner and hedrin. Did use one a while ago but can't remember the name, though I do remember it took the varnish of my nails. That was last year though

have you been to the dr to lool at the sore, it could be something else aggrevated by the combing etc?

Hedrin and the boots detector comb works here, ss has brought them home twice so far this year but we've managed to get rid of them again a month ago and no re infestations here.