Help!headlice winning after a month and loads of treatments!

[dropinthe]

What works???Am desperate-Ds hair getting so long as too embarressed to go to hairdressers-endless combing-used Lyclear/Full Marks/tea tree-I'm sure when I was a kid my mum would douse my hair in Suleo shampoo and they would drop out like flys!!-whats going on with the chemicals they are putting in these things-they're crap!!!?

[dropinthe]

Thanks for info! Just got a prescription for the Nittygritty comb and am starting on ds hair tommorrow-will let you know how I get on!!

[MrsBigD]

I just found another use for my lice comb... dd had baby oil in her hair from this morning so I could get the tangles out. At nursery she then had lots of fun in the sand pit... you can imagine what her hair looked like! Quick go over with the lice comb and the sand is gone!

[MrsBigD]

oh did I mention I HATE creepycrawlies of any kind? So when I asked dh what ya supposed to do if you do catch a louse... he said 'squish it'... yeuch!

[MrsBigD]

dh managed to check dd's hair thoroughly this morning and combed it with a double row lice comb and some baby oil ... no sightings so far... had him check me too as I'm a paranoid itcher

[Surfermum]

I just use the comb Mrs BD and copious amounts of Asda cheap conditioner.

[Carla]

MrsBD I bought the solution but dd2 couldn't bear the smell (but then she is funny with smells). Tissy, if you do the electronic comb every day it has the same effect - you catch them before they're grown up enough to lay their own eggs.

[MrsBigD]

re nittygritty... do you just use the comb or also the solutions they offer?

[Tissy]

even if it does kill the lice, it won't penetrate the eggs, so when they hatch you have a new batch of lice. You just have to comb, comb, comb, every three days for two weeks. That way you catch any live lice after they've hatched and before they get a chance to lay eggs themselves.

I second the nittygeritty comb, worth every penny.

[MrsBigD]

can't bribe dd with chocolate or food I'm afraid Ah well I cross the bridge when I get there. Might have to get dh to do my hair first with her help and then we'll see... still hoping I won't find any

[Blossomhill]

Dr Johnsons headlice shampoo and conditioner is the best. It is £1.50 per bottle, natural and it does kill them. That's all I use now and you get a comb as well. Savers sell them.

[Surfermum]

The Nitty Gritty comb is fantastic and worth every penny (but am annoyed now that I could have got it on prescription!). The literature says it gets out the eggs as well as the lice, but what I like about it too is that it's soft on the head.

I only use lotions on dsd when she's is particularly badly infested (I'm talking hundreds) and when I can do two treatments a week apart - which is only the school holidays as she doesn't live with us. At other times I just use loads of conditioner and wet combing. You can get cheap conditioner in Asda for about 30p.

I was a bit sceptical about the Nitty Gritty comb, but was amazed what I got out of my hair and dd's hair. I thought we were both clear and had found nothing with the normal comb. Can thoroughly recommend it.

[Tissy]

I resorted to sitting in the bath with dd, her between my legs facing away from me, being fed chocolate by dh whilst I combed!

[Carla]

Same here, MrsBD. You'll discover that headlice are water off a duck's back compared to getting your children to sit still whilst you comb them. Dd2 has never had her hair cut. Even the Famous Five video and a bit of chocolate didn't work.

[MrsBigD]

thanks tissy, wasn't going to go for the chemicals anyhow, I've got sensitive skin

[Tissy]

Don't dowse the whole family in insecticide on the off-chance, but it is worth everyone having a wet-comb through when you spot the blighters, as they can hide, and when they hide they can lay eggs...

[MrsBigD]

Thanks Carla,
might start the wet combing anyhow for peace of mind... and to relieve my imagenary itch.

Hope dd doesn't 'catch' them as she HATES having her hair combed. I'm envisaging dh pinning her down and me combine her ... aaaaaaaaagh

[bundle]

the evidence on the electric combs isn't very convincing acc to that link

[Carla]

No, MrsBD, there's a government health warning about that one every box .... Just keep checking.

[Carla]

Noddy, we got our Nittygritty comb on prescription. DDs said it felt much nicer, and I could see live eggs in the water which I couldn't with the other combs. However, either I was crap at it or dd2 kept getting reinfested.

In desperation bought an electronic lice comb and used it every day (and still do, she's been clear for ages) As they hatch, you zap them, till there are none left mature enough to lay eggs. Good luck! Quite miss that satisfying 'crack' as I squidged them on the white paper .....

[MrsBigD]

and one more question for all you knowledgable mn'ers... I've never encountered head lice before... does one do pre-emptive treatment of the whole familyonce lice have been found in the class? Thanks
[goes off to scratch imaginary foes]

[mears]

treatment

Thought the above link might help. Not so clear about lice comb but my friend found it worked.

[mears]

licecomb

[mears]

Agree with the conditioner route. There is a comb you can use on dry hair that electrocutes them My friend got one out of desparation with daughter with long hair. Kills the lice. Conditioner combing gets rid of eggs.

[MrsBigD]

Just the thread I needed... got the 'head lice' letter today from dd's nursery... and I'm itching like hell ... must be something psychological.

Off to get a combe and some cheapo conditioner. I wish I had my dh's hair... no nits/lice stand a chance on his no. 1 haircut

[dropinthe]

Cheers for taking the time for that!!