Please Help Me Get rid of Nits.....am seriously at the end of my tether

[astonished]

My dd twins have had nits on and off now since February, just cannot seem to get rid of the blighters. Am doing everything right, treating whole family, informing school etc, have evn had their pretty curls cut shorter. Treated them on Friday with aromatherapy stuff, again on Sunday with Lyclear am combing constantly and have now just found some more. Wouldn't mind if some of them weren't such monsters, really quite big. Am really loosing the plot now it is making me that frustrated and probably a bit obsessed. HELP

Just one more thing how do you get rid of the eggs??? They just go through the comb, have bought three different types now, am itching now !!

[pootlepod]

You have my sympathies..

Another place to try is bug busting the kit has a number of combs, an excellent info leaflet and stickers etc. I ordered one and it came the next day but I've also seen in in my independent chemist.

[rummum]

I brought my nit comb from the pet shop.... honest. I didn't tell the chap it was for us though.. it cost about 99p, and has teeth both sides... it hard plastic, and is absolutely brilliant, the eggs come out easily with conditioner.

[MamaMaiasaura]

My mum cut my big sisters hair off after she had them for the fourth time.. it was blonde but grew back brown. She has never forgiven my mum

[tiddlypom]

We found it helpful that the electronic comb 'tells' you when you hit a nit, by stopping.

We also played a game of seeing what each family member's score of nits would be - of course dd with long hair always won.

I also quite liked the essential oil products that you rub into the hair, then cover the hair with a shower cap for a couple of hours.

Incidentally my sister is a HV and told me I'd never beat them without chemicals, so of course I had to make sure I did!!!!

[astonished]

Thanks Easy, have tried talking to other parents but they just say their kid hasn't got/had them, feel like saying, do you want a bet!!???

[astonished]

Don't have a savers but will look for the Dr Johnsons stuff anyway, am writing all this down!!My lovely mum just went into Boots and the lady behind the counter told her that she wouldn't sell her anything as they had it so long and advised going to the Dr's now being nagged by mum to do this but not actually I can go for this would feel abit of a wally!

[Easy]

We seem to have won (for the time being), by combing every other night with teatree conditioner over a period of about 6 weeks. It is annoying to everyone, and gets you down, but I don't think there is any other way.

IMHO the electronic zapper is just a waste of £20, it doesn't do anything that ordinary wet combing doesn't do.

you have my sympathy. when ds went back to school after Chrismas he had them 3 times in 5 weeks and I was at my wits end. It must be worse with 2 of them.
BTW I have also been on to the school nurse and persuaded her to work on the school head to promote a bug-busting day. Raise awareness if possible with the parents who don't give a damn.
Oh, and tell your children not to sit with their head touching anyone else's, otherwise no matter what you do, if the other parent doesn't, you'll get them back.

Best of luck, and sympathies

[Blossomhill]

If you have a Savers near you they do a shampoo and a conditioner by Dr Johnsons. It is £1.50 a bottle and has tea tree and neem oil in it. It actually kills the lice too.
I have tried the nitty gritty and am not over impressed.
You can see how often my kids get them can't you

[bundle]

[Surfermum]

Asda's is something like 30p!

[RTMTMML]

even cheaper in tescos. Guess how bottles I have? lol

[debs26]

i comb thru every day if i can be bothered. wouldnt bother searching for eggs, if you comb often enough you will catch the lice after they hatch but before they can breed. problem is that you might get rid of them one day and the next day a friend passes on a louse that is ready to lay eggs straight away and then you are back at square one. dont think there is an easy answer tbh and i have given up using fullmarks after combing a load of live lice out of kids hair straight after using it! bleurggghh

[Blossomhill]

Oh and there hair is so lovely and soft the next day after using oil

[bundle]

boots' own conditioner is 42p for a big bottle and i just put a few drops of teatree into it in my hand

[BubblesDeVere]

It is an absolute nightmare for dd2, she has quite long curly hair and has a very sensitive scalp due to having dermatitis. It breaks my heart when she is crying and asking if I have finished doing her hair.

[astonished]

RTMTMML I have five kids two and although i have treated the others it just seems to be my twins that get it repeatedly!! Will be at the cash and carry buying bulk conditioner from now on!!
Thanks people for your quick responses!

[bundle]

astonished, no need to pull them out, just crack them with your thumbnails

[bundle]

i think it's the malathion (?sp) that has fewer problems with resistance, but should be used v sparingly as it's an organophosphate

[RTMTMML]

It's not too bad. My children are mixed race and DS1 has european hair, as do the DTs and DD2's hair isn't anywhere near as thick as DD1's. The only reason I told you about the number of kids is to let you know that it's worth persevering. I think the efficiency of the zapper depends on the texture of your child's hair. Every time it finds a louse it stops, so you have to take the louse out of the comb and start again. Take a poll as see what people find the most effective, but I think you'll probably end up back with good old fashioned conditioner and wet combing. The baby oil idea sounds good and should mine be re-infected I'll try it!

[astonished]

That Nitty Gritty comb has massive teeth, haven't got it so will invest, somethings got to work, even had my kids hair soaked in vinegar and have been rinsing in diluted tea tree. Wondering if they just keep catching it back from other kids in which case not alot i can do except perhaps seek counselling for my spiralling obsession, could check their hair for hours pulling out the eggs.

[Surfermum]

The Lyclear isn't working then. There are apparently 3 types of chemicals you can use, and if one doesn't work you can switch to another. A pharmacist would be able to tell you what an alternative to Lyclear would be, but if they don't have many I honestly wouldn't bother with chemicals and just do the wet combing. I only use Full Marks on dsd when she's totally infested (like dropping out of her hair) and she's with us for a week so we can do 2 treatments.

[astonished]

RTMTMML, poor you that sounds like real hard work!! Will keep it up then!! Think I may make a few final investments, this is costing me a small fortune, might try the electric zapper, may give me a sense of satisfaction!!

[bundle]

a mix of base oil plus teatree and eucalyptus is supposed to be v effective

[Surfermum]

here I hope!

[Trinab75]

I had major problem's with my son having nit's every other week after he started school in january, I found the combing through his hair whislt saturated with conditioner the best way to get rid of them.
I read somewhere that nits hate tea tree oil, so since then I have been using the original source mint and tea tree shampoo and conditioner a few times a week and so far so good.