Best head lice solution

[lucie333]

My 3 year old keeps getting nits from nursery I'm trying my hardest to get rid of them- chemist keep prescribing Hedrin head lice treatment ( the one you put in for 8+ hours) I treat until I see none left, then repeat on day 7 and day 14 but they keep coming back 😢 any advice would be so appreciate

Wet combing with nit comb, every time you put conditioner on. Keep doing so for all his primary years. The aim is to try to prevent the lice laying eggs, which take 2 weeks to hatch, so the nit comb does that. Many people forget to apply the treatment 2 weeks after first application, it is good to see you did this. The treatments do not remove the eggs, so you need to comb to get the new lice that hatch from these eggs around 2 weeks after being laid, before they get chance to lay one
When mine were little I heard putting tea tree oil in hair after washing when wet helped to prevent head lice. I am not sure the research behind this, but it seemed to work

Years ago l heard Jonathan Ross raving about the Nitty Gritty nit comb.....Got one and it was the best thing ever for getting nits and eggs out of daughter's hair .. loads of conditioner and comb through hair, wiping comb on a tissue each time to remove nits from comb ...Couldn't recommended it enough.

Blast the hair with a hairdryer each night as the heat seems to keep them away and tie the hair up.

You have to remove all the lice & eggs. They shampoo itself will not get rid of them.

I did Hedrin Once, thoroughly, when time was up I covered her hair in dish soap and talc, rinsed then used a whole bottle of tea tree conditioner. Then spent hours combing through hair long enough to sit on and removing every egg with fingernails (nitty gritty comb just wasn’t cutting it). This method eradicated them each time she caught them. If you're trying so hard and they keep coming back you need to raise it with nursery, someone isn’t treating their child's hair properly.

A magnifying glass with light. The amount of nits you will find after treatment is unbelievable. You have to keep removing the nits daily.i found this programme on a thread here and it worked

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/theliceprogram/theprogram.html

Relying on treatments alone will not work.

If they are making the rounds at school it is very difficult to get rid and stay rid, at least for little ones with no sense of personal space / belongings.

I have resigned myself to treating once a week with NitNot and combing. the product is meant to stay in for 2 hours, so I put on a movie and do the combing. Mostly we don’t find anything, but it gives me peace of mind, and when we do find something it is nipped in the bud quite quickly.

I are also been trying a Hedrin hair detangler that is meant to be preventative. We haven’t had anything since we started using, but not sure how much the new product had to do with that.

Nitty gritty and frequent combing. Hedrin and comb, baby oil or other oil in-between and comb - the oil suffocates the buggers, Hedrin again after the right gap and comb. Repeat a few days later with baby oil and comb. It takes real concerted effort to get rid of the blighters - and if someone at school or nursery is still infected you can so easily get reinfected. Tea tree leave in conditioner.

Comb yourself and other family members too. I used to keep a nit comb in the shower and do behind my ears and nape of neck each time I conditioned my hair - used to work in early years!

The only thing that worked for me was to scalp them. No hair , no nits.

Vamousse
worked In one treatment for us and my DC have VERYthick hair

This worked for us

we used Hedrin mousse with a nitty gritty comb.

• I also combed very very thoroughly with this treatment , I sat with a white towel in my lap and combed and combed til all the dead black lice dots appeared on the towel. The lotion kills them to the point initially I was combing off live lice then it was dead ( I threw the towel out and boil washed the bedding and clothes ) no re infection and all clear since then. reccomend this lotion

I also recommend the Nitty Griity comb. Worked well in my DD long very curly hair. Definitely removed the critters.

The only way to break the cycle in my daughter's hair was an electric lice comb, every 3 nights, all the way through year 5. She was allergic to Hedrin and whilst coconut oil with tea tree was effective, it took so long to wash out afterwards.

Hedrin once on once a week for a while regardless plus lots of combing with conditioner.

The lice can manage 6 hours without breathing I was told tonight. We know which child in the class isn't being treated so the lice problem is just going round and round in the class and wider families. We're all fed up with it after four months

You really don't need to use chemicals; just conditioner and nitty gritty comb and dedicated combing on specified days at least

Definitely just loads of conditioner and combing, no need for solutions

Hedrin with the nitty gritty comb helped us a lot but there were parents at school not treating so we just kept having them come home despite all my efforts.

We actually got them prescribed through the pharmacy for free but I had to retreat so often they refused to help again and it cost me a small fortune just because other parents weren't doing the same.

Any solution, Leave on for much longer. Wash out.
Comb hair with a nitty gritty comb and conditioner, sectioning the head.
Dry with hair dryer then straighten.
Repeat the combing with conditioner, drying and straightening g every two days.
Use not solution 7 days later and 14 days later.

Nitty gritty comb with cheap conditioner every 3 days until you are ALL clear. Check your child's head daily. Maintenance comb to check whenever you wash their hair. Hair up where possible.

I used to put Hedrin in overnight (wrap an old towel around the pillow), then repeat according to instructions. Do the whole family at the same time. Then I used to send the DC into school with greasy hair and wash the Hedrin off in the evening. My DD has part afro hair and there was absolutely no way that I could get a Nitty Gritty comb through it.

TBH though, it doesn't matter how effective your treatment is if the other kids that she's in contact with aren't treated. However, tying back hair securely will help a bit as will tea tree oil, either in hair conditioner or put drops onto her hairbrush and brush through.

The pharmacist told me the same as other posters have said; forget all the lotions and potions and just use cheap conditioner and a nit comb. The cheap nit combs the pharmacy sold did the job.
It's time consuming and you have to keep at it every day to catch them all in their life cycle, but it works.

Listerine the one with alcohol use a shower cap leave for an hour. Kills all the lice , repeat a week later to kill the nymphs thst have hatched from the eggs.