Are these still nitts and is it a lot?

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Have treated for nitts last Tuesday, the whole family is combing every second day with a nitty gritty comb. This is coming up on a tissue after coming I presume these are nitts?

will these ever go away?

I can only see hairs. I used to bang the comb into the white sink bowl to get a clearer view.

When DD was small, if she got nits, I would comb her hair every night in the bath for about a month or more. If you check out the life cycle of head lice, they lay loads of eggs very regularly, so you need to keep going to ensure all the new hatches are removed.

Yes looks like it to me :(

Ys I see about 4. Probably need another treatment to get rid and keep on combing for another 2 weeks.

Thank you! I retreated this evening and have been combing most days.

i think i still see some, am I wrong :(

she was wearing a pink jumper to crèche so there is some fluff in that

Are they crawling and moving around? Ie alive and not dead?
What are you using to treat? The best product is the hedrin that you leave on overnight and wash off in the morning

This one

Thank you! I used the the 5 minute hedrin spray and they are not moving. That’s what we were given the first day.

how do you know if you find an egg. I’m so new to this and sometimes I think it’s just a bit of fluff in her hair rather than lice/eggs, but will keep combing for another week.

Look behind ears , base of neck and hairline they often lay around these areas.
With my 3 kids i would sit them in the bath and smother their hair in thick conditioner then comb comb comb, for me this method was the most efficient compared to treatments.
It is tedious and needs constant repeating due to the hatching cycle but you can conquer it.

Seasoned head lice warrior here. No product ever worked for me, I just had to do a comb every day, even one stray one will lay eggs and you end up starting all over again.
I say this not to piss you off but because I wasted so much time on treatments.

Another warrior here ! You just have to keep going and combing. Every 3 days until nothing else comes out. Then lots of conditioner and a comb through once a month just in case. I live in a place where it’s often not reported in schools and they just go round and round and round . I have loads of hair so I « treated » myself to a nit clinic year round subscription so someone else can do it for me every time my kids bring them home. They even have a hoover device… I was really at the end of my tether !

Another warrior here ! You just have to keep going and combing. Every 3 days until nothing else comes out. Then lots of conditioner and a comb through once a month just in case. I live in a place where it’s often not reported in schools and they just go round and round and round . I have loads of hair so I « treated » myself to a nit clinic year round subscription so someone else can do it for me every time my kids bring them home. They even have a hoover device… I was really at the end of my tether !

Thanks everyone. 2.5 weeks combing here and I think I’m still seeing some in my daughters hair. I presume the below is still a sign. Sometimes I wonder if it is just fluff…god this is a pain haha

You need to understand the life cycle of a nit. You get eggs, then about a week later they develop into nymphs, then about a week later they develop into adults.

So you're on a three week cycle, more or less. Once you've killed the living ones, you've still got the eggs, which are going to hatch and live.

So you need to treat at least twice, one week apart. Ideally, do three treatments, over two weeks.

yes I have already treated twice as well as regular combing!

Do a third treatment then, and you should have got the nymphs from the later-hatching eggs. The combing doesn't actually get rid of all the eggs.

The eggs are clear and stick to the hair. Sometimes need to slide them off with finger and thumb nails ( grim I know)
The electronic nit combs are quite good to but as PPs have said regular condition and comb.
Our youngest used to always say “ Mum I can’t come for a cuddle without you checking my hair!”

I’m finding it really difficult to tell if they are nitts and am just presuming if there is anything black in her hair that it is. Will treat for a third time in the morning and hopefully that gets rid.

You only need to comb about every 2-3 days. The life cycle of the louse is such that if you get the adult ones, then no more eggs laid and it’s just catching them as they hatch. It means you can do a really thorough comb every few days rather than probably a less thorough one every day.

I’ve personally never needed to use hedrin. Combing well with conditioner works best. I would add a lot more conditioner though. There should be big blobs on the comb to actually pull off the nits. Also thoroughly wash the comb (and I’d treat with tea tree oil) between uses because you can just be passing them back and forth between you on the comb. Unless you definitely all have nits, I wouldn’t be combing anyone else’s hair with the same comb.

I feel I’m a bit of expert at this. I have two long haired curly children and I would usually comb every 3 days for 3 weeks just to be sure. My third child has shorter hair and it’s easier.

When I got to catching just a few of the tiny baby lice, I knew I was clearing them. Look up the life cycle of a nit. I’ve never managed to take the eggs out of their hair but I hear of people picking them out with their fingers.

Do you have any hair straighteners? They “cook” the eggs so that they can’t hatch. I used to treat and comb DDs hair at the first sign of trouble and then straighten it after washing for a couple of weeks just in case I had missed any because she had such thick hair.

If you have to pull it off the hair stand it’s an egg. If you brush what you see what your finger and it doesn’t move it’s an egg but if it moves it’s not. They are a pain in the backside. Hope you get rid of them soon

We have one of . It’s brilliant for looking at things like this and for seeing if you’ve got all of a splinter out etc

Sorry mn is being a pain and is jumping all over the place when I try to add the link. It’s one of https://www.boots.com/satzuma-smartphone-microscope-10314689 these

Thank you everyone.

just out of interest is this what others have seen when combing as well?