SOUNDS ODD BUT A QUESTION ABOUT NITS

[loopyredangel]

My DS is starting nursery on Thursday, and I have just been informed nits are doing their pesky rounds at the nursery. I am currently 21 weeks pregnant, and have been told if Iget nits I can't use treatment. Are there any natural remedies I can use? Don't really fancy the idea of having a crawling head at 32, it was bad enough when I was a kid! Really thick hair!!!

Combing with conditioner and good nit comb works (the nitty gritty one is very good).

You don't need to use chemical treatments on anyone.

Buy a 'nitty gritty' comb from ebay and comb them out. You need to comb 4 times in 2 weeks but it is the most effective solution

Apparently normal conditioner works just as well as chemical treatments. Combe hair with with the conditioner in and again after rinsing. Haven't had to try it yet but this is what I have been told.

Tea tree, shampoo, conditioner, spray etc. Use them all the time and it will help avoid them..also use them on kiddies aswell obv.
Regular combing through with conditioner on hair to catch any before they get too plentiful.
That should keep em at bay

The best thing about the 'Nitty Gritty' comb is that it gets the live eggs out before they hatch (and start crawling and itching). I don't think there are any chemical treatments which do that.

Erm, balls to the no chemicals while pregnant thing. I've been given it before.

However, the stuff is just about as useful as a normal shampoo these days.

Get some good and gloopy conditioner (makes it hard for the little beggars to run away, glues their legs up) and a supply of various nit combs. Comb comb comb. You'll get fed up, but you'll develop a routine that works for you.

Agnes

told a little while ago that tea tree oil is really good for keeping them at bay (it'll be the expensive stuff from Neal's Yard LOL)

also Boots do an anti nit spray that my friend swears by and she sprays her girls every morning with it and they havent had nits since!

I have caught them from dd a number of times and there is treatments you can use, so if you want to go to chemist they will give you something. Nitty gitty is very good though, but takes time to go through hair and please rememeber to repeat after 7 days.
Good luck
Lisa

How is the nitty gritty comb different from ordinary nit combs.

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Hedrin or Lice Attack both work and are non chemical. The suffocate the little bu*rs in coconut oil. Apparantly, coconut oil on its own works really really well, but it's a real pain to wash out.

REALLY don't use chemicals, they don't work, and they are potenitally harmful. And the bugs become immune to them so using them contributes to the production of The SuperLouse!

I used the chemical treatments twice

NittyGritty has corkscrew teeth that actually touch one another. The teeth are close enough to remove eggs. The maufacturers claim that 100% of eggs (and lice) that come into contact with the comb are destroyed or removed - and although I was sceptical I am convinced now. I have just treated DTDs and DTD1 was 100% clear after 1 comb. DTD2 was clear after 2 combs. With my old bugbuster I would combed every other day for 2+ weeks to acheive this.

They key is to be thorough so that as many of the eggs come into contact as possible. The other advantage of the NittyGritty is that the teeth are about 5-6cm long rather than 1-1.5cm on most combs. This makes it much easier to be thorough and makes even the thickest hair a (comparative) doddle to comb through.

here is what I have previously posted about the Nitty Gritty.

It may be expensive (unless you get a prescription) at approx £10. But if I ever have to replace mine (which I won't cos it has a lifetime gurantee) I would happily pay £30. IT is one of the best inventions ever.

the NItty Gritty website

I would seriously just use a normal conditioner- leave it in for a couple of hours and comb through with a metal nit comb.