Help! NITS!!!! .....going to chemist now, what's the best stuff?

[LadyTophamHatt]

sorry I know there's loads of these threads but I couldn't get anything on the search.

Our first nit experience so I'm a novice.

Is there anything that is one treatment as I don't really want to be doing it for days and days.

anyone......

Not chemicals, the best thing is a nit comb and masses of conditioner, a video for the kids and a lot of patience from you!

Most nits are resisitant to the chemicals and you have to nit comb anyway.

Do it every other day for 2 weeks and the kids should be nit free. It does work....you see the little critters getting smaller and smaller.....very therapeutic!

We used derbac last week as we found headlice in DD2's hair. She is only 14 months so we tried wet combing for a week but still were finding lice. I didn't want to use a chemical one but felt there was no other way. TBH I was worried about her passing it on to others too.
I have a very strong suspicion about who she got then from, there aren't many that get close to her head. And DD1 caught them from the same child last year.

ok

Lice Attack is popular
as is Derbac M

Lice Attack is the more "natural" one using coconut oil. Put it in, leave for 15mins, nitcomb hair, rinse, nitcomb. Needs to be repeated 7 days after and 7 days after that.

Derbac M Leave on hair for 12 hours or overnight. Wash hair. Whilst wet comb through with nit comb

Not sure which I prefer, but I find that wet combing with conditioner every Sunday is the best preventative... as well as tea tree oil in your shampoo.

hth

Will try to find you a link to the latest study which showed that wet combing is 3 times as effective as chemical products...the chemicals never kill them all first time, are decidedly dodgy for your children's health and as hmb says, you have to nit comb anyway.

Will also find you a link for the best comb which you can get free on prescription...back shortly with links!

Just read about something yesterday called Delacet - a herbal remedy so effective you have been able to get it on the NHS since 2001. Never used it but will if ever need to.

Nit comb free on prescription here

You have to pay for the full study, but the basics are here - chemical treatment only worked in 13% of cases!

Hope this helps and you have my sympathy - it's a miserable business.

I got a kit from Boots 'natural alternatives range' (is that what its called?) but I haven't tried it yet. I understood that tea tree oil shampoos (lice don't like the smell) and combing was a good option.

Tree tea oil definitely works as DD1 hasn't caught thema nd we do her hair with it each time it's washed.
Derbac has worked for DD2, but I'd have preferred not to use it.

Well, you could do one treatment with nasty chemicals although I think there are some nicer homeopathic ones around or you can comb through with tea tree every other day for about 10 days and it'll definitely get them. I did chemicals the first time but then realised that the frequency with which children get nits meant that I would be putting sometihng fairly nasty on his head (and ours!) far too often for my liking. Combing is boring but works.

also, have you seen nitty gritty?

what about an electric one?

littlerach you need to keep combing for about 2 weeks. the lice you find at the end of week one are the ones too small to be combed out when you start. also you cant comb out the eggs so have to wait for them to hatch and the lice to get big enough for the comb to get them

dont use full marks, its rubbish

and make sure the hair is sopping wet when you do it. wet lice cant move, dry ones are faster than the comb so you wont catch them

Tea tree might deter the lice from reinfesting but it doesn't kill them any better than any old conditioner.

Wet lice don't move so much, by smothering them in coditioner you make it easier to comb them out, and also you stop them breathing.

You do it every 2/3 days as this catches them after they have hatched and before they are lod enough to lay eggs themselves. Also they don't leave the head when they are this small, so your kids don't pass them on.

The lice should get smaller and smaller as time goes on, if you suddenly get a full grown one it means that you have been reinfested and you have to start all over again.

It is a drag but it does work

I agree with happymerryberries and frankenstein - it's an utter waste of money buying anything chemical or even herbal. I have done it all, believe me. Cheap hair conditioner, a nitty gritty comb and hours of patience - and do it every other night. They will be gone in a week or two and won't have cost you the earth.

I have used nit lotion before on fostered kids who came to me with really badly infested hair. I found it was never worth it and the wet combing method for 2 weeks always gets rid of them. You need to be really strict with yourself though and make sure you are consistent otherwise they never go.

Why is it there is always one child in the class whose parents never seem to bother getting rid of nits fgs?

Also, I was amazed my sil kept her dd off school for 3 days due to her having nits - I am sure this isn't necessary. Would anyone else keep their kids off for this?

Have a read of this - Delacet .

Has anyone used it? It sounds interesting. Read the (Did you know?) section.