Well that's a new one Nai! Haven't heard that before!
I second the thick conditioner and nit comb. It's a pain, but it works well. (Straightening iron sounds easier)
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Well that's a new one Nai! Haven't heard that before!
I second the thick conditioner and nit comb. It's a pain, but it works well. (Straightening iron sounds easier
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Actually it's been proven that head lice do not survive long away from the human head, so other than pillowcases, brushes, hats etc you shouldn't need to go overboard with washing sheets/towels etc.
Thank goodness!!
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Lice dont but eggs do...and they will keep hatching and re-infecting.
That's why I hate them!!
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But lice need to be near the warmth of the scalp to survive........so how do they last long enough to hatch eggs on a pillowcase?
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From what I've read the eggs can't survive. If an egg is too far from the scalp but still on the hair there's a good chance it's either hatched already or dead. I agree with the conditioner and nit comb though.
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That's what I thought Ozzie. What is that in your sig missy???
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There's a really good website I found with great info on things like this too... kids health dot org ....
Janie... ?? What ya talking about?
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You may not like it, but this is what we used as a kid -- methylated spirits.
Old hairdressers trick. Kills eggs instantly.
We had it sprayed in our hair.
Weird, but it works.
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I was just about to post something similar, i spoke to a chemist lady who had just come back from a conference about nits, this was last year, what she told me was that the new studys are, that they dont have knees so cant jump from head to head and once off the head they dont survive past 24 hours, so she said, u dont need to wash everything, just shake ur pillows and doonas, and vacume the floor.
When i dont have any moov in the house, we do the conditioner treatment as well, and vinager.
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