There was a magic mixture arous BB somewhere that was like a preventative, it had tea tree - eucalyptus - lavender and something else to spray in the kids hair.
After the treatment today, do a comb through every 2nd day and treat next week to be on the safe side.
If he has thick long hair it might be a comb through one a week/fortnight to keep on top of them
I used the Moov Stuff and Eco kid - they also have a tea tree preventer spray, hairspray does help stop them jumping too. The best thing I have found is to use my hair straightener on the girls hair after treating as it seems to fry the bugs/eggs off for good. Not sure if that is possible for you tho. GL
Been researching this and the main message from scientists who have studied lice is "treat the head". So don't waste time washing bedding etc, they can't live there, only on a human head. Spend that effort on the affected head.
If you read the packages of most of the newer, natural treatments you will find the main ingredient is teatree oil. So just get some yourself. You can use conditioner to help with the combing, or olive oil. Also if you can leave the oil on for long enough (over 8 hours) they will suffocate and make sure treatment is repeated to catch any that may have hatched, but before they lay a new batch of eggs.
Good idea about the comb in the shower. Did the treatment. Then when I combed it tonight I was still getting a heap of eggs, plus I found three juvenile bugs. Does that mean it didn't really work?
DD also had it. So she has now been treated also. She barely has any hair as it is! She loves having her hair combed, so sat there happily.
It really groses me out.
I will have to let childcare know. Am I right to think that kids are only excluded if they have live bugs? Since I am still pulling eggs out.
Last edited by lilima; April 24th, 2011 at 10:52 PM.
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