Head lice treatments - getting rid of lice!

[Astrid]

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.

[Neoma]

And keep a plastic nit comb in the shower. Get the kids in the habit of combing every time they have conditioner in their hair as a preventative

[lilima]

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.

[Catastrophic]

Comb it through tomorrow with some oil and it should get the rest of the eggs out :-D