Head lice treatments - getting rid of lice!

[RainbowBrite]

I have a small spray bottle (old kids tangle free bottle) with a mixture of water, conditioner, tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil I used this as a preventor and for quick comb throughs.
I also have a comb in the shower and when I condition the girls hair I go through it...I also do it to my own as a precaution...I have occasionally found one in my hair.
I find that once they are in school/daycare it is an on going thing.
Checking, using a preventor is the only way to keep away.
You cannot just treat them get rid of it and think they will never come back...unfortunately...especially when they are in school and there are parents who don't treat their kids.

[BellyBelly]

Adding in the BB article:

Treatments for Head Lice (Nits) - Kill Head Lice With Natural Treatments

[C~Q]

I'm so sick of this too...it never ends does it!!

[BellyBelly]

My daughter (9) has the longest, thickest hair and she's finally lice-free. It was a challenge because she got so sick of her hair being tied up and hair sprayed. When they get to a certain age and can understand they need to keep their head away from other kids, it gets MUCH easier. My son just keeps getting them because he's always active and playing close to other kids and has the attention span of a goldfish lol... just keep treating him with natural stuff whenever I spot an egg.

[~Raven~]

I've been using nitwits detangling spray and it's fantastic

A was getting them all the time (at least twice a week) but since I took a punt on this stuff he hasn't had any!

[Pinkelephants]

H, been having the same issues for the past 5 months keeping finding the little buggers everywhere.
Does any one have a recipe for a spray in which I can use on my daughters hair every day
Thanks

[BellyBelly]

Have you checked out the BB article? Treatments for Head Lice (Nits) - Kill Head Lice With Natural Treatments

[Rouge]

I use kids hair conditioner spray with added tea tree oil.

Some of my tips. Don't rely on the products. Manual removal of the eggs is the only surefire way to get rid of them.

Also the first time you comb through you don't do it just once we do it until there are no more eggs/lice found when coming through. Yes it's a PITB. But if you don't do this you will be chasing your tail.

After the first comb through do it again in two days if you find none then leave it for another 3 days and do again. If you find some repeat and then do again in three days.

We do 1st then in 2 days, then 3, then 3 then 7. Treat with conditioner spray on between treatments.

Never ever use those plastic combs. They are useless. I find the KP24 combs rip their hair out. The comb I recommend is quit nits. There are two combs one for short hair one for long and a magnifying glass.

We only ever use conditioner and a nit comb. My kids have only had it a few times. But every time I get them all through persistence.

Also when combing section the hair in parts then comb very small sections. If you try to do it quickly by doing larger sections it will be too much for the comb and you will not successfully get them all. Also make sure you wipe the conditioner off onto a tissue each time you comb. Do not recombine the hair without wiping in between.

New evidence suggests that the adults can live off the head for 24 hours the eggs 6 days. So whilst boiling is not necessary washing is. And if you can use a towels on their pillows (new each morning) until you are sure they are gone.

I know this sounds like a lot of work but I don't like the treatments, not only is it not good for the kids but like most insect killers/repellents they can develop a resistance (just like fleas do with treatments and mozzies do with repellents). The other thing is in some hair types and colours you cannot see the infant lice until they have grown into adults and by that time they would have reinfected other kids. So combing is often the only way to be sure that they aren't there.

[Beach Mama]

All of the above plus I make sure her hair is plaited every day, and sprayed with hair spray. She didn't get them once last term so I think not having hair out and flowy definitely makes a difference.

[Rouge]

Absolutely!!!!