I wholeheartedly agree with aussienic, Vinegar is the best thing ever!!!
I come from a family of five girls with incredibly long and super thick hair, and being in school, you get nits all the time.
While conditioner does work, it's not as good as vinegar.
Vinegar breaks down that superglue like stuff that nits excrete to bind the egg to the hair. It dissolves the glue, and the eggs just come out. Usually even if you miss some, the glue has broken down so much that next time they wash their hair, the eggs will just fall out and go down the drain.
And you need a good brand new comb to get the actual nits out.
Just do the vinegar wash, comb through, leave the vinegar for an hour or so, and then wash out with shampoo and conditioner like normal and your kids hair will be beautiful.
Do a comb every day for a week or so and the nits will be gone.
And even if your kids don't have nits at the time, a comb through dry hair once a week will help stop the lice coming back.
It's been working for us girls for the last 15 years of schooling.
Can someone please explain the vinegar? Do you just put it in like shampoo and rinse it out or do you leave it on the hair for a while? How long? Does it smell?
Have just found one of my old housekeeping books and it says to wash the hair in vinegar and water, then use a fine tooth comb to comb through the hair.
From memory the vinegar smell doesn't stay long.
When you wash the clothes hang inside out so the sun can get into the seams. Yeah, I know, some places don't have much sun at the moment.
You could probably put the clothes in the dryer for 5 minutes or so and that should kill them off.
I haven't tried vinegar yet either. I haven't been home for a few days to make sure DD1's hair is sprayed, so I'll try it tonight. Can guarantee they are back!
I got over wasting money on nit/lice products when Jaz started school. I've tried them all. & I gave up on them all.
The only one I use now is pyranel foam. You just use it like shampoo, leave it for 5 minutes & rinse out. It smells if you are close to their head after, but it works for the initial treatment & is only about $8 at woollies.
I do that 2 days in a row, to make sure I didn't miss any the first time, then I condition it & comb it through with my trusty KP24 metal comb. Its prongs are close together & strong & it drags out the eggs. If the hair is wet, they won't pull on the hair. If its dry it hurts like hell!
I do that once a week & spray with a mixture of lavender, tea tree oil & water every day before school & put her hair up. I use the spray instead of conditioner sprays to brush her hair.
Have you got a good DVD that she will sit still in front of? Thats how I do it.
You can buy tea tree conditioner too. The smell hangs around for a few days to deter them.
Hair dryer helps. They hate heat, & washing all the sheets isn't always necessary, you can just hang them in the sun.
Mum used to have a bowl of metho when combing & would put them in there. She actually sprayed the metho into our hair. It kills them. I use a towel & we all get completely changed & put everything in the wash afterwards.
I'm lucky DD1 is the only one that really gets them. DD2 just doesn't. Don't know why, but I'm so greatful! She has so much hair on her little head!
Don't waste your time trying out deisel...its a tested theory that doesn't work
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