DS hair falling out after nit treatment!!

[STARRYSKY]

Discovered DS had nits about 3 weeks ago, treated with kp24 shampoo first off, then used the overnight one the next day/night...7 days later shampooed again.. lots of live lice, heaps of eggs...ughh..

DS has long, curly hair, a nightmare situation for getting a comb through at the best of times..

decided today to use quellada (I was recommended to use this, being pregnant, to treat my own hair) left it on for the 10 mins, chucked him in the shower and rinsed then came in to put conditioner in, his hair started coming out in clumps!!
about 3 handfulls of hair all up...he now has a 10c piece sized bald spot on the top of his head and a big patch of short spiky hair around it!!

I feel awful! am about to take him to the hairdresser to get it chopped anyway, but omg, I'm guessing all the chemicals have burnt his poor hair away..

his neck has also come out in a red splotchy rash, which I thought initially to be bites from the lice, but am now thinking it may be a reaction of some kind.. I dont know, I put some 1/2% cortisone cream on it and he doesnt seem to be scratching it so much..

I HATE NITS!! Glaxo smith Kline will be getting a rather irate email from me tonight!

[Tinks]

Yikes! Pook kid. You should probably take him to the dr.

I researched nit treatments because my girls constantly had them at one stage. One of the recommendations was a course Bactrim antibiotic. The nits live off blood but when the bactrim is in their system they die. Given his reaction to the solution you used, it would probably be a good idea to do try that as a treatment until the burns on his head clear up.

[Mummy_AllyK]

I'm allergic to nit treatment myself, we used to soak the hair in tea tree oil over night, then combed the dead ones out and repeat for a week and mum used to add a little bit in to our shampoo, worked for me as a kid :-)

[~Kim~]

Oh gosh! No that should not happen! Poor little boy! I agree with Tinks about the doctor, and if not at least a pharmacist.

We use the natural one, but I have also read that apple cider vinegar and coconut oil will dissolve them.

[Calluna]

I had a massive reaction to kp24 as a kid. The second it touched my head I felt like I was on fire.
I wouldnt be suprised if that was the culprit.

Your poor littlw guy. Hope you can find a solution and the hair dresser can help

Def reccomend tea tree oil here too.

[Nai]

Sounds like it was - I use an all natural one and do a nit comb through with masses of conditioner every second week to keep them at bay. My DD1 has extremely thick wavy long hair which is a nightmare so I know how hard it is!

[RainbowRiver]

I only use Quit Nits on my kids (and myself when I was pregnant).

[Rouge]

Conditioner and manual removal is the safest and most effective way to remove them. Even if it is labour intensive. I hope your little nan's head recovers soon.