Lice

[ginebra]

I had to get rid of lice once, and it was of help to rinse the hair with vinegar, lessen with water, and then put a plastic bag covering your head. Leave
it for a while,and finally, comb it with a fine-tooth comb.

 

[Laura]

Yes, believe me, it was a nightmare. But the problem was that everytime I got rid of them (following all the recommended process, the oils, the dryer, the metallic comb), even after getting also rid of most eggs, there seems to have always been a few ones left alive somewhere. And after a couple of weeks, the newborns were already colonizing my hair.

Now it is very winter where I live, I don't know if that also helped (maybe for them it is similar to extreme heat), but I don't have them any longer.

That's why you do the daily shampooing for MONTHS and use the blow-dryer every day. I believe that it is said it takes two full weeks of daily care to end the cycle and I think that this should be doubled or tripled to be sure. That's what I did on the one occasion one of my kids brought them home, and then we always made sure to do the shampoo and blow dryer at least twice a week even after we were certain they were gone.

I don't think I can emphasize enough how effective this getting rid of any live ones every single day, and then blow-drying to destroy the viability of the eggs actually is. Cooked eggs do NOT hatch.

 

[zim]

What part of washing the hair every night before bed and using the blow dryer is so hard? Especially when a kid is in school??? I did it with my girls. And two of them had hair they could sit on.

Yes you are right isnt hard!!! Today I will take the eggs away using the dryer hair with a comb so I´ll teach her how to use it everyday. It has become annoying this process for me and for her. :P

Yes, believe me, it was a nightmare. But the problem was that everytime I got rid of them (following all the recommended process, the oils, the dryer, the metallic comb), even after getting also rid of most eggs, there seems to have always been a few ones left alive somewhere. And after a couple of weeks, the newborns were already colonizing my hair.

Now it is very winter where I live, I don't know if that also helped (maybe for them it is similar to extreme heat), but I don't have them any longer.

Yeah I know who is it feel, congrats you got rid of them !!!! :D

That's why you do the daily shampooing for MONTHS and use the blow-dryer every day. I believe that it is said it takes two full weeks of daily care to end the cycle and I think that this should be doubled or tripled to be sure. That's what I did on the one occasion one of my kids brought them home, and then we always made sure to do the shampoo and blow dryer at least twice a week even after we were certain they were gone.

I don't think I can emphasize enough how effective this getting rid of any live ones every single day, and then blow-drying to destroy the viability of the eggs actually is. Cooked eggs do NOT hatch.

Ok it is top important to do the same thing every day, we didn’t do it until now so as Laura said the procedure through 4 weeks at least could kill every single animal and egg, now I think for My Daughter this procedure must done every day until she end the classes in the end of the year to avoid any other infection during class period.