Head lice - Here is a tip for using Listerine

When my daughter got head lice from my stepchildren coming to visit, I researched and tried several remedies. I tried the mayo, olive oil and Vaseline and none of those worked.So I tried several other things. Listerine really did the trick but as I said, I also used other things just as back up so I would not leave anything to chance.

Saturate head with Listerine then cover head with shower cap or plastic bag for an hour or two. Use Suave Coconut Shampoo and Conditioner, I read that lice don't care for coconut. I don't know if this is true but I tried it anyway. You can also buy the Denorex Extra Strength Shampoo NOT the one with Coal Tar in the ingredients, and this seems to do pretty well also. Leave in conditioner and then use a good nit/lice comb to comb out nits. I used the Nit Free Terminator Lice Comb from Amazon.com as the other lice combs did nothing. After combing, rinse out hair. Repeat combing at least once a week until you do not find any more nits.

Then I would put in hair mousse or gel after washing hair, blow dry and spray it with hair spray. This seems to help as a deterrent and the eggs and live lice can't seem to withstand high heats.  I try to use hair products with Dimethicone in the ingredient. This ingredient is in a lice treatment product sold at Walmart called Lice Free and is supposed to work so I'm guessing they don't like it too much. Many hair products contain this ingredient so it's worth a shot.

Also, you can wash all linens, clothes, stuffed animals, pillows, etc.. in hot wash, but if you don't wash them, at least put them in the dryer on the highest heat for at least 20 to 30 minutes. I did mine for an hour just to be safe. I did this daily.