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Head lice. Get the nits out

Submitted by Helen

The most important thing to do when your children have head the lice is to make sure that you get ALL of the nits out. Nits are the eggs and will hatch.

Nits are the one thing that is not killed by any treatments, even the store treatments. You must pull them out by hand.

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Isn't there ANYTHING that aids in the removal of nits?? Comments By: Liz I have 2 daughters who both now have bob haircuts, because of the constant head lice problem. They go to a not-so-nice school because of where my military husband is stationed, and have missed 28 days this year because of re-infestation. There are three white girls who are sisters,-(as i have learned black people do not get, or give lice!)- who continue to reinfest the rest. The eggs on these girls' heads are QUITE visable. They keep returning to school the day after they are sent home according to my oldest, obviously without getting rid of them completely. We will go a month or two without them. My girls are told not to go close to the other 3 girls, but kids will be kids. The school ignores my complaints, and concerns, and I even tried going the the girls' mom who has a low-income supporting her 4 children (3 girls) as a single mom, and she just simply cannot afford what's neccesary to shake the problem. I have spent hundreds of dollars thru the school year, and have arranged for them to attend elsewhere next year. My #1 question is, after you've used ALL THE MANY DIFFERENT TREATMENTS, and there happen to be a nit or two left you didn't see (until you realize you're re-infested)....... What can you do to make sure you got all the nits??? My youngest has very thin, silky, baby fine, blonde hair, and my oldest has dark, thick, brown hair. I can not stress enough, how many times I found nits that were so tiny, even my husband said, "How could you even see that??"!!!! Is there a natural home remedy rinse that will aid in the removal of the ones I don't see? Please advise, and I will gladly pass it along to other financially exhaughsted parents who seem to endlessly become re-infested!! Thank You!! (Louisiana Military Wife) TipKing says: The only cure is when they finally grow up and stop getting their heads near to other kids. Beleive you me I have been there with my kids. Chin Up   gotta get the nits Comments By: hope in iowa you have to take lots of time to section out the hair and nit pick. i lay my kid on a bright white towel on the deck and after each pass with the comb..wipe with a paper towel. if you get a nit, change the paper towel. the lice meister comb is the only one that works and it is hard to find and expensive (about $11). i do this for about two week to make sure they don't reappear. also check each sibling and buzz-cut the boys!   Nits Comments By: Helen Theres a new nit comb, designed by mums called a nittygritty. its got long prongs with a spiral on it and its ace. Shampoo and condition hair, leave conditioner on and take time combing through, going from top to bottom with the comb on top, and then with the comb underneath. Works a treat and gets the eggs out too!! Also dilute vinegar with tea tree and lavender is good but doesnt kill the eggs unfortunately. Stings a bit too according to my kids.   The De-Lousing Blues! Comments By: Kacee To the first comment made, the one or two nits you may have missed should be taken care of in the second treatment after 5-7 days. The gestation period of a nit is within 5-7 days and after they hatch it takes another week for them to be able to lay eggs. That is why, therefore, they tell you to shampoo once, comb out most of the nits, wait 5-7 days and shampoo again. This process then eliminates the nymphs before they can lay more eggs. And if you feel that you may have missed some, wait 3-5 more days and shampoo yet again! By process of elimination, you continue to exterminate any live bug that may be able to lay said eggs.   Flat Iron the nits Comments By: Lena Yep...I tried it all, vinagar, fine tooth comb, home remidies and I couldn't get them all out...last night I say down with my 7yo and sectioned off her hair and before I combed it I ran the flat Iron over each section. The nits cam right out with the comb...I fried those little bastards....The heat from the flat iron melts the stucky stuff that makes them stick to the hair. I checked her head this morning and there were almost no nits and the few I found came right out. I'm still going to re treat in 5 days but I am going to sit dwon again tonight and flat iron and comb!!   Thank you guys for this thread! Comments By: Endy I have been getting desperate with this problem. My 7 year old got them at school and they have a zero nit policy. She missed 4 days 'cause it took that long to get her cleared. She has a long head of dark, very thick hair. A few weeks later, there has been another infestation at her school. I'm going to try the flat-iron idea for sure.   Getting rid of nits Comments By: Jeanette Hello, Nits are the cause of reinfestation. What you need to do is loosen the eggs. Flat iron can work but can damage some hair from the heat. After shampooing, rinse the hair and scalp with vinegar until the nits are removed.   Natural and Safe Remedy Comments By: Jeanette http://www.licenders.com/   pi##ed off Comments By: jaclyn returning from florida i look over and saw a bug in my two year old daughters hair.. needless to say PI##ED!!!.. we have tried everything, im desperate.. my sister is a nurse and the lady she works with (who has been doing this for 30 plus yrs) said to go to walgreens or walmart and get this stuff called queen halen conditioning cream.. no offense but its what many black people use.. needless to say they dont get the lice. anyways it sounds funny but slap that stuff all over your hair really heavy and then suran wrap your hair and leave it on over night.hopefully that worked for us.. well soon find out b/c i cant do this another day. TipKing says: Oh you have my sympathy. My daughter suffered for years with this. Never really stopped until she went to the big school (age 11)   bit confused Comments By: karen Please help ive been told Black people cant get nits .... is this true! TipKing says: I do not think that that is correct.   nits and lies Comments By: gillian nit suck i had them did not then did it sucks life sucks i trid a prescription called ovid it will brun but it works so ask your doctor. BY   Little sh*ts!! Comments By: Carime I tried blow drying and flat ironing them little sh*ts and they came right out. I don't have time to pull them all out by hand anymore, I am so tired of that crap. Those bugs best not come back or I'm fry'in em!!   Tea tree oil Comments By: Kindergartener's Mamma Just found out that a kindergartner in my son's class has head lice! I am so freaked out by these little things! Anyway, I was told if you add tea tree oil to your shampoo, the lice wont attach because they can't stand the stuff! I had bought some to help with break outs and it has a strong woodsy smell. Hope it works to keep from getting lice in the first place! They carry it in most pharmacy depts with the herbs. I also saw in a sale add a shampoo with tea tree oil already in it, so I may try that!   Non toxic natural nit-nurse Comments By: Peter boyd Nit shampoo products are now widely available, but some of these contain strong chemicals such as permethrin. These toxic chemical-based treatments were initially considered an ideal solution in the treatment of head lice, but the chemicals come into direct contact with a child’s delicate skin, sometimes causing rashes and irritations. Parents worried that these chemicals would be particularly uncomfortable for children suffering from dry skin conditions, such as eczema. Given that some children have to be treated for head lice several times a year, many parents prefer to opt for straightforward combing or use in conjunction with a non toxic, natural oil based treatment such as nit-nurse. If you would like more information to get rid of nits with nit-nurse visit http://nit-nurse.com