chipmgnet Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 My 5yr old daughter (hair down to her bottom) is coming home with nits.4 lots in the last 3 weeks. Have tried all the normal over the counter shampoos,combing ect and she still has them. Have rung the school and they say that it is a major problem at the moment. Any home remidies and suggestions would be greatly welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trace&steve Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 tea tree oil so ive heard put some in your shampoo bottle and wash her hair all the time the nitts hate it and id plait her hair and hair spray it. i get the creeps with those lil critters. hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeyedfrog Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Man I hate nits! :evil: I have two daughters with v long hair and the same thing was happening to them. I combed thru with a nit comb daily using conditioner until I was getting no more nits ( the tiny ones can be hard to spot) then used a hair straightener- this cooks/kills the eggs. The hair straightener was the breakthru for us. Pantene 3min miracle was great for getting a smooth comb thru without tangles and hair being pulled out. I left the conditoner in and just plaited their hair. Wet it each evening and combed thru. Leaving the conditioner in seemed to discourage more nits. Repeated this a week later . A couple of drops of tea tree oil in their shampoo or in a spray on /leave in conditioner is supposed to help too. apparently they don't live for long off the head so frantic washing/cleaning of bedding/carpets/ furniture is not necessary. Good luck- you have my sympathy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 my daughter had the same problem at primary school. the ONLY thing that worked was this: mix up equal parts of baby oil and vinegar and wet hair with this. Leave on 20 minutes and then thoroughly wash out. Use a knit comb to get any stragglers who will be half dead by now. The oil suffocates the live lice and the vinegar loosens the egg knits for combing. It does leave the hair looking really greasy for a few days and smelling like a fish and chip shop the first day! So it's ideal for the upcoming holidays but it does work and avoids the chemical burden. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 There is a natural product that we use to get from a chemist up here in a blue bottle that was great!!! The important thing with it was to wrap her hair up in glad wrap for a while so the gunk could do its thing. We use to do her hair every 2 to 3 weeks and never had a problem after that. I use to cost about $12 a bottle My sis in law had a very basic way of killing them off She would spray her daughters hair with fly spray and after it was quite damp would also wrap her hair up in glad wrap. I think the bugs were too scared to reinfest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 There is a commonly used, and very effective, one time treatment but it is a veterinary product so I won't say it here...used to have hoards of people coming into the clinic for it to use on their kids. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 capstar? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 There is a commonly used, and very effective, one time treatment but it is a veterinary product so I won't say it here...used to have hoards of people coming into the clinic for it to use on their kids. :roll: a spot treatment? personally I wouldn't use that on children! capstar? :lol: you can get that at the supermarket - very affective knockdown treatment for fleas, but again .. I would not risk it on my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Lice very quickly develop pesticide resistance, hence people resorting to harsher chemicals, or largely untested 'natural remedies'. Because of this the safest and most reliable treatment is manual removal. Takes longer but is safer. Ultimately, if she (and family and home) are completely free of them after each treatment but she is contracting them again at school, there is nothing you can do. One thing that may slow the incidence is attempting to educate her on not getting too close to other heads (lice cannot jump and don't do much crawling) and how cute she would look with a pixie haircut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I remember reading a thread on another forum about this and so many parents recommending animal flea treatment. Not even a vet one, one of the cheap supermarket ones. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmgnet Posted June 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Thanks guys. Will give some of the natural ideas a go first, Straighten her hair and hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 capstar? :lol:Nope. a spot treatment? Nope. Definitely not a spot-on treatment. This is a common topical remedy that is safe to use on the smallest kittens. ...you can get that at the supermarket... I personally don't recommend using any flea treatments sold at the supermarket (for children or for animals). They are looking at banning many of these overseas due to serious safety concerns. Sorry, back on topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 The hair straightener method appeals to my 'fry the little beggars until they die' mentality rather well... :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Ooohhh - you are making me itch. All the work that you are doing will not be totally effective if not everyone else around her is doing it. Tea tree oil mixed with citrus works well and using a conditioner also helps to an extent. Its a 7 day cycle and it takes two to tango as they used to say. Be vigilant every night for about 10 days. You will then know if you are missing some eggs or if new adult nits are swinging over to her from her friends or classmates. I would imagine a hair straightener will help but only if you get right down to the base of her hair. Tie her hair and plait it tight. The only thing positive is that at least you know her hair is beautifully clean as they don't like dirty hair! Also check that she is not sharing hats (play things) or hairbrushes with anyone. Taking her out into the sun will help you see them as they move around more. I have also been told by a health professional that you may as well use fly spray as use some of the other cures and it works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I had success with conditioner. Smother her head in it and wrap gladwrap around it for twenty minutes - it smothers the lice. I did need to keep doing it every day until all the nits had hatched because it did not kill the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 I personally don't recommend using any flea treatments sold at the supermarket (for children or for animals). They are looking at banning many of these overseas due to serious safety concerns. Sorry, back on topic. I was talking about the capstar. But the other spot on treatment at the supermarket is vile toxic stuff and I can't believe it's not already banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbunting Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 keracen works the best you put it on wet hair leave for 5 min and then wash out and then do it again but dry hair and then leave for 5 min and wash out but there is 1 down side your hair both times are itchey as hell so be preperd for a helling match and bad laugh if you try this but i would deffently do this dont waste your money on the nit removeal smapoo and combs dont work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmgnet Posted June 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Thanks guys. Will continue with the fight. A friend suggested I leave them untrated and comb them out and use them as live food for the fish. Somehow I dont think so!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Nits like clean hair so as bad as it sounds you could cut back on washing her hair. I am not saying stop but maby just once or twice a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 "Nits like clean hair" is a myth apparently. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 While doing National service I was informed by an officer that the reason for my having 5 haircuts in the first 6 weeks was to avoid nits. Females don't need short hair so they must be immune. Nits like skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northland chic Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 I have had Frontline reccomended by a few people but never tried it. I just shave my sons head, hes had nits so many times he volunteers for shaving now. My dauhgter has light hair so i get them, shampoo and do all that. I think nits die if they dont get blood/fed for 24hours so i just hang blankets out for a day otherwise id run out of water washing them all the time. One or two kids have had them in my sons class for nearly his whole 3 years of school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Just to be clear, it is the Frontline spray that is usually recommended, NOT the spot treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Kidding! When i was younger my step siblings always had. Tell your daughter to keep her hair tied in a bun or something, and not to put her head near other kids, or share hats. Tea tree oil is good. My mum used to use flea stuff. Like actual animal flea stuff on our heads. 3 drops? Wait twenty mins. Rinse out. Comp. Choice. But i only had short hair. Now that i have long hair(for a dude) and am at college, i don't have the lice problem =D Been a few years since i last heard about lice. Just be really persistent. Its going to be there for pretty much the first 8 years of schooling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 As a kindergarten teacher of a Steiner school, where our philosophy is based on organic living, we recomened cornflour mixed with conditioner, this suffocates them and kills them, then apply a nit comb to loosen off dead eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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