What's the best cure for lice?

Be prepared to fight a long battle. Adult lice and immature lice are pretty easy to get rid of, but their eggs are much harder to get rid of, and it is with these that the most problems crop up. People can think that they are rid of lice, but then get another case of lice from just a couple of eggs. Constant vigilance will be necessary to win this battle.

Get a good nit comb and thick conditioner and find a room with lots of light. Good nit combs are metal and typically cost ~$12 or more (e.g. LiceMeister or Nit Free Terminator comb). Without a good nit comb you will not be able to remove the eggs. Sit the subject down on a firm chair and cover the neck and upper body with a towel to prevent too much mess.

Look for the living adult lice, which have pinchers in front, and scuttle around. The small, white “crawly” things are the little immature lice and the white/brown microscopic things attached to the hair shaft are the eggs.

Disperse thick conditioner thoroughly through the hair of the affected person. Doing so will make the hair silky and much easier to comb through with fine tooth combs, and will also loosen the eggs so that they slide right off the strands.

Separate and clip the hair up into four sections and start combing, stopping to wipe the lice and eggs on a towel every few strokes. Continue until all the sections are done.

Repeat, wash the combs, and start again. You should comb through the hair until not a single egg or nit shows up! This will probably take an hour or so.

Pour a cup of white vinegar into a pitcher of water. Vinegar is also supposed to help loosen the eggs. Wash the hair out with the vinegar rinse and then with water.

Clean all of the infected person’s contaminated belongings: clothes, towels, and bedding will need to be washed in hot water, and their mattress and room vacuumed thoroughly. Use the hottest setting on the dryer and dry for the longest time you can without harming the fabric.

Wait a day, and then repeat the process, sitting down, putting in the conditioner and combing through the hair. You could be be surprised after the last comb-through that the little parasites are back; although if they are, they should be back in greatly decreased numbers.

Again, comb through the hair until not one of the lice shows up. Repeat again. And again. And yet again. Usually two weeks will pass until all the lice are gone.

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Dear texaskimmie, I deal a lot with this situation. You stated she came up with lice but came from a good clean family…first of all this has nothing to do with lice. Lice knows no boundaries, in fact the cleaner children tend to get them more because they tend to brush and comb their hair more spreading the lice. Okay, there is not home remedy to get rid of lice I’m afraid. Lice like a lot of other critters are not sensitive to home remedies anymore. There are many products on the market and more new ones everyday…the pharmacists will give you the best one for your particular situations such as sensitivities an allergies. The chemical treatment is a must, no tea tree oil or vinegar etc. has any effect on them. Do as directed by a the pharmacists. Now on prevention there is a few things you can do…and believe me I do them when necessary. First you need to have hair away from the open. So for long hair this is what is recommended; Gel the hair, braid or bun and place as much under a cap. For young kids this is great because they tend to hug everyone or share brushes even when told no. If their hair is up they don’t comb or brush. Shorter hair much the same gel and place on a cap. Do not allow the caps to be worn by anyone else. If a child has lice in your class you are required to remove the child for the sake of the other. A nurse or a worker needs to check classrooms daily with a Robby comb. This comb will send out a sound when they come across nits or lice. Sorry to say that there really isn’t a home remedy and because people do thing there is tend to keep the lice going longer then necessary. Sue…good luck

Take the girl with ice into a bright room.Set her down in a firm but movable chair.Get some really thick conidioner or maynose or something like that.Work it throughly in her hair.(Make sure your wearing gloves!!!)Put a cap on for her hair.(Clips might help.)Wait overnight.The stuff you put in her hair will not give the living lice air,so they will die so it will be easier to get off.Rinse it all off.Get the girl bend her head down.(Easier to see.)Split the hair in small sections with the nit comb,Go over the same section about four times.Put the lice in a towl or something. you should be done in two weeks.Good Luck!!!