Does combing and brushing control lice and remove eggs?
No matter what chemical or naturally occurring product is used to kill live lice, no treatment kills 100% of all eggs (nits), even if the label says otherwise! Therefore, there are only 2 ways to ensure a complete eradication of any headlice population. (1) retreat with an approved product in 10 days for newly hatched lice, which as eggs, escaped the original treatment, or (2) physically remove unhatched eggs. Systematic and diligent wet combing every day for 2 weeks (using plain water or hair conditioner) with a nit comb could eradicate a headlice infestation, depending on combing skills. Some people have found that combing with a flee comb designed for pet animals works for them. (Frequent brushing and combing of dry hair may also control headlice by damaging them, although a trial in Bangladesh has shown this method to be unreliable). The natural-products anti-headlice cream, Electric Blue, is reported to facilitate egg (nit) removal, by denaturing the complex protein glue that stic
