Is there a safer alternative to lindane?
Yes. While all scabicides are pesticides and must be used with caution, products containing topical 5 percent permethrin are considered safer treatments than products containing lindane. Scabies is a highly communicable Skin disease caused by tiny human itch mites . The presence of scabies mites is often indicated by tunnel-like lines of skin eruptions or bumps where female mites have burrowed under the skin to live and lay their eggs.
