Whats the best way of removing head lice?
Head Lice Treatments If you do see live lice moving around on her head, then she needs to be treated. In addition to over-the-counter medicines, like Rid and Nix, and prescription medicines, such as Ovide, there are many natural home remedies that you could try. Keep in mind that according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Nix ‘is currently the recommended treatment for head lice, with retreatment in 7 to 10 days if live lice are seen.’ Head Lice Home Remedies If you don’t want to use a chemical on your child’s head, the most effective treatment that doesn’t involve using any products at all simply involves removing the nits and live lice with a lice comb and/or tweezers. This is the method that is advocated by The National Pediculosis Association. It can be time consuming to do this and you may have to repeat the procedure for several days to make sure you get them all, but this is likely the best thing to do. You still have to take the time to comb out all of the nits anyway eve
Shaving your head is an overwhelmingly drastic solution and totally unnecessary. Adults and nymphs are only able to survive for 2-3 days off the host in optimal conditions. Under normal circumstances however this is more likely to be measured in hours rather than days as the adult louse is highly susceptible to dehydration and will quickly starve. Wash pillowcases and sheets as a precaution, but a nit that falls out attached to a hair needs the warmth of the scalp to hatch. Without this, it will simply die. The chances of it finding its way back to that scalp are zero. With this in mind it is fairly obvious that compulsive cleaning is totally unnecessary. It is more important to make sure there is no live lice on the head than there is on the floor or furnishings. No chemical head lice treatment is legally allowed to be labeled as ‘safe’ as every insecticide is a poison. Every pesticide preparation has the potential to do serious damage depending on the individual. If a lice treatment
the only way is to manually go through the hair with a fine tooth nit comb,and remove all lice and live eggs.then shampoo with lice shampoo and repeat combing process.repeat after a week,hopefully that should resolve it.make sure to check your childs hair weekly even after the nits and lice have gone.
