Getting rid of lice in the home- help!

Sandra Iriarte
by Sandra Iriarte
  6 answers
  • Jennyprrs Jennyprrs on Apr 15, 2018

    There are several over the counter treatments you can purchase at any pharmacy or big box store. There is a brand called lice free that even kills and removes tbe eggs. Most traditional ones require you to remove the eggs by using a comb and “ pulling “ them from hair shaft.


    Lice free also has a product that helps protect the hair from getting lice as well.


    Its a prEd’s but you have to wash all clothing pillows blankets clothing and stuffed animals and dry them in highest heat possible. You need to spray either high percent rubbing alcholol or the product they sell to kill lice on surfaces. You need to

    evrn spray your car. Vacuum your mattress and furniture too.


    If you dont do all you can possibly get them back so it’s important to do

    it no matter how much work is.


    Hope this help.


  • Denise Helton Denise Helton on Apr 16, 2018

    You must vacuum all cloth services in the home and car, you must at least re-dry on hot all clothing (the things that cannot be dried need to be stored in garbage bags and not taken back out for at least a month - to be extra safe go for 2). Then shampoo all heads and look daily for any left over nits, when you find them strip them from the hair shaft and pop them (yep it's gross but not as bad as living lice). After 10 days shampoo again and repeat as many times as is necessary until you see NO nits and NO lice. When you re-shampoo the heads also re-dry every thing worn since the last time and everything that touched any of it, re-vacuum all cloth surfaces. When you vacuum make sure to take that bag out to the trash, you don't want live lice climbing back out onto your carpet and multiplying. Also remember to put all hair supplies in a very hot water soak - scrunchies, barrettes, head bands, combs, brushes.

  • Paula Paula on Apr 16, 2018

    I had a friend who had Recurring lice outbreaks. Finally, she started combing olive oil thru her daughters hair every 3 days. Daughter slept in sheer so with olive oil hair. After 3 weeks, they were lice free after struggling with for months.

  • Cynthia H Cynthia H on Apr 16, 2018

    I had a terrible time with my youngest daughter when she was in grade school. She had long hair, and even though I would get the house clean and stuff packed away, she would get reinfested when she was at school. They actually had to rip the carpet out of the grade school. Finally, I tried a trick I had read about - Vaseline. I rubbed into her hair and scalp, and combed it through her hair and then braided it. Day by day I combed it out and the cycle was broken. Recently I discovered Argon oil, and I think it would probably work also. The lice suffocated, and the eggs didn't hatch just like they do when stored in garbage bags on things you can't wash in hot water.

  • B. Enne B. Enne on Apr 17, 2018

    A good comb is more than half the battle. The ones sold in pharmacies are often too flexible, wide, or simply ineffective. Many Lice removal companies use a variation of this comb (often for much more money!) with ridges that grab.https://www.amazon.com/Nit-Free-Terminator-Professional-Stainless/dp/B000HIBPV8?th=1


    Many experts now say that cleaning obsessively over and over is unnecessary since lice do not live long off the head. I think however, it is good to thoroughly vacuum couches, beds and carpets after the first few head treatments, wash bedding and clothes, and stick pillows and unwashable items in the dryer for at least 10 minutes on heat.


    People should avoid buddy selfies and sharing hats, hair accessories, scarves, hats, necklaces, combs, brushes. Tell kids to look out for long hair "flippers", who put their head down and fling their hair into a ponytail.


    Neem oil works really well (even on nits apparently), but smells so bad. A few drops of lavender or tea tree oil helps hide the smell. Add the drops to white conditioner, apply thickly to hair and let sit for about 30 minutes. Slowly comb through while checking head. Keep wiping the comb on white paper towel to see the debris. When finished, put the comb in boiling water to kill any bugs or nits.


    Some people do a wet comb-out weekly after the lice are eradicated, as a preventative measure.

    https://www.parents.com/kids/health/head-lice/lice-removal-tips-secrets-of-a-nitpicker/


    Good luck and hang in there!