Head Lice Remedies?

[michael39]

What's your most effective head lice home remedies? Anybody have any experience with home treatments?

http://www.head-lice-home-remedies.org

 

[whitehall]

Get a big package of rotinone powdered garden bug killer. It won't hurt humans and it's good on dogs to kill fleas.

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

Do you have an issue with the shampoos made specifically for this purpose? Such as "Rid" or "Nix"? They're your best best, but if the infestation is light you might be able to remove the lice and nits manually using a lice comb. Even if you use the shampoo, you should use a lice comb to remove the, er... casualties.

I've also read that Denorex Extra Strength dandruff shampoo works.

You should also wash clothes and bedding and vaccum the hell out of everywhere the person's head may have been...furniture, etc.

It's a pain.

 

[alicewonders]

Steer clear from chemical based lice treatment as study shows that it increases the incident of seizures. Salon and clinics who uses the Shepperd Method to eliminate lice is a good choice.

 

[strollingbones]

get the doc to give you kwell lotion.....other wise its a long time to rid them....shave as much body hair as possible

 

[Douger]

KMNO4. 1/2 tspn to a gallon of water. Rinse. Repeat. Done.
Do NOT let it get into your eyes.

 

[AllieBaba]

get the doc to give you kwell lotion.....other wise its a long time to rid them....shave as much body hair as possible

LICE, Bones, not crabs, lol....

Home remedies aren't typically too effective...health departments will provide treatment free of charge, if the cost is an issue, you just call them and say you need it...

If you absolutely must do the home remedy route, your best bet is to cut hair and pick by hand. Disgusting, but effective. You have to use a nit comb to get all the nits, and believe me, whomever is having their head raked is going to protest because it takes many sessions and they are long. Use a small flashlight (hold it in your mouth) as you work through the hair.

Good luck. Really, just get the shampoo. Use it a few times over a couple of weeks to make sure you get them all.

 

[Dabs]

Do you have an issue with the shampoos made specifically for this purpose? Such as "Rid" or "Nix"? They're your best best, but if the infestation is light you might be able to remove the lice and nits manually using a lice comb. Even if you use the shampoo, you should use a lice comb to remove the, er... casualties.

I've also read that Denorex Extra Strength dandruff shampoo works.

You should also wash clothes and bedding and vaccum the hell out of everywhere the person's head may have been...furniture, etc.

It's a pain.

Yes it sure is!
My niece had a bad case of it, very bad...ohmigosh, it was some years back. My Mother and I went over there, and together she and I washed the little girl's head, and stripped all the bedding off all the beds and my Mom had bought about 20 cans of that spray stuff in the cans, to spray the furniture at my brother's house....it was hideous.
We went back about 3 or 4 days later to repeat the process......(my brother and his then wife were both lazy asses)........and things seemed to clear up eventually.
I know I wore rubber gloves, and had my hair all up in a bun and when I got back to my home, I tossed everything I was wearing into the washing machine.
Lice gives me the heebie jeebies...I don't like even being in this thread

 

[Toro]

My son picked it up from school. Twice. My wife got it once. I was spared.

It is a pain.

We did a few things. We did the usual nit-picking. That's important. At night, they would put cooking oil, i.e. canola oil, in their hair and sleep with a shower cap. That helps kill the lice and the nits. My wife washed sheets, blankets and pillow cases every day until it was gone. I think she also bought some special shampoo, but I'm not sure how effective that was. She also bought an electronic lice comb. That was helpful. It is a very fine comb power by batteries you run it through your hair and it identifies if you still have any lice or nits. That was a good purchase because after awhile, every little flake of dandruff looks like a nit.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Beheading.

 

[strollingbones]

get the doc to give you kwell lotion.....other wise its a long time to rid them....shave as much body hair as possible

LICE, Bones, not crabs, lol....

Home remedies aren't typically too effective...health departments will provide treatment free of charge, if the cost is an issue, you just call them and say you need it...

If you absolutely must do the home remedy route, your best bet is to cut hair and pick by hand. Disgusting, but effective. You have to use a nit comb to get all the nits, and believe me, whomever is having their head raked is going to protest because it takes many sessions and they are long. Use a small flashlight (hold it in your mouth) as you work through the hair.

Good luck. Really, just get the shampoo. Use it a few times over a couple of weeks to make sure you get them all.

is there a difference...nasty....just plain ass nasty.....i had scabies when i was teaching....nasty ass kids....i nearly flipped out.....my doctor was explaining how common it was with teachers working with nasty ass kids....all i could think about were lice under my skin...are they lice or crabs...hell i dont know....it was too nasty to contemplate

 

[strollingbones]

mites..they are mites


Scabies - PubMed Health

 

[strollingbones]

i do not even want to know what nit-picking is.......nope

 

[waltky]

Lice are becoming resistant to non-prescription remedies...

Lice no longer stopped by common drugstore remedies
September 14, 2016 - Many common over-the-counter lice remedies are no longer effective at stopping these critters from taking up residence on kids’ heads, according to a study that has some doctors recommending prescription remedies instead.

Two non-prescription options in particular that parents often buy to stop lice – permethrin (Nix) and synergized pyrethrins (Rid) – can no longer keep the bugs away, said Dr. William Ryan, one of the study authors. “For decades they have been widely and easily available and have been used over and over, and it is inevitable that resistance will emerge when that happens,” said Ryan, former head of development at Sklice, a maker of prescription lice lotion. “Even worse, when people see they don't work, they keep re-treating, so that all the repeated use just makes the head lice increasingly resistant,” Ryan added by email. For the current study, Ryan and colleagues examined data from previously completed research on lice remedies available in the U.S. through October 2015.

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, medicines like Nix and Rid were usually effective after just one treatment, the research review found. Some studies found these remedies 100 percent effective as recently as 1998. But after that, studies often found these treatments cleared up lice with a single use less than half of the time. One study in 2009 found they worked in a single use just 26 percent of the time, or about as effective as a placebo, Ryan said. Home remedies such as petroleum jelly, mayonnaise and essential oils, have not been demonstrated as safe or effective, the research review also found.

At the same time, several prescription products were effective with a single application even without the tedious process of combing out nits by hand, the analysis found. These included malathion, spinosad and topical ivermectin. Another prescription remedy, benzyl alcohol, worked without nit combing with two applications. Although combing is appropriate to remove dead lice and eggs, rigorous combing may only be something parents need to do for cosmetic reasons, the authors conclude. One limitation of the study is that some of the over-the-counter remedies are much older, which may have allowed more time for lice to develop resistance to the products.

While prescription options may be better, they’re also much more expensive, noted Dr. Barbara Frankowski, a pediatrics researcher at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital in Burlington who wasn’t involved in the study. “They are all VERY expensive – some well over $100 for a single treatment – and certain insurance companies will only cover certain products, often with an extremely high co-pay,” Frankowski said by email. “If you don't have insurance that covers prescriptions, and you are not rich, you are out of luck!” It may be reasonable for parents to try over-the-counter products first, as long as they are certain their kids have lice and they use it at least twice at 7 to 10 day intervals, said Dr. Bernard Cohen, a pediatrics and dermatology researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore who wasn’t involved in the study. “Consider the prescription products if this does not work in a timely fashion,” Cohen said by email.

It’s also important to check the whole family for lice when one person gets infested, Cohen added. “Close physical contact is the most common way of acquiring lice, since they do not fly or jump,” Cohen said. “I still think that one of the most common problems is not identifying close contacts who are infested and treating them appropriately,” he said. “After treatment, I recommend not sharing combs, brushes, or hats with anyone else and avoiding contact with those who might be sources who have not been treated,” Cohen added.

Lice no longer stopped by common drugstore remedies