subject: Proper Way To Get Rid Of Head Lice Using Head Lice Home Remedies! [print this page] When killing head or hair lice, the job should be taken seriously and should be carried out thoroughly and in the right manner. Most parents are not aware of what they are really putting on their child's skin and body when they just start using commercial lice shampoo? Are you?
Even the well noted American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the Nix shampoo product as being the most effective treatment for hair lice but if you choose to use it, you are putting pesticides on you child's skin. Because of society's typical disgust that is frequently associated with an outbreak of head lice, some parents react without much thought and try to find the quickest way they can discover to get rid of the hair lice and their eggs. Many other parents, choose to take the healthy and safety of their children into consideration and look for more acceptable alternatives.
Certainly, you want to get rid of the lice and all their nits or eggs. If your child has allergies or even if you are just concerned about using chemicals on your child then you start looking for alternatives. Likely the simplest and most time tested of the head lice home remedies used to avoid the pesticides would be to use a fine lice comb and perhaps tweezers, and manually remove the lice and their eggs (called nits) from the hair. This is a time consuming process that needs to be done daily for several consecutive days. Even for those who use lice shampoo, the tedious process of carefully combing out the nits is still necessary.
Some people follow a common home remedy that has you put a substance like mayonnaise, Vaseline or Olive Oil all over the hair and left on for at least eight hours to smother lice to death. By leaving this greasy stuff on overnight under a shower cap which keeps the mess contained - then this method of treatment works very well . While this is a messy way of getting the job done it works well. Many experts are of the opinion that it is because by cleaning up the hair afterwards, that process actually removes all the parasites and the eggs at the same time. When using this method, it is advised that you should rinse the hair with Vinegar in order to dissolve the remaining grease and this procedure makes it more difficult for any residual eggs to stick on the strands of hair.
There is a non-pesticide treatment you may want to consider using. It is a medication named Ulesfia. You would need to ask your doctor about this because it does require a medical prescription. When using this product, the hair needs to be saturated and left on for ten minutes before being washed out. Whoever uses this product needs to be sure to see that it is applied again in seven days after the first application. This ensures the killing of any freshly hatched nymphs from eggs that may have been remaining. It basically works by suffocating the living hatched lice.
There are other home remedies that have been reported to have worked to rid the hair of lice. These would include treatments made from herbs, spices and essential or aromatic oils. The most common of these is likely the tea tree oil remedy but these methods like other home methods are not regulated by the FDA and their effectiveness is not certain.
On the preventative side of things, do a little research and become familiar with how to identify adult lice, nymphs (young lice) and nits in the hair and do periodic inspections of young children, particularly if they have frequent interaction with other children. Armed with knowledge and by doing regular inspections for hair lice, you can avoid the unnecessary inconvenience of treating children for lice when there is no need to do so. Take preventative measures to avoid the problem altogether.
If girls wear their hair up and if it has gel in it, these procedures reduce the chance for lice transfer from one child to another. Teach your children about lice. Lice are only transferred by direct contact from one person to another. They have no wings and do not have the ability to jump. Teach your children to try and avoid activities that could cause direct contact with each other like climbing on and wrestling with each other. They should also avoid sharing combs, hair brushes, hats, hair ties, bows or any other item that might have had direct contact with the hair or scalp of another person. By teaching your children to take these important steps, the probability of another "attack" of lice is significantly reduced. Through education, awareness and good personal interaction habits, you are taking the best preventative steps to avoid having to deal with this lousy problem in the future.
Proper Way To Get Rid Of Head Lice Using Head Lice Home Remedies!
