RE: Nits! pls help!
too right bring back the nit nurse
RE: Nits! pls help!
Where is Nitty Natty Nora the head explorer!!!!!!
Will like Amber said the biggest problem is ownership and if EVERYONE did it they would go away.
Cider vinegar is another idea and it is great for the hair if nothing else.
Heaps of conditioner and a comb is the best though I am sure.
Love & Light
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RE: Nits! pls help!
Survivior, you triggered a child hood memory, whenever my mum saw me or my sister scratch out heads, she would wash out hair with vinigar, it must of worked cos I can never recall having nits as a child. Had them twice since having children of my own, it just ain't funny.[:@]
RE: Nits! pls help!
Hi there
My daughter had this problem twice. First time after trying the useless shampoos and the useless nit comb I ended up snipping each hair that was contaminated.
2nd time round I used an electric nit comb which was good but her hair is so thick it wasn't effective enough. In the end I used my cat's flea comb (washed of course) the teeth are close together than the normal nit comb. You really need someone to help you, get them to check your hair daily. It's the horrible black ones you really need to get rid of as they are the egg layers.
I hasten to say I got rid of hers in the end.
deb379
RE: Nits! pls help!
I have the same constant battle with my 3 kids, and they even gave them to me last time 🙁
I never actually had them when I was little, but I know this is because we had the Nit Nurse.
Bring back the Nit Nurses is whats needed too.
RE: Nits! pls help!
Hi everyone, I'm Jennifer, new to the forum, first time today.
I have also had similar problems with head lice, having a daughter and sonat primary school. I have used teatree shampoo, which was very effective (but we did still get them occasionally). My hairdresser told me to stop using it because it was drying my daughters hair. We used the shop brought products to kill them, but I was very concerned about what was in them so didn't use them again.
I became an Independent Distributor for Forever Living Products and started using their shampoo on my son who at the age of 6 still had craddle cap (he has eczema). I started using it on my daughter too as I was told that head lice didn't like the smell of it. That was 4 years ago, we've had no headlice since, yipeee, oh and no craddle cap either. :0). If I can be of any help and you'd like more information you can have a look at our website or contact me through it.
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RE: Nits! pls help!
grrr I hate it when the nits arrive!! My daughter caught them a few years back from one particular girl in her class and as soon as we managed to clear my daughters head from nits she got them again, from the same girl who's mother never bothered to do anything! 'Twas an ongoing battle...
Anyway, after trying numerous potions and lotions what I found to be the most useful, although I kid you not it was extremely tedius, the electronic nit combor zapper as we affectionately call it, was our knight in shining armour. It's a very long process combing through small sections of hair, especially it there's a lot of hair, but well worth it. When the zapper finds an egg or a nit it electronically zaps it, this can be painful at times.
Now, when we find out that nits are about we zap my daughters hair a few times just to be on the safe side. It 's so much better to catch the little bleeps early. Thankfully she's been clear ever since.
I would warn you however to be careful if there is a scab on the head, as the zapper catches the scab and recognises it as a nit.
Hope you get it sorted soon.
RE: Nits! pls help!
Hi everyone
I can fully understand how everyone feels about nits and lice.
My step daughter used to have them all the time and with her having hair to her bottom, it was a nightmare...
I searched high and low for produces, did all the tea tree thing and full marks, the conditioner and combing it through with a nit comb.
unfortunatly i didnt have the same support from her mother so she was left to deal with it by herself when she wasnt with us, bless her.
i finally found a natural remerdy on the net, and used a 50/50 mix of vinigar and baby oil. it said to leave it on for an hour wraped in cling film and then to shampoo and condition after, follow by combing with a nit comb....
i got to say it wasnt the nicest thing to do to a 10 year old,,, but WOW, it made her hair beautiful and not a living thing left...
TOUCH WOOD she has never had them since... 2 years on...
i did tell her its best to have her hair tied up and to avoid head contact with friend at school, of course as 90% of the problem steams from lack of interest in the parents cas they cant be bother..
i hope this will help.
karen
RE: Nits! pls help!
A few people have commented on how frustrating it is that some people don't bother to check their kids. A teacher friend of mine told me that this is made worse by the politically correct brigade, as, instead of sending a kid home until their nits are sorted out, they have to just mailshot the whole class, as anything else is discriminatory, even when there is an obvious 'culprit' who is passing the lice on. So the 'active' parents go through the cost of buying all the stuff again and the 'inactive' ones ignore it as before. If a parent can't be bothered to check their kids they certainly aren't going to read a letter from the school.
Maybe we all need to campaign to our local education authorities for them to stop being so p.c!