nits

[onlyme26]

god i cant believe this but....
my daughter has had nits for the past year! yes A BLOODY YEAR!!! i have tried EVERYTHING apparently they are more prone to blonde hair, but its a joke, i practically use the nit shampoo as her regular shampoo now!! i dont know what to do! we use it, comb them out but the eggs remain and remain and remain!!!! they just havent gone away, i know nits become ammune to the stuff so i change it on a regular basis, please help!!! this is getting to be a joke, when i think they have gone, suprise suprise she gets them back!!! she wears her hair up everyday!!! i just dont know what to do!!! if she was a baby id litterally shave her hair off but she is 7 so not possible :o( at dinner time today im popping to boots to get my weekly suply!!

[onlyme26]

i have even thought about dying her hair!! the chemicals in the dye may kill them off!! but she is only 7 years old!! please help!!!

[Sasha-2008]

Yes they do become ammune to the products you use. Conditioner is good for killing them off. If you put lots on her hair and leave it for a while when comb it through you should see the eggs come out.

They do say that nits are more prone to be on clean heads so maybe washing her hair too frequently is not a good idea.

[johnny.5]

try tea tree shampoo and conditioner
you don't need the expensive ones either
keep combing heer hair with nit comb
and try to discourage her from head contact with her peers



Am I right ?
I'm not wrong !

[onlyme26]

the eggs and the really little ones dont comb out tho, the nit combs only get the bigger ones, its the little ones we have a problem with, because as cant get them out, thanks i will try the conditioner, i have left her hair without washing it because i thought that may help but they got worse!

[Sasha-2008]

Even try one of those leave in conditioners. Put it on her head then wrap a towel around it and leave it for a good hour.

warm the towel first over a radiator that will help the conditioner work better. Then wash it out

you can get spray leave-in ones as well, that might help keep the remaining ones at bay throughout the day.

good luck :)

[ummmm]

You have to be careful. Nit lotions are a form of pesticides and shouldn't used that often. My chemist refused to sell me some as I'd already brought so much.

Conditioner does work. It makes it harder for the the little to stay attached to the hair. Comb the hair with the conditioner still in.

[Lakitu]

Have you not been to a GP about it? I'm 99% sure that anti-biotics will help.

[onlyme26]

really? i was worried about her hair falling out, sounds silly but ive used that much over the past year, its not funny!! ok well ive got loads of conditioner anyway! ( i have very long hair lol) but ill get some leave in conditioner aswell, so shall i treat it as normal then use conditioner? or just use the conditioner?

[unrulyjulie]

you have to keep at em, every day to break the life cycle!Condition and comb thoroughly every day. I did this with my son and they were gone in about 10 days! I have tried all the lotions and they simply dont work!
I actually got my money back from the last lost cause i had paid a tenner and it didnt work!

[onlyme26]

anti biotics??? really?? i went to the school nurse, who didnt tell me anything i didnt already know, did think about the doctor but i must admit after seeing the school nurse twice!! i didnt think he would tell me anything i didnt already know? really antibiotics?

[danchip]

there are medicated shampoos which are tar based and are designed to eradicate flaky scalp and other skin conditions on the scalp, try one of these as they are quite sticky and the eggs will stick to the shampoo as it is being washed out ( this was recommended by a GP and pharmacist to my mum who is a teacher in a inner city school which regularly gets infestations of nits)

[ummmm]

I can't see how antibiotics would work.

Like Jules says. The conditioner thing needs to be done daily.

[Sasha-2008]

I would just stick to washing her hair as normal and then put on the conditioner, leave it for a while, then comb it out.

Do this everyday for about a week and see how you get on.

I would stop using the lotions, i have a relative who works in boots and she always says conditioner is better for the hair and for the lice.

[onlyme26]

right, im on the case, do i shampoo first everyday??? or just conditioner??? i will give it a go! cant believe ive never heard of this before!

[unrulyjulie]

It really is as simple as breaking the life cycle onlyme. Trust ,me, im an expert on this one lol My eldest son had them every other week!

Forget the lotions, they are a con, they may kill lice but they dont get the eggs which are the important bits! If you keep on combing as they hatch then they wont get chance to lay more eggs and so eventually they will die off and no more eggs!

Good luck.

[Sasha-2008]

Well I guess you don't need to wash her hair with shampoo everyday unless her hair gets dirty quickly.If you do wash it with shampoo eveyday then make sure you have a frequent use one or a child friendly one. Even use baby Shampoo.

The main thing is to make sure that you use conditioner on her eveyday, and leave it on for as long as possible and then comb it out. Then obviously wash out the remainder of the conditioner once you have finished combing all the nits and eggs out.

[onlyme26]

thanks guys that really helps!! i hope this works!!

[mumof3angels]

Hi
I sympathise with you onlyme26, my daughter's 11 and has had headlice loads in the last 4 years. Our school started selling the 'nitty gritty comb'. I don't know whether you've tried it but it's far better than any other combs I've used. It has really long teeth and grooves in each tooth that trap the eggs as well as the lice. It is more expensive but worth it. Most chemists sell it now.
http://www.nittygritty.co.uk/ng/index.jsp?page =/productInfo.jsp&productId=3

Sorry if you knew about it already, but just thought I'd mention it.

[lilacben]

Just a thought ,you are treating your hair the same as your daughters and everyone else she comes in contact with are you.?

[B00]

Was just going to say the same thing as lilacben- you need to treat everyone in your family, regardles of whether they're visible on you or not. Also make sure you wash everything your families heads touch...pillows, hats etc.