Head Lice: Infant
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Lice
Asked by A.L. from Dallas
on July 25, 2008
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Does anyone have a remedy for lice. The rid is not working for me and i cannot afford to miss more work
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- A., Try a product call PRONOT. It is usually right next to the rid. When I was about 15 I had lice so bad that it took 7 treatments to get rid of it. We always used r...
- We had an outbreak when my daughter was in 2nd grade. She kept getting it and eventually the Rid quit working. Go see your doctor. There is a prescription for just ...
- A few years ago my daughter kept getting lice over and over, nothing was working. Then the pediatrician told me to coat her hair and scalp with Vasolene (or mayo, b...
Lice!
Asked by J.W. from San Antonio
on June 1, 2009
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If you have had experiences with lice, I would like to know what treatments worked best for you and how long it took to get child back to being lice-free. We are still...
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- Hi, I have been through this before as well... We got rid of them in one day! I used some all natural shampoo stuff, but the real trick is to sit down with a towel, ...
- Hi J., I recently experience my first battle with head lice. All the info the kid's school would give is to just shampoo with lice killing shampoo and follow up in...
- Good morning, I'm sorry your having to go through this. I got them AGAIN years back and I have SUPER thick hair so living on my own, noone was going to take hours ...
Lice
Asked by T.M. from Philadelphia
on March 19, 2009
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We have our first bout of lice :( I have spent hours doing the girls hair with the lice shampoo and comb. I cannot for the life of me get out all of the eggs! Is th...
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- Unfortunately, my daughter had lice last summer. I only found 2 bugs but the nits would not go away! I treated her hair but the nits were still there. My mom read t...
- My daughter has had lice twice, first in third grade, and then fifth. The first time, after doing research on the net, I realized she had it for 2-3 months (I felt lik...
- Grab ahold of the eggs between your fingernails and pull out - this seems to work better than the comb. There is discussion about whether or not the shampoo kills the ...
Lice
Asked by C.M. from Longview
on March 8, 2009
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OKay my son has Lice, I am sick of it, and nothing I do seems to do works. Short of shaving his head any better Ideas that HAVE worked for ya'all. Mayonaise, I'v e tri...
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- If he is young or you have more kids, consider buying a Robi comb. It cost me $25 at Walmart but so worth it and they won't fight you near as much. It uses a battery a...
- I know you said you tried mayonaise but did you let it set for a couple of hours on the head in a shower cap to let it really saturate the hair i did this every sunday...
- Thanks to an extended family camping trip, both of my girls got lice and the only thing that worked after shampoos and sprays, was coating their head completely in vas...
Is It Lice???
Asked by S.P. from Cleveland
on May 13, 2010
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Hello
Our friend came over with his daughter Saturday and found lice on her Sunday...I have vacuumed, disinfected and thrown away the costumes she was playing with. S...
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- If the gunk doesn't come off easily, it is probably nits. My suggestion is to NOT use the marketed lice shampoos as they are pesticides and are very dangerous. Go to...
- Oh, I feel your pain. You may be describing nits. What you need is a shampoo to treat, like rid, and I would buy a metal lice comb instead of using the plastic one. ...
- Since you found out it's cradle cap, here's what I used for that and it worked great. Buy a soft surgical sponge---the kind they scrub you with prior to surgery. You c...
Lice!!!!
Asked by F.G. from Dallas
on October 24, 2009
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Ok I just found out my niece has lice, well I am totally freaked out by this I know its not because she is not clean it is just something kids have, but I checked it m...
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- No, I would not want him to stay the night until they are lice free. I would think that she would be more understanding. Being upfront and honest would be the approach...
- F., If your niece is heavily infested, chances are the whole family may be also. Have your sister come by my office - The Texas Lice Squad in Dallas (4222 Trinity ...
- I kind of thought that you ever reacted at first until I read how young your littlest one was. I was thinking what is the big deal about the lice, they may be an annoy...
Lice
Asked by E.S. from Houston
on June 13, 2010
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Hi Moms,
My3 y/o daughter was around another girl who I just found out has head lice. She was only around her for about an hour, but she was sitting very close to ...
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- I would treat her hair with mayo (the real stuff, not Mircle Whip) and a lice comb, wash in the hottest water you can everything that has touched her head, and vacuum ...
- Walmart sells a robi-comb for abt $25. It is less expensive in the long run than all the shampoos, etc. It zaps with a tiny (can't feel it on your hand) charge. Works ...
- Lice are only transmitted by touch. So it their heads did not touch, she is most likely fine.
Head Lice
Asked by K.H. from Janesville-Beloit
on August 16, 2007
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HELP my 4 year old step-daughter got head lice last Friday, it is now Wednesday night. We did the shampoo on Friday and Saturday and then Tuesday we went to the doctor...
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- Hi K.: It sounds like the nits weren't completely removed the first attempt. Try the shampooing again. (RID) Also, purchase the lice removal comb at Wal-Greens. ...
- When my oldest started school she had that problem. we had to put olive oil in her hair overnight and put a shower cap on. then in the morning we had to sit for severa...
- I highly recommend going to the healthfood store and picking up a tea tree oil shampoo. My 3 yr old had lice last year and I used the harsh, expensive store treatment...
Lice!!
Asked by S. from St. Louis
on January 16, 2008
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My daughter contracted lice a couple of months ago and now we are on treatment number 4! We have treated her 3 times now and her grandmother has treated her once. I do...
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- Hi S.--I went through the lice thing when my daughter was in kindergarten-(she's 15 now). We found an article in a Parents magazine which suggested putting vasoline on...
- S. Please be careful with those treatments they can permeate into the scalp causing brain damage. Check with the pediatrician and show her what bran and how often y...
- S., The lice treatment is incredibly toxic. The poison soaks right into the person's body through the scalp. When my son was five we had this same problem and they ...
Lice
Asked by G.S. from Minneapolis
on March 18, 2007
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This the the 3rd or 4th time my 3 1/2 year old daughter has gotten lice. She seems to get it once a year. I don't have a problem getting ride of it, it is just a pai...
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- I have heard taht tea tree oil shampoo works to prevent lice.
- I would go back about 7-10 days from the time you saw them on her head and that would probably be when she got them. She can get them from other kids or even riding i...
- G., My friends daughter had lice when she was little I asked her what she did. Her doctor told to bag everything and wash in hot water, then use NIX to treat it, the...
