Head Lice
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Head Lice!!!
Asked by K.G. from San Diego
on September 9, 2012
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So my friend that is watching my kids today while hubby and I are both working just called and told me that our 6 year old that has VERY long, thick, curly hair has LI...
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- Teenmom gave very good advice. Lice are actually very easy to deal with. Only treat those who actually have lice in their hair, do not treat as a precaution.
- Teenmom explains very well how to do the combing. It does take forever - but you definitely have to put in the time or you'll never get rid of the buggers! I'm sorry...
- I just recently read in Parenting magazine that there is a new prescription medication (topical) for lice. It's called Sklice and it makes it so you don't have to do ...
Head Lice
Asked by J.E. from Boston
on August 8, 2010
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My 7 1/2 year old had head lice. We found the problem last Thursday. We did a treatment and still there were a bunch of eggs and nits. We then tried getting them ou...
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- You are WAY overworking this. Go to headlice.org
- http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/the-alternative-medicine-cabinet-cetaphil-for-lice/ This link might help in the future. Also, lice are not supposed to lik...
- Hello J., as maintenance/prevention you can add tea tree oil and rosemary oil to your shampoo and conditioner. There is also neem shampoo and products that help kee...
How to get rid of head lice?
Asked by L.S. from Jacksonville
on July 29, 2008
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My 4 1/2 yr old daughter caught head lice from her cousin. I used the RID solution kit on her yesterday and spent 2 hours in the bathtub pulling those brown things fr...
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- You have to de-lice everything in your home!! Her head, her pillow, her bed, her clothes, any place she has been. Not fun.....been there, done that!
- I will tell you what I used on my children when we had this & it's great, no poison & does the job well. I took Tea Tree Oil & diluted it about 1/2 and 1/2 with water ...
- You need to retreat her-- the eggs are not always killed and she could have a minor re-infestation. WHile on vacation have her wear her hair in a ponytail or braids t...
Head Lice
Asked by L.M. from Dayton
on February 25, 2011
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I got a call Wednesday from my daughters preschool saying they had found head lice in her hair. It wasnt as bad as her friend that also had it. So I washed her hair ...
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- Tea tree oil is a godsend to lice, lice hate it. Use a few drops directly on her scalp and mix in with whatever shampoo. The lice shampoos are pesticides, you really d...
- If you scroll down further on questions there is another recent post about this. It has a lot of great responses. Good Luck!
- You need to wash with the special shampoo, then nit-pick every night for a week, then wash with the special shampoo again. Those little eggs are so tiny that even the...
Head Lice
Asked by M.H. from Lima
on March 7, 2013
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My son came home from kindergarten the other day with a note from the teacher saying someone in his class has lice. Out of all 3 of my kids, we've never had to deal wi...
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- You'll get used to these notices, because lice runs rampant in grade school. No, it's not a given that he'lll get it. But Kindergarteners love to hug and be close to t...
- Each of my boys has come home with one of these notes every year they have been in school. They have only had lice once, and they got it over summer holidays from wea...
- Just keep checking his head for nits or bugs. It does not mean he will get it. If he does, get some lice treatment at the drugstore and use it. Wash everything his hea...
Head Lice
Asked by S.Z. from Oklahoma City
on June 11, 2008
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My 9 year old has been scratching like a monkey lately so I checked him out and sure enough found head lice. I understand that these things happen and I treated the p...
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- Call the health department. You will not have to break your custody agreement the health department will not let him go back to his fathers until HE takes care of the ...
- Contact your attorney. It seems like to me that you could do some kind of emergency thing where he won't have to go back over there until his house has been checked ou...
- I would recommend talking to an attorney, or letting your ex know that you will be talking to an attorney if he isn't willing to do what is necessary and responsible a...
Head Lice
Asked by L.J. from Detroit
on January 6, 2012
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AHH I am so mad, the daycare found lice in my older daughters hair. she is in 3rd grade and attends the daycare for before and after school care. My youngest is there ...
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- Oh man...I remember this! We have 4 kids needless to say our house was a ZOO! Chemicals didn't work...called my mom hysterical. She said put mayonnaise in everyone's h...
- My daughter has had it twice. The first time I spent hundreds on everything I could find to get rid of it. The second time, I took a more relaxed approach and it worke...
- the Fairy Tales stuff is a preventative not something that is supposed to get rid of them once you have them...I hear the mayo thing works but I haven't tried it...I f...
Head Lice
Asked by B.C. from Phoenix
on August 19, 2011
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I noticed a bug in my daughters hair a couple of days ago and didn't think anything of it. Well, saw another one today and after some checking determined it is LICE! ...
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- You need to notify the school nurse and her teacher or it will keep going full circle if all the kids aren't checked (in our school the nurse does it to each kid in he...
- You don't need to go crazy with treatment measures. Check this out, actual science, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics: http://pediatrics.aappublications....
- This is a great treatment and it works. http://www.smsd.org/schools/belinder/news34181.htm I would let the school nurse know so that she can be on the out look so tha...
Head Lice
Asked by T.R. from Columbia
on December 13, 2007
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Hello everyone! A couple of weeks ago my 3 year old daughter got lice and I think she might have had it for at least a week or so b/c she was around her cousin who had...
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- Comb, comb, comb, and then when you think you are done comb again!!! That's the only way to get rid of them all. On the same day that you comb, wash everything. Mak...
- I went through this about 3 weeks ago and I ended up shaving both my boys head and cleaning everything in the house..only took me 2 days to rid them. I wish you luck!
- I totally agree on NOT using the Rid and other OTC products with all those nasty chemicals. Why take a chance? Last year, my daughter got those little icky things from...
Head Lice
Asked by J.C. from Casper
on October 29, 2010
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This is a question for all you moms who have ever had to deal with this. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. But will there ever come a time when I will be able t...
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- tea tree oil shampoo and laundry soap. I had head lice as a child and never wanted my kids to experience it. We have always used the laundry soap and, if its going aro...
- Tea tree oil shampoo also prevents lice
- Eventually, yes. If you find and lice at all, immediately treat with the shampoo, wash all bedding and anything else you can in HOT water (some stuffed animals can ...
