Seconded / thirded etc.
On topic: when Moon Unit brought back more than memories from summer camp (and dumb Mom here, every time she complained about itching I just reminded her to go wash her hair) we used a round of Nix, but I knew they were developing resistance so I followed it up with an every-other-day dose of olive or almond oil.
I’d get her head and hair pretty well soaked with it, comb it through, have her sit around for a bit with a disposable shower cap, then I’d take a steel nit comb (not the cheap plastic one that came with the Nix) and go through her hair. The first time I did this I found several lice that were too large to be freshly hatched, so while the Nix reduced the population almost to zero, it left several resistant ones behind.
By the third time I did this regimen, I was not finding anything. Still, we repeated the Nix treatment in a week or whatever the box said. We did the oil soak / comb-through every other day for 2 weeks, and while probably unnecessary we washed her bedding every day or two as well.
Of course, by the time we realized what was going on, I’d managed to catch 'em from her. I made my husband check my scalp and he pronounced me clean. The next day, I decided to run the comb through my own hair, and got a “hit” with about the second pass of the comb :mad:. So the poor guy had to help me use the Nix on myself, and do several rounds of nit-combing.
A good (metal) comb is essential. If you’ve got long hair, plastic hair clips are useful in helping to section off bits. I would take most of an hour to do the poor kid’s head.
A friend did the Vaseline thing on herself, her husband, and her 10-year-old - and while that did work (after other tries had failed), they spent days trying to get the residue out of their hair. I think it required a couple go-rounds with Dawn detergent.
Not that the olive oil was that easy to get rid of, but usually 3 rounds of shampoo solved the problem.
