I don’t even want to bring thisupbecause it makes me seem dirty or icky,but over a month ago, a friend gave me a jacket which someone had given her.
My head got itchy.I even went to the doctor,and he said it was a reaction to the fabric.
Nope.
Just saw them earlier today, lice.
I bought some Rid.
Used half of it,used some on my son.
Did laundry.
Much better.Lots less itching.
I fluffed my hair and found a few teeny ones fell out.
SO now I had to put the rest of it on (4 oz.total)
I hope this works.
This ever happen to anyone?
Any other advice?
I plan to use more 10 days from now.
First don’t stress, millions of Americans get lice every year.
Second, do what you’re doing but also see if you can pick up a metal nit comb and have somebody go over your hair, manually, with both the comb and painstaking chimpanzee-style-by-hand nit-picking. Combine that with re-treatment of the pediculicide to get any lice that hatch from nits you miss ( the 7-10 day incubation cycle is why you re-treat in 10 days ). Do the same with all other family members.
Yes, my sister gets them all the time from her classmates… in elementary, everyone must share one communal comb or something…
Tips: To loosen nits, use vinegar or conditioner. Leave in hair for around 15 min, then use the metal nit comb (nice suggestion). I’d also recommend vacuuming your bed, as they probably fall there too (we’ve always done that, just to be safe.) Do the nit-picking every day (or have someone else do it) for 3 days or so to be sure. Tamerlane: while the incubation cycle may be that long, I think that not all of the eggs are going to wait 7 days, then hatch at the same time. I assume that some have been laid before others, etc. That’s why I say the picking for a few days in a row. After that, be as cautious as you wish.
I just used the rest of the tube.
Now I am using the plastic nit comb,but I found an adult,and got it out!
What IS this?
I thought it was supposed to die!
I feel violated!
The thing was,there were adults there at first.
People keep talking nits,but there were adults,earlier before I called the doctor, 2 of them fell off onto my book.
It takes seven days for an egg to grow into a procreative adult. The reson to wait is that even if you kill em by the hundreds for the first five days or so, there will be more after that. You won’t hurt anything by doing it more, but you have to do it again after the life cycle.
Me, I suggest doing it at seven, and again at fourteen days.
The laundry thing is good, although sheets and pillow cases are really the main place to hit. (or the tops of favored soft easy chairs.) Use the dryer as a foolproof kill system. Nothing survives being dried to the point of crackling hot as it comes out of the dryer.
Tris
I hate critters. I itch just from talking about them. I come down with psychic lice every time I am exposed to someone who has had them.
Head lice are a constant problem in schoolchildren in this country - medicated shampoos are tightly regulated as to the dosage and there are several strains of highly resistant lice.
However, I have managed to completely eliminate them by a combination of:
RobiComb - a battery operated fine-tooth comb that ‘zaps’ lice - not 100% effective, but very good at detecting and removing full-size adult lice (catching the newly-arrrived adults on the child’s return from school, before they can lay too many eggs).
Hair conditioner; comb and wash the hair, apply very large quantities of conditioner (three or four times the usual amount), leave to stand for five minutes, then comb through with a fine nit comb, wiping the comb on a paper towel between strokes. Repeat this treatment daily.
Strongly-scented shampoos/conditioners, particularly those containing menthol and tea tree oil, are supposed to be effective in deterring lice (and persuading them to let go during the combing exercise) and my experience seems to confirm this, although there is nothing empirical about that data.
Unless you can (and are prepared to) use high-strength insecticidal shampoos, it will be a war of attrition, but one that you can certainly win if you persist.
I have tangled with these critters more than once. One of the side benefits of living in Paradise. Bugs like it here, too.
Anyhow, I’ll second the advice for daily combing, and vacuuming and laundering/high heat drying whatever you can. In addition, I will recommend Nix over Rid. Nix kills the eggs, too. I found it much better than Rid.