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Post by messycowgirl on Aug 16, 2010 1:06:27 GMT -5
Especially with squalor issues.  Someone brought lice over. A guest. And this person is very naive about how bad lice can get. He doesn't understand why he can't come over until he's completely treated......he has it BAD and he's had to have had it for awhile now because the amount of nits he has is unreal. Long story, but before anyone knew he had it, he was over here and his head was on my couch, on my car seat, computer chair, etc. SO has it. Right now I do not. Nor do the kids. I have treated the furniture, the bedding, my van seats, the kids heads and will be treating ours soon. ALL the clutter is going this week and so are the excess clothes. It's such a pain to get the vacuum around boxes of junk in the bedroom to reach the outlets, etc. I'm hoping if I vacuum the furniture everyday, wash things constantly and retreat our heads in a week that we'll be done with it..... Fortunately, I only found a few nits in SO's hair. |
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Post by StuffNoMore on Aug 16, 2010 5:22:43 GMT -5
I read that Avon's skin so soft bath oil also rids you of them.
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Post by messymimi on Aug 16, 2010 13:26:52 GMT -5
www.headlicecure.com/
It works, I promise. I keep the concentrate, and a bottle of mineral oil to mix it in, in the house at all times.
Put it in the hair at night. Go to bed. Wash out the next morning. Skip putting it in that night. Keep going until you have done eleven treatments, every other night. By that time, all the nits have hatched and died because they could not feed.
No need to treat bedding, couches, anything.
I have done it and it works. I gave some to a lady whose son had an intractable case, so bad he was missing school and it had gone on for months. It got rid of it as promised.
No, I don't work for the company or make any money from recommending it. If you get the concentrate, you can mix up a batch for the boy who gave it to you also.
messymimi
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Post by luckyleprechaun on Aug 16, 2010 13:27:04 GMT -5
oh me oh my....I had a scare once and got the treatment for self and actually after using that stuff I had the nicest hair I ever knew....but lice is not something I ever want to think about again....ugg....
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Post by Rory on Aug 16, 2010 16:34:11 GMT -5
Was very common in England 50 or so years ago and the 'nit nurse' used to visit schools to check children's hair. My mother was an infant teacher and brought nits home from work a few times in my childhood. I did not like them then and I don't now.
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Post by fluffernut - now Jannie on Aug 16, 2010 16:38:39 GMT -5
My girls got lice at school. The principal sent home a letter there were several cases. I checked DD Number one, she was about seven, I saw a live one crawling on the part of her hair. Bought something at the Drug Store, maybe "Rid." It came with a nit comb. Treated her, my younger daughter and myself. DH refused treatment but apparently he was okay. Even worse was the time my dog had fleas. Took all four pets (3 cats and one dog) for a dip at the vet, then bought three flea bombs for my house. When I came home after the bombs, , vacuumed everything and washed ALL my dishes. No problems since. Ahh the memories-yikes!
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Post by messycowgirl on Aug 16, 2010 23:11:31 GMT -5
Well I washed ALL the bedding, shaved SO's head (he was due anyway, we shaved his head outside  ), then I treated him. Checked him afterwards and only found one nit which I removed. Checked him again today. Still nothing. Maybe this is it! I hope. And I have no idea why it doesn't bother him. No one's ever seen him itch his head so I don't know. As bad as it is, his head HAS to itch. Or maybe he's immune to it by now  Cricket, I think I remember someone talking about Cetaphil a long time ago. Certainly be cheaper for my hair because mines long and very thick. |
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Post by paperpiler on Aug 19, 2010 18:11:41 GMT -5
As someone who had 20-some recurrences of it with her two kids many moons ago (thanks to an ex-husband who wasn't doing his part in cleaning at his home and reinfecting them repeatedly), we went through everything--every over the counter med, every prescription med, visits to the pediatrician, so many calls to county health we were on a first-name basis, Vaseline where I shampooed us all (because one kid infected other kid plus me--lice LOVE to infect the close-proximity universe, so be sure to check yourself!) 33 times in ONE DAY (and they missed 4 days of school because they were solid grease even after all that!) And finally we found what worked. Got rid of them forever:
Hellman's mayonnaise, not the light kind, the regular (light wasn't "heavy" enough). Slather on head. Cover your head overnight/sleep comfortable, actually. Wake up and rinse out. Shiny soft hair, no mayo smell, no lice. I wish we would have known WAY before we tried 1,565 other remedies.
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Post by amberwind on Aug 19, 2010 19:31:29 GMT -5
And I have no idea why it doesn't bother him. No one's ever seen him itch his head so I don't know. As bad as it is, his head HAS to itch. Or maybe he's immune to it by now It could be that he's got something going on where it feels itchy/crawly on his head anyway, so he wouldn't notice the difference. I've got really bad excema on my scalp, so my head almost always itches/burns/crawls, and I'm constantly flaking, so I wouldn't notice if I contracted lice until I pulled away a live one while combing my hair. *shudder* Now I want to go get checked just to make sure I'm not a walking bug carnival. Thanks, guys.  |
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Post by success19 on Aug 20, 2010 18:09:43 GMT -5
Worked in schools - I did the shampoo thing once as a preventive measure - lot of students had it - but it makes them more resistant.
The news is full of bedbug stories too - they are learning how to hitch a ride and get around better in people clothes.
With the economy so bad - lots of people can't wash clothes or afford to buy soap and shampoo - I know some students here would be so dirty - not their fault or even parents fault - just no money for water and soap.
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