I need help, my daughter has/had head lice.

Question

We noticed them on Wed of last week and since then I treated her with Nix and pretty much destroyed my house, vacuuming, washing all clothes, mattress, purchase new pillows, spraying Rid on every possible surface, closing off her playroom, putting stuffed animals in a bag for 2 weeks, basically everything I read about I did or am doing. Here is the thing, we comb her hair in the morning and at night (FYI we also check ourselves regularly and are lice free) and some days we don't find any nits and others we find like 2 off white looking deadish ones. Is it possible that I am just missing these or is she getting reinfested? I am going crazy trying to figure it out and I have retreated her already with Nix on Monday. We have not found a live louse or any other than a little dead one in 4 days. Are they gone or not?

Answer 1

tea tree oil

Answer 2

No matter how careful and active you are treating her, if she goes to school/preschool, she is probably getting re-infected there, not in your fumigated home (its probably where she got them in the first place).

Most lice treatments nowadays kill the eggs too.

Have a private word with the school nurse ('nitty Norah the bug explorer') and she'll probably move forward the next routine inspection of all the kids in the school and those with will have their parents contacted and treatment provided.

Answer 3

mt lilttle sister also had lice and we treated her with the shampoo, after a couple days we looked through her hair and there were white eggs. we didnt know if they were alive or dead so we let it be and she got reinfested.make sure to put the shampoo in when her hair is dry and what we did was put a shower cap on and picked through her  hair by hand, that way we could get almost at the eggs and see if there were any live louce. then when your done use the comb and comb her hair.

-boil all brushes

-use special lice killing spray

-use tee tree shampoo

-dont let her sit on the couch( i know its kind of mean but u need to be careful)

-put alot of jell in her hair put a shower cap o her and have her sleep with it on

-comb her hair alot

i hope this helps! she might get it again,children tend to get it more then adults, no sharing brushes,headphones, hats, ect. with friends

Answer 4

You don't need to worry too much. If you haven't got an infestation, don't go treating your daughter with pesticide treatments. Not only is this an overwhelmingly drastic measure, chemical head lice treatments are not meant to work in this way.

Get yourself some tea tree oil from your local health food store and mix 10 drops of it in with some water into a spray bottle. You can also mix it with some leave in conditioner. This will repel any live lice. Straighten your daughters hair with a hot iron, this will pop any nits.

You really don't have to worry too much about it until you find live lice in  her hair. Until then take these prevention methods and you should be fine.

If you have an infestation, please see the following website for more articles and information.

Good Luck.

Answer 5

They could very well be gone if you havent seen them in four days.  just keep an eye out.

i just read somewhere that lice doesnt like to live on dyed hair so if you dye your hair you have nothing to worry about.

Answer 6

At my friends day care they comb the kids hair with a comb dipped in rubbing alcohol and it helps get the nits out and keeps them from returning. She swears by this and has the parents do it once a week when they have a problem at the school.

If you are only seeing dead ones they are just dying ones you've missed I'd guess.

This is a night mare i have never forgotten and my youngest is 28!!

Answer 7

Eggs hatch in about 1-2 weeks, so it's good that you've retreated and you may need to retreat one more time.  In the meantime, I strongly suggest the Robicomb on dry hair. (Here's a link:   http://www.healthgiant.com/pe_90273.asp)   My son had gotten lice from my niece when he was two, and he shared them with me.   We both have really thick hair, and it was hard to see all of the nits.  This comb is battery operated; it senses the nits and electrocutes them.  It works great; I swear by it!  Another tip is to rinse hair with vinegar after you wash (it will hurt a little when the vinegar gets into where she was scratching I'm afraid).  This makes wet combing with the regular lice comb easier--the vinegar causes the nits to be easier to slide out.

Answer 8

Often you have to treat 2 weeks after 1st treatment to get rid of any eggs that may hatch. You may do 1 more after that but that should take care of it.

Answer 9

do it repeatedly give her the treatment every day

Answer 10

you know it takes time, because you have the parents that you kill in the first couple of days and then the eggs that grow and then you kill. keep washing her with the special shampoo and it should clear out