Comments on: Home Remedies for Head Lice

By: EMILY

EMILY — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:44:58 +0000

i know it sounds gross but it’s worth it when i got head lice i had no money to buy any chemicals for lice so i collected pea samples and put it in my hair it got rid of my lice in a day all you have to do is let it settle in your scalp for two hours then take it out and let it sit in your hair the rest of the dayit certainly worked for me.

By: sindhu

sindhu — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:20:28 +0000

leave some basil (tulasi)leaves tied onto head in the night

By: lice is awful

lice is awful — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:52:42 +0000

hi everyone I have been having the same problem since this summer. I believe the complex I live in has been infested with lice some kids have shaved heads and it is just awful! School started neighbour have spent hours upon hours picking out our kids. I am going insane!!! I never had lice as a kid and my daughters are 5 and 6 they never had it before and now all of a sudden they got it. I have tried washing their har with dish soap and then treating them with Nix and Kwellada lice shampoo. I also tired just tea tree oil and nothing worked I read online about the listerine,coconut shampoo & conditioner,vinegar,and denorex shampoo and flea comb. I tried a remedy tonight im not sure if it worked yet but I will keep you posted. I did notice that with the coconut conditioner the live bugs were falling out in the bath tub and the eggs (not all) turned blue with the listerine and it definitley made them easier to see! I put baby oil in my daughters hair for the night im going to see if that helps the situation. I also sprayed with Lysol and bagged there toys and washed all bedding and vacumed, Im going to do it again tommorow just to be safe and wash their coats as well. Im going to vacume the car and the seats as well I want this nightmare over with. I will definitley post on how it all works out!!!

By: at wits end!!

at wits end!! — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:34:27 +0000

Ok so Ive read tons and tond of stuff. I’ve tried Tea tree oil in the coconut shampoo, didnt work. Tried the stupid rid/nix crap, that didnt work. Used mayo in the hair for 3 hrs, washed it out, put in vinegar for 2 hours, washed it out. Still didnt work. Its been one hell of a battle with these stupid things. But after tons and tons of research, this is what Im trying now… I went to Wal Mart, and bought the off brand of the Tgel shampoo (with coal tar), and in the shampoo/conditioner aisle found this tub of pure coconut oil, and Hollywood beauty tea tree oil (that also has soybean oil, witamin E, carrot extract, aloe vera extract, rose oil, peanut oil, almond oil, and mentholatom oil) in it, and I mixed that in with the shampoo. Then I got a bottle of leave in conditioner SPRAY and put some tea tree stuff in it as well. Im gonna wash hair with the shampoo, condition with coconut conditioner, towel dry the hair and put a little of the coconut oil in it, and top it off with the spray in conditioner concoction Ive made as a preventative and a cure. With as much as Iver read, all of these ingredients are things that will kill headlice and nits, and also prevent them from coming as most thing they cant stand the smell of.. My thought for the concoction is that the tea tree oil well it is supposed to kill them, as with the TGEL shampoo stuff. The other ingredients in the tea tree oil has the stuff they cant stand the smell of, also it has aloe vera extract (which is supposed to help comb stuff out I guess) and the menthol is whats in the listerine everyone uses.. Hope this helps those out there. Ill post again in a week or so and let you know how its working… Good luck to all…

By: annoyed

annoyed — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:56:58 +0000

cat shampoo has a lice killing agent in it, dog shampoo does not. And tea tree oil in the shampoo only “stuns” them long enough for you to pick them out. I reccommend hand picking them and sticking them to a lint roller so they dont move. Ive had no luck with the combs…

By: Tasha

Tasha — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:13:36 +0000

I have been fighting with these tiny little creatures for to long, Rid and Nix does not work, I had even ordered this shampoo and conditioner called X-Pel well that does not work, I have done a lot of reading so I think I am going to try the whole tea tree oil,neehm oil I think that is what is called, the suave cocanut shampoo and the vinegar now my only question is what will work on carpeting and furniture I really don’t want to have to go back out and buy the spray especially when I don’t think it is really helping any suggestions. PLEASE IN NEED OF HELP!!!!!

By: sue

sue — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:35:59 +0000

What ever u do DO NOT spend the money on the robi comb!!! I paid almost 50 dollars for it, and when useing it on my grandaughter she kept telling me that it was shocking her. I thought she was saying that because it was a hot day and she wanted to play in the pool. After fighting with her for a half hour I gave up and told her to play and I would do the comb out later. After she went outside I started doing my hair. Boy did I feel like I was the worst Mema in the world when I got zapped as soon as the comb touched my damp hair from sweating. After I calmed down, I promised her we will never use that comb again. I always use the olive oil but it is so hard to get the oil out when we are done. Now that she is a pre teen and will be more embarresed to have oily hair for a few days, if she gets them again I’m going to try the dog flea shampoo. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that when I had used the flea spray on the furniture. Oh well live and learn.
Good Luck to all who are fighting the buggers!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:39:53 +0000

We have been fighting the head lice problem now for 3 months straight.
My grand daughter gets the nits, we comb it out etc. then within the next 7-10 days she gets it again. Her doctor suggested we switch day
care places. The daycare swears that she is the only child infested in the whole place. I find that hard to believe. One day we spent
5 hours pulling nits out by our fingernails. Any suggestions on what
else we can do. We’ve tried Rid, Nix, Equate Lice Shampoo, Dollar General, mayonnaise (which worked the best). What is an easier way to comb out the nits? We already cut her hair short. But it keeps coming back every 7-10 days. Please help. Thanks, Lisa

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:09:06 +0000

I have a friend that recently had a child come home with this horrid problem… so i went over to help..(shower cap…gel and hairspray on my head and all! LOL) i still washed/dryed/sprayed all of my things here at the house for precaution…. but we did the rid stuff and we were still finding things ALIVE! hours later… i dont recommned wasting your money….. I have written down many of the tips here and i will pass them onto her …wish us luck and i want to thank you all for your advice…. so many times this is something people dont want to talk about so they keep it to themselves and that doesnt help anyone… reading all of this has been awesome! she will appreciate any and all advice! me too! cause i am itching just thinking about it! i always do when someone brings up a creepy crawly. We havent dealt with it in our house for over 8 years and back then …no one wanted to talk to you if it was the subject.

By: lisa hickey

lisa hickey — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:44:08 +0000

i have tried crisco grease and a plastic bag over night and dish soap to wash out it will sufficate the bugs