LICE

strip the bed sheets
Get RX from doctor for something RX strength to kill it
If you have a pest control company have them out to spray/bomb the house.

Sorry - That's all I know...

Ok so I had lice twice in my life, and for starters you have to get the shampoo treatment (available at any CVS or walgreens)and follow the directions it comes with, and its best to treat everyone in the house just incase. But warning, if you color your hair it can strip a lot of the color off. Then you have to wash all of your fabrics that can be washed (clothes, linens, everything that you can). And remember that lice can live off of its host for about two days.

mayonnaise or olive oil

I battled this this past school year.... Get a shower cap, olive oil, and a gallon of white vinegar. Soak her head in the olive oil...comb it through REAL good.... cover it with a shower cap and sleep on it over night. In the morning throw her in the tub and pour the vinegar all over her hair scrubbing as you go. Then wash her hair with shampoo till al lthe vinegar smell is gone

call the doctor and he can just send a prescription of it to your local pharmacy. its better then the store stuff.

My sister used tea tree oil on her daughter and it works... she said it smells really strong but works good.

After getting a shampoo treatment from the pharmacy use a cheap conditioner in the hair, just smother the hair and comb through with a fine tooth comb. Also get some tea tree oil add to a spray bottle and spray hair daily, they hate tea tree oil. My children have had lice often and I have found this to be the best remedy. Make sure you wash all bedding and clean hair brushes etc as well. Good luck always a pain.

I had it when I was little my mom washed my head with Rid and then put me over the sink and picked all the nits out with a fine tooth comb it was so disgusting i hope my kids never get it! Also she washed everything and made me throw out my stuffed animals Good luck OH another thing that works as weird as it sounds it perm solution

We've always had great success avoiding it it tea tree oil in our shampoo. Since we've never had it I can't speak to the remedies for getting rid of it but I have heard the oil remedies work (Including one with virgin coconut oil.) I do know that if you really want to eradicate it you'll need to be diligent to get everything that could harbor mites or lice and bag it up or wash it in extremely hot water. Stuffed animals and things of that nature that can be bagged up need to be kept bagged for at least two weeks. If you have furniture that the kids have been on that could harbor it (such as a fabric couch) there is a spray you can get for those types of things. Think about EVERYTHING that the kids could have come in contact with! Car upholstery, toys, furniture, hair brushes...everything! As another poster said, the lice can live off host for several days. Nits can hatch and give you a whole new round so either make sure you get spray that takes care of the nits or you are diligent to retreat within the timeframe specified on the can. I don't know how effective tea tree oil is at getting rid of lice but if you want to go a non-toxic route try looking for an herbal spray of some sort.

I know people will say the herbal stuff doesn't work but there are also issue with the chemical treatments as the lice develop resistance to it and pass it on. That's why lice is such a major pain to get rid of! It almost seems like you need a silver bullet to get rid of the darn critters. My SIL had a daycare a few years ago and went through exactly what you're dealing with. Her success finally came when she dealt with the entire household.

wash everything fabic; her clothes, linens, etc... and as far everything else her head has touched (couch; or even the floors if shes been playing on the floor), you can bug bomb the house; get the bombs at the store and put one in her room for sure, and in play areas and such to kill any living on fabrics... except the chemicals arent safe to touch afterwards, so make sure your cover cabinets with dishes with palstic and give your house a good wipe down with clorox wipes... can get rid of the lice on her easy enough with what other people are suggesting... but if they just come right back because she sat on the couch and they jumped back on her head, thats kinda pointless.

No matter what you use to kill the live bugs (RID, Mayonaise, etc), if you do not pick out all the nits (eggs) they will return.

The nits stick to the hair shaft and don't rinse off when you wash hair. I was obsessively picking each strand of hair--first with a comb & then just with my nails (yuck!) for at least a week. It does take time, so find a comfy chair near some good lighting and settle in. Makes you feel like those monkeys at the zoo that always groom the other monkeys. LOL!

Then use tea tree oil shampoo a couple times a week as a preventative. Apparently they don't dig the smell.

Good luck!

another good tip is once they are gone everyday spray her hair with hair spray or put a hair product like a gel in it , lice dont like chemicals!!!! It will keep her from regetting them!!!

Make sure you wash all bedding and clean hair brushes etc as well.

Pillows are the hardest to clean. If you can't afford to pitch them and buy new, there is bedding spray. Walmart sells it along with the other lice treatments (shampoos, etc.) Spray them good and keep them sealed in garbage bags for several days ( follow directions on can)
Same with hair accessories. Nits are often embedded in them.

I have also battled this when my kids were little- and it was expensive and humiliating. I finally realized that dog shampoo- for ticks and lice- has the same ingredients. That's what I ended up using after the 4th round...
It's not as nuts as the kerosene.........and tea tree oil is repulsive ( imo)

Maybe you could rent a monkey?