My daughters lice is gonna make me fat again! (long)

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  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    My daughter came home with lice a few times when she was in elementary school. We tried OTC chemical preparations, but in the end, nothing cleared it up like good old olive oil. The last time, that's all we used. Saturate the hair and scalp fully, wrap in a plastic bag and sleep with it in.

    Oh, and a tea tree oil shampoo as a preventative. Lice can't stand tea tree oil.
  • KrisyKat
    KrisyKat Posts: 740 Member
    I suggest you invest in a bamboo comb (it's much more accurate than that crappy plastic one they give you in the OTC medicine box,) and spend as long as it takes combing the lice eggs out of every strand of hair on your daughter's head. Lice (or Ukus- as we call them here in Hawaii) are partial to the nape of the neck and behind-the-ear areas. Make sure you comb thoroughly.

    In addition to cleaning the bedding, towels, and couch cushions (or anywhere else your daughter may have put her head down), sanitize all brushes & combs in your house and throw away any hair ties she used (scrunchies, rubber bands, etc.)

    Also, it would be wise to alert the parents of your daughter's friends. Since young girls often share their brushes and hair ties, it is possible that she got them from a friend who is unaware and remains untreated.

    Good luck and best wishes to you and yours!!
  • perdie7
    perdie7 Posts: 266 Member
    A friend of mine was struggling with her daughter and lice, she kept getting them back. Finally found out that the girl her daughter shared a locker with at school had lice and that family did nothing about it. so while the school was sending notes home with her daughter, nothing was done about the other girl. Got daughter a new locker, problem gone.

    All that to suggest you check with the school, is she sharing a cubbie/locker/desk/table or anything with someone who is not being treated.
  • andreajramsey
    andreajramsey Posts: 6 Member
    I'v dealt with this issue when my children were younger. Please read the following link to get a better idea of what your dealing with and how to remedy this.
    I must stress that ALL of the nits must be removed from the hair. It is a time consuming process but it is the only way to get rid of the lice.
    Best of luck to you.
    http://khs.westport.k12.ct.us/eisenberg/lice_information.htm
  • aallison0507
    aallison0507 Posts: 17
    Thankfully my daughter has never come home with the problem. When I hear about it going around the school I break out my special shampoo, conditioner and spray. Has worked very well for me. Hopefully this site will help you understand more about it so when you do get thru you might have some ideas to prevent your daughter from suffering it again.
    http://www.fairytaleshaircare.com/
  • kayleesays
    kayleesays Posts: 564 Member
    I remember getting nits from a cousin, it was very stressful... my mom had to stay home and comb through my hair every day, bomb the house, bag the bedding and all that. Eventually wound up cutting a foot and a half of hair off my head :( Best of luck! Lice is tough!
  • rainbowbright72
    rainbowbright72 Posts: 10
    My daughter had it for EVER. We tried everything and it always came back. Finally we met a dr who gave us a script for Bactrim which is a simple antibiotic. She took a teaspoon twice a day for 7 days and we havent seen any since. The Dr says there is something in this antibiotic that the lice cant stand. Ask your dr about it if you continue to have a problem. It worked great for us. Good luck.
  • kayleen_longworth
    kayleen_longworth Posts: 147 Member
    Dont' forget to treat car seats and everything your head touches. It sucks.
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    Comb her hair out with cheap suave coconut conditioner and a decent nit comb. It is most likely not your dd that is still infested but picking up the lice over and over again from some other kid at school whos parents are not doing a darn thing about it. Use the nit comb every day for a week with the conditioner, it gums up their legs so they cant run off while you comb. Blow dry her hair daily or use a straightening iron. The lice and nits will make a popping sizzling sounds when they get hit with the straightening iron.

    An adult louse must feed on the same blood type that they were born on, If they hatch on a A and jump to a B and eat their guts explode and they will die. The only way for lice to be transfered from different blood types is for a pregnant louse to jump to a new person and lay eggs before she eats. The new lice can eat the new blood type but if they try and just to a person with a different one they will die.


    I will stress again it is more likely some other kid reinfecting her. Blow dry her hair, braid it, put it up in a little bun and then spray the heck out of it with hair spray. Do not let her share hats or jackets with any other kids. It would be a better idea if the teacher put every kids bag and coat in a seperate trash bag so the lice wont be spread in the coat room.

    Try not to use any more pesticides on them, the lice will get so resistant nothing will kill them. One that I've had good luck with is LiceMD, it has no chemicals in it.

    But the above advice is the best in this thread. Simply use normal conditioner, glop it on and let it stay for 10-15 minutes, then comb it out until nothing else is picked up on the nit comb. Do this EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for 2 weeks. You will get all the live ones and all the eggs as they hatch.

    Also seal up any stuffed animals and toys in garbage bags 2 for those 2 weeks. Anything on it will be dead by then.

    Hot hot hot dryer will kill anything on pillows, blankets, etc.

    Good luck!!

    Been there and done that in agonizing detail...months of battles sometimes until we discovered the above method.

    I do mean we tried everything...Nix, prescription, olive oil, mineral oil, mayo, tea tree oil....I even gave up and shaved my son's head when he was young. The conditioner works best however and is least painful for everyone.
  • fiberartist219
    fiberartist219 Posts: 1,865 Member
    Have you tried isopropyl alcohol, aka rubbing alcohol?

    I had lice as a teen. I picked it up from some kids I was babysitting. I tried all the shampoos and nit picking combs, and it didn't work. I read the thing about the rubbing alcohol and it worked. It kills the eggs. The trick is to put it in a spray bottle, and just spray all the upholstery: couches, car seats, beds, etc. You can also spray it on your head as long as you don't get it in your eyes. You could put a blindfold on your daughter and spray her head with it.

    It's cheap, and if you haven't tried it yet, its worth a shot. It is flammable though. :) It dries quickly.

    Good luck!
  • wcox
    wcox Posts: 5
    Hang in there! Looks like people gave you good tips and you seem to be washing, etc. This obviously needs your full attention right now. Don't beat yourself up over an off day of eating/exercising. You WILL get back on track. I am a teacher and know how lice spreads. Please do not feel shameful. Anyone can get it and it is a challege to get rid of it. You will though. :) Take care of yourself and know that you are not alone.
  • fiberartist219
    fiberartist219 Posts: 1,865 Member
    THEN STRAIGHTEN HER HAIR. Fry those suckers.

    I like that idea.
  • opal24
    opal24 Posts: 205 Member
    My now 30 year old daughter has still not forgiven me for the fact that I ended up so desperate at the constant re-infestations that I cropped her shoulder blade length hair! It was her hair or my sanity and the sanity won :bigsmile:
  • mrscampbell318
    mrscampbell318 Posts: 8
    I am SO sorry you are going through this!!! We went through it last summer and me and my three kids had to be treated, over and over and over. I was very overwhelmed and thought it would NEVER go away!!! I was so tired of washing EVERYTHING everyday (clothes, sheets, couches, etc) and buying new brushes just about everyday.....and crying everyday!!!! I hope it's something that NEVER comes into our house again. One time is enough! I've warned my kids to never hug, get close to anyones head, wear anything of theirs, no headbands, jackets, etc. I know they're kids, so they're probably going to forget.... but I know I almost had a mental breakdown last go round!!! What ended up finally treating it, wasn't the over-the-counter treatment, or the first prescription from the doctor, but a very strong second prescription from the doctor (which sounds like it's what you've gotten now). So have hope!!!
  • bobthesmogs
    bobthesmogs Posts: 58 Member
    Get on to your school. At the schools I've been involved with if they have this problem, they encourage a de-nit weekend, where all children and households are treated on the same day. It's the only way to break the cycle!
  • aSunflower
    aSunflower Posts: 73 Member
    Several years ago my daughters school had a very serious lice problem. It took forever to find the secret and you are going to think I am crazy but we all use this now.

    Go to the drug store and buy an electric comb. They are in the lice section. Everyday comb out your daughter hair one small section at a time. When the comb hits the lice it will kill it and stop buzzing, just clean out the comb and keep going. I thought this was a scam and laughed when I first used it but it was the only thing that really worked.

    It will not kill the eggs- nothing really does- so you have to use it for two or three weeks until all the the eggs have hatched and been caught.

    Now I use the comb on my kids every fall (the worst of lice season) once a week just to check.

    Good luck- I know how you feel- we spent almost a year dealing with this. It turned out my daughter shared a locker with a girls who's parents never treated her lice effective and kept re-infecting my daughter. I know it can be very frustrating!
  • dawnagetsfit
    dawnagetsfit Posts: 81
    Listen, I'm going to tell you a shamefully disgusting story that may make you want to vomit, but should hopefully help you see that's you're doing a good job so put a smile on your face

    several years ago one of my family members had a 12 year old daughter who came down with lice. I found out about this after myself, my husband and my toddler son came down with lice And I called them to warn about it. It turns out that they had actually had the infestation for A YEAR and were giving up fighting it because they couldn't get rid of them.

    GIVING UP #!$*&???? WTH who does that?!??!!

    SO I offered my help and went over to their house to help and show them what to do.

    You could SEE lice crawling on their couch. Lice were literally falling out of the Childs hair while she just sat there. Her scalp was severely inflamed and she was malnourished from them feeding on her for close to a year!!!!!

    I can't go on, you get the picture.

    Point is, you're doing great with whatever you're doing because there are people out there who actually give up and let their child and home be infested with lice!!!
  • cwestcott01
    cwestcott01 Posts: 14 Member
    Wash her hair with white vinegar, the vinegar strips away the glue that holds the nits on the hair, do that a few times then wash her hair they should come really easy. Then don't have her wash her hair again for a week, and put hair up, they hate dirty hair and if her hair is up she shouldn't get them if you have gone through your house. Also you wanna take all pillows, stuffed animals... and put in garbage bags and put aside for 3-4 days to suffacate any bugs in them.

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