How To Deal With Lice Home Remedies
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Trying to find reliable lice home remedies information on the Internet can be very frustrating. Realize that we as a people have been fighting parasites for centuries. This means that naturally, we will have a larger variety of remedies other than just pharmaceutical kinds to address this issue.
You can feel confident however that you can attack and win this ongoing battle with lice infestation if only because it's so common for so many of us to deal with.
If you've ever tried to find something important on the Internet, you know how hard it can be to locate accurate lice home remedies information.
Getting rid of head lice takes an effort on your part no matter what remedy or cure treatment you select. This problem takes action and cannot be cured with just taking a pill. These parasites need to be treated usually using a shampoo of some type then cleaning up areas that are potential places of re infestation.
A natural or home remedy for lice infection is almost a given as there are few places where you can go for effective treatment. Though there are some special salons in New York and other larger cities that specialize in treatments, the fact is that dealing with lice infestation and treatments is a home or do it yourself effort for most of us.
It doesn't matter if you buy an over the counter product, order a natural solution or remedy, or even go to the doctor for a prescription to deal with the problem. All require you to take an active role in cleaning up the lice treatment
There are many home cures that claim to work but haven't been tested by a reliable research lab. Verification is important as many well meaning people claim success then find that their solution cannot be reproduced by others. In any event, here is a claimed effective home cure and a good idea no matter what product or remedy you decide to use.
Home Cure Number 1: Mayonnaise
Of all the home remedies found on the web, there is a group that is simply hilarious to consider. Of this group, the most popular has to be the use of Mayonnaise. Now the idea is to smother or suffocate the lice. The only problem with this is that all food grade products placed in the hair aren't effective killing agents.
Mayo, Olive Oil and the rest are great however to help slow the bugs to allow for easier combing and removal. Of course, you have the mess of the oil to deal with.
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Cures like this type of lice home remedies usually requires the goop to be left on the head for the night. This means that you need to wrap the infected hair in plastic and not remove the "cure" or food product for 8-12 hours. Just the idea of having plastic around your head is very uncomfortable and is probably impossible for a small child to leave alone.
Home Cure Idea Number 2: Disinfect Combs - Brushes and All Hair care Tools
Being especially cautious with hair decorations like bobby pins, ribbon, headbands etc. can go a long way to lowering the risk of another lice outbreak problem. When you consider that sharing hair care tools like brushes are a major suspect along with hats in contracting and spreading these pests, you will want to seriously deal with the possibility of lice waiting around on your brush to cause more problems.
This is one method that you basically have to do if you want the lice to be gone forever rather than coming back again. All lice home remedies no matter the product cannot completely eliminate re-infestation. This is why it's critical for you to focus not only on the bugs you see but take preventative measures by thoroughly cleaning things that can increase the risk of getting the problem back.
Controlling louse is easier the shorter the hair. Consider cutting your child's hair to make it easier to deal with the infestation. This works for both boys and girls though obviously, a boys hair could be cut much shorter making the problem easier to deal with.
You can increase the chance of completely removing all traces of the bugs no matter if you use commercial over the counter insecticide products, drug store shampoo, insecticide based store shampoo, prescription shampoos or a milder and safer natural solution as long as you go the extra step and do a full comb out with a specialized nit comb.
Although combing nits is tedious work, especially on someone with long hair, the fact remains that this is the single best way to be certain that all lice have been removed. Any of the lice home remedies that have been shown to be effective usually will recommend this extra step.
The lice home remedies work better at least emotionally when you know and can see that the infestation is completely gone. While actually being able to see that all the lice, nits and nymphs are gone is a big emotional benefit, not seeing them doesn't mean your home is free from the problem. You will also need to continue to be on the lookout for several weeks just to be certain that a re-infestation doesn't occur.
About the Author
Abigail Franks writes from a personal perspective on many life subjects including Head Louse infestations. As a mother of 8 the subject of Head Lice has come up especially with the school age kids.
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