The most important thing is to have a confirmed diagnosis. If head lice are suspected, contact a health care provider (physician, pharmacist, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, school nurse, etc) and have them confirm an ACTIVE infestation.
A lot of people are treated for misdiagnosed head lice.
Then, ask for their recommendation for a treatment from a health care provider. They can tell you if it's appropriate for the severity of your infestation,your age, your medical history, etc.
There are many treatments ranging from home remedies to prescriptions. All have positives and negatives. Be aware that no home remedy is scientifically proven to work. Many over the counter products also do not have clinical studies as most are not FDA approved product. Any product that is FDA approved must go through several stages of clinical trials and approval before being available (most by prescription only).
It is critical, once you have a treatment, to follow the directions exactly as stated by the manufacturer. Most products do not have the ability to kill nits (eggs), so additional treatment(s) will be necessary to kill them once they hatch.
If you don't treat head lice, they'll continue to reproduce. Some people have an allergic reaction to the bites (they drink blood as their food source) which can cause the scratching - the tell tale sign of a head lice infestation.
If the scratching and itching is bad enough, it can break the skin leading to an infection.
An untreated case can also cause the head lice to spread to other people with whom you come in direct contact.
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having had children more than once and after trying so many things I finally found the best solution and it's cheap:
First, remove the lice:
1.Wash well with normal shampoo
2. apply hair conditioner
3. Comb thoroughly all the hair with a lice comb making sure you remove all lice
Note: Don't bother if there are lice in the bed or the couch or elsewhere in the house because they'll day within short time as they need the comfort of the hair to live.
Then, most important: How to make sure they are not coming back:
1. When you wash the hair, normal shampoo
2. then apply hair conditioner (very important because lice can't hold on the hair)
3. in the morning before departing to school, apply alcohol 90% containing lotion de Cuacia (you should buy this product and not try to make it yourself)
From what ive heard, I dont think so. You should probably buy a certain product like lice shampoo to get rid of pubic lice.
they usually got rid of lice by shaving their heads
To get rid of lice use lice shampoo or there is a place called 'Hair Fairies' and they will get rid of your lice and have products that will too.Also, you can buy LiceMD from any store that sells medicines.
Same way as you get rid of lice in white peoples hair.
shave it off
No
Nothing it will just make the lice run to a different area in your hair and sometimes if their small enough your ears but that hardly ever happens just use lice removal shampoo to rid of them
with a gun
Get rid of it.
Yes you can... the lice then have no where to hide and eventually fall out.
You can use the shampoos for head lice even when you are pregnant.
Throw the infected person in a drier for 45-60 minutes on high heat, that should get rid of the Lice