Guest guest Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Olive oil, a nit comb and Dawn dishsoap. Sitting your child over the sink, slowly saturate their head (section by section) with olive oil. Keep it on for 30 minutes to suffocate the eggs/lice. Comb out the hair and then go, again section by section, through the hair with a nit comb to get any eggs out. Wash hair with Dawn. You can cover your child's head with plastic wrap of even a swim cap during the 30 mins, but you don't have to do so. Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum; especially the furniture. Wash all sheets and worn clothing in hottest water possible. You might have to get rid of stuffed animals, or you can place them in a large SEALED plastic bag for 48 hours. Repeat the olive oil wash in 2 weeks. If you don't see any nits/eggs while combing out, you can consider the problem under control. Good luck! This is what I told my sister in law to do after she had a major headache and vision impairment after using Rid for her family lice outbreak. I've never dealt with it, personally. You can do the same 'wash' with mayonnaise. Keep it on for 2 hours and wash out. Pam > > Can someone please recommend a safe and effective way of getting rid of lice? > Thank you. > Ammy in Miami, Florida > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 we used coconut oil/manuka oil. melted coconut oil put in drops of MO put in hair (manuka slows them down) the coconut oil saturates the hair. we used a nit comb then. and washed hair to get loose nits. put in more oil and placed shower cap on overnight. used nit comb again and washed out oil. ccno is supposed to " suffocate " them but it takes longer than 30 min to suffocate them... as they dont really suffocate they starve. at least 48 hours for current live bugs to get rid of. new eggs hatch in 10-14 days and will survive the oil if they are not combed out. i was ocd about it and used the nit comb every few days. and put manuka oil drop in my shampoo. > > > > Can someone please recommend a safe and effective way of getting rid of lice? > > Thank you. > > Ammy in Miami, Florida > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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