Head Lice Remedies
Head lice remedies can be confusing when you have no real experience with the problem. After discovering that your child has head lice, the first step to take is to begin treatment immediately. After treating your child, there remains a number of things to be done.
To further prevent the head lice, you should also treat objects your child has had contact with since they’ve contracted the head lice. However, the first thing to treat should be your child’s hair.
You can use any one of the various over the counter shampoos specially formulated to kill the lice in addition to other shampoo’s, lotions, or cream rinses. It’s crucial that the directions on the product are followed carefully as to ensure proper treatment of the head lice.
More often lice shampoos are applied to dry hair, and then lathered and rinsed off in the shower. Once that’s done, the dead insects and nits will need to be combed out of the hair using a fine-toothed lice comb. This can be performed easier and more efficiently if your child’s hair is still wet. Make sure your child goes through the process seven to ten days so that any newly hatched nymphs from undetected eggs are not missed.
Even though head lice cannot live very long without a host, you should still treat the parts of your home that your child has come in contact with during their case of head lice. Begin with their beds, by washing their sheets in hot water. As a failsafe, place the sheets in the dryer for a minimum of 20 minutes on a hot cycle to ensure that all loose lice have been killed.
Things like pillows can skip the washing machine and go straight to the dryer if you wish. Anything else that isn’t washable should be dry cleaned. Things like plush toys that shouldn’t be washed can be placed inside an airtight bag for around two weeks. Head lice remedies includes preventive measures.
If it so happens to be cold outside, store the items in a cold place for two weeks such as your garage. Then vacuum your carpets and any upholstered furniture thoroughly. Don’t forget to vacuum any cars your child has been in as well. Hair care items such as bands, hair ties, barrettes, combs, brushes, and headbands should be placed in rubbing alcohol or simply thrown away. Yes, I know, head lice remedies can be a somewhat confusing and stressful experience, but just stick with the instructions and you’ll do fine.
Treat Every Child The Same
If you have multiple children but only one of them has head lice, treat them all as if they had it as well. Lice cannot become airborne or jump, however they’re able to crawl. Through physical contact, they can easily spread from person to person. Due to this, it’s highly possible that your other children can have the head lice as well but it hasn’t been detected yet.
Lice is a serious issue and should be dealt with as such because failing to treat your home and children thoroughly means that the lice will be able to thrive in your home and become an infestation instead of just a couple of nits on your child’s hair.
Treat the lice aggressively. Make sure to wash sheets and clothing everyday, as an alternative you can throw anything that’s too time consuming to wash everyday into a dryer everyday for 20 minutes. During the treatment, don’t let your kids share things like combs and hats with anyone as they could have possibly come into contact with their scalp, in addition make sure the girls wear their hair up when they’re at school.
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