Head Lice Removal

Do you know how you to tell for sure if your child has picked up head lice? Have you seen something in their hair, or noticed them scratching themselves a lot? Are you aware of how to tell for sure it’s lice, as well as how to get rid of them? Read on for the best head lice removal advice you’ll ever find.

Head lice are tiny parasites that show up on the scalp and feed on the small amounts of blood they draw. While they’re not a problem just for children, it seems most of the time they’re found on children between 3 and 12 years of age.

While it seems girls are more likely than boys to get lice, it doesn’t mean boys never get them. You may find that it’s often a little tough to actually recognize head lice. Since the majority of bugs don’t usually go for a person’s scalp, you can be fairly sure it you are seeing insects no bigger than a sesame seed, a tan color, and crawling about on your child’s head, your kid has lice.

However, the eggs that lice will lay (nits) are a lot tougher to identify. You may be looking at dried hair spray or even dandruff, not lice eggs. What you need to know is how you can tell the difference. It is probably dandruff you’re seeing if the white stuff you’re seeing comes off the hair shaft quite easily. If it is not easy to remove, and the color of it is tan, yellow, or brown, it is probably nits. However, once the eggs have hatched out they will look clear or white.

Now is when you have to start dealing with the removal of any nits or lice that are in your child’s hair. There are several followup processes after you have washed their hair with a medicated lice shampoo. While their hair is still wet, take a fine-toothed lice comb, separate out one inch sections of the hair, and starting from the scalp comb all the way to the end of the hair.

Be sure to clean or wipe the comb off after every pass, then move to the next section of hair. You need to be prepared for this to end up taking several hours. The bottom line is how important it is to be thorough as you go through the hair. Be aware that the medicated lice shampoos are not guaranteed to kill all the nits, and those left will still hatch. By taking time to make sure you’ve gone through the hair completely you will cut down the possibility of any future infestation.

You also have the option of using tweezers to remove the head lice as well. You will need to think of this as once more using the comb, and being sure to part the hair into the smaller sections. Are you wondering what you’re suppose to do with the nits and lice after you remove them from your child’s head? Once you have removed the nits from the hair you’ll find they aren’t sticky anymore, so they won’t stick to a napkin or paper towel either.

Also, by this time the lice are hopefully dying or already dead. One of the best ways for disposing of them is to stick them directly onto a wide piece of tape or even masking tape. Once you have fill up the entire piece of tape roll it onto itself, immediately put it in an airtight Ziploc bag, and put it in the garbage can.

There’s also a few easy ways to remove the lice from any bedding, upholstered furniture, or the carpets. Put whatever you can in the washing machine and do it all in hot water. Anything that cannot go into the washing machine should be thrown in the dryer on high temperatures for 20 minutes. You will also need to vacuum all the furniture that’s upholstered as well as the carpets. Be sure not to forget about doing the upholstery in your car too.

Proper head live removal needs to be carefully executed to be successful. It’s a thorough procedure, and it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can before implementing anything. Sign up for my free email mini-course for more great advice on how to remove head lice properly.

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