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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 161473"><p>We had a horrible case of this when difficult child was 4. I spent hundreds of dollars, literally, on products at the store and they weren't working. I even had a prescription treatment from the pediatrician. Did nothing. I found an article written by a school nurse in a neighborhood paper delivered to my mom's house. I tell you what...it was a lifesaver. I had been shampooing heads, going through the hair with a lice comb, washing all the bedding on hot, bagged up all stuffed animals, etc, keeping difficult child's hair in braids, vacuuming the house, baseboards, furniture, mattresses and even the car every. single. day. for 6 weeks. I was ready to shave heads, burn down the house and start over.</p><p></p><p>What worked was Queen Helene's Cholesterol Conditioning Treatment that you get at Sally's Beauty Supply. It has a derivative of coconut oil in it which is toxic to lice. You coat the hair and cover with a shower cap for 3 hours. Rinse thoroughly. It's a heavy conditioner so you will probably want to use a clarifying shampoo after. Then go through the hair like you normally do. It doesn't kill the nits so you'll have to repeat in 7 days. It was the thing that finally worked. Plus, use shampoo with sodium lauryl sulfate in the ingredients as that is a derivative of coconut oil and will deter lice. We've never had an issue again and it was years before I would buy a new brand of shampoo without reading the ingredients.</p><p></p><p>Plus I just feel better using something that's not a pesticide. And it worked much better. We've had the "super lice" around here and the traditional products aren't working. Someone I know used a mixture of vasoline and mayonnaise because that's what her pediatrician told her to do when everything else failed. Not only did it not work, it took days to get all of the vasoline washed out of her child's hair. </p><p></p><p>We kept everything bagged for 4 weeks. Washed bedding on hot water and dried in a hot dryer. Bought new combs, brushes and hair ties. Vacuumed daily, including furniture, mattresses and under furniture and around baseboards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 161473"] We had a horrible case of this when difficult child was 4. I spent hundreds of dollars, literally, on products at the store and they weren't working. I even had a prescription treatment from the pediatrician. Did nothing. I found an article written by a school nurse in a neighborhood paper delivered to my mom's house. I tell you what...it was a lifesaver. I had been shampooing heads, going through the hair with a lice comb, washing all the bedding on hot, bagged up all stuffed animals, etc, keeping difficult child's hair in braids, vacuuming the house, baseboards, furniture, mattresses and even the car every. single. day. for 6 weeks. I was ready to shave heads, burn down the house and start over. What worked was Queen Helene's Cholesterol Conditioning Treatment that you get at Sally's Beauty Supply. It has a derivative of coconut oil in it which is toxic to lice. You coat the hair and cover with a shower cap for 3 hours. Rinse thoroughly. It's a heavy conditioner so you will probably want to use a clarifying shampoo after. Then go through the hair like you normally do. It doesn't kill the nits so you'll have to repeat in 7 days. It was the thing that finally worked. Plus, use shampoo with sodium lauryl sulfate in the ingredients as that is a derivative of coconut oil and will deter lice. We've never had an issue again and it was years before I would buy a new brand of shampoo without reading the ingredients. Plus I just feel better using something that's not a pesticide. And it worked much better. We've had the "super lice" around here and the traditional products aren't working. Someone I know used a mixture of vasoline and mayonnaise because that's what her pediatrician told her to do when everything else failed. Not only did it not work, it took days to get all of the vasoline washed out of her child's hair. We kept everything bagged for 4 weeks. Washed bedding on hot water and dried in a hot dryer. Bought new combs, brushes and hair ties. Vacuumed daily, including furniture, mattresses and under furniture and around baseboards. [/QUOTE]
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