How to deal with persistent lice

[Anonymous]

Vinegar worked on me.

[Anonymous]

One trick I learn for prevention is using a straightener weekly. I asked why DDs kept getting lice but I didn’t- hot iron daily. Started doing it weekly and you burn the nits.

[Anonymous]

My friend w 2 kids in mcps went through this exact same thing. After spending a fortune getting her girls hear treated each time, she became more aggressive. After a lot of volunteering in the school (where she saw active lice on a child), she saw that in one classroom they had all of the kids hang up their hoodies and jackets and backpacks on a wall where they were basically overlapping. She worked with teacher and kids were then given the option of putting their outerwear on the backs of their chairs and backpacks under their desks. I know they say lice don’t jump, but it sounded like everything was overlapping enough that there was spread. Once they changed where they stored things, she had no more issues. I’d say investigate the school (although they’re not into winter clothes yet but maybe from backpacks), heat treat your kids and then braid or tight buns w/ lots of fairy tales shampoo and spray daily. Remember you don’t want really clean hair bc life love that

[Anonymous]

Chemical treatments are not necessary and are often ineffective anyway. You do not need to use them, and certainly you should not be using them on a regular basis.

Comb, comb, comb. Use a thick white conditioner on dry hair so you can get the comb through the hair and see the nits clearly. Before school each day, apply a lot of cheap hair gel and braid or put up in a bun. Repeat ad nauseam.

[Anonymous]

Lice clinic of America. Have your school nurse know this is a problem

[Anonymous]

Use dimethicone. It smothers them and is nontoxic. Cheap shine serum is mostly dimethicone. It helps with comb outs too.

[Anonymous]

OP - I don't have any tips but am grateful for the tips here. I just want to say I empathize. I've been to Lice Clinics of America 3xs with my family since April. We've done deep cleaning of the house and hair up with peppermint sprays in between. We still keep getting it (or Lice Clinics has been ineffective).

[Anonymous]

Just do a daily combing of hair and scalp in the bath tub every day. You will never have a live infestation.

Use the lice combs from India. It is extremely fine toothed to remove lice and nits.

🇮🇳 you can find the combs on Amazon India website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One trick I learn for prevention is using a straightener weekly. I asked why DDs kept getting lice but I didn’t- hot iron daily. Started doing it weekly and you burn the nits.

This does not work. There is no way you are getting the straightener close enough to the scalp. It’s just coincidence your DD hasn’t gotten lice. A thorough comb thru with the lice comb periodically would be more effective and do way less hair damage.

[Anonymous]

1. Lice Clinic
2. Braid the girls hair (in a tight French braid, tucked under at the ends) every single day and cut the boys hair very short.
3. Lecture them every single day that they are not to hug, share hats, hair bands, hair clips, or touch heads with anyone. Not even their besties.
4. Fairy Tales Rosemary spray every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - I don't have any tips but am grateful for the tips here. I just want to say I empathize. I've been to Lice Clinics of America 3xs with my family since April. We've done deep cleaning of the house and hair up with peppermint sprays in between. We still keep getting it (or Lice Clinics has been ineffective).

Honestly this sounds to me like lice clinics is being ineffective. Did you get the heat treatment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they in elementary or at a preschool or day care? If not yet ES age I would bet money the outbreak is coming from preschool/child care. The school needs to treat for lice, they need to make sure all the bedding is cleaned and treated, the dress up clothes need to be treated, especially any hats or headbands, all of that. And make sure your kids aren’t sharing hats, head bands, hair brushes, coats/jackets etc. etc. with other kids.

Op - 2 are in elementary and 1 is in daycare. The hardest is the girls. One of my girls has super duper thick hair. It’s impossible to find every little nit. I comb her for hours and do treatments and it always takes a month to completely clear it up.

I agree with the PPs suggesting it must be daycare. Find out what is going on at nap time at the daycare. Do they stack the cots with sheets on them? If so, send your child with a nap mat that can be rolled up and put in her cubby or backpack every day instead of rolled up into the cot. Similarly, if the kids are allowed to choose a stuffed animal to nap with them, shut that down. Your child needs to bring her own stuffed animal and pillow and it needs to come out of her backpack immediately before nap and back into her backpack immediately after nap (along with the nap mat). Also, this sounds crazy, but make sure the daycare isn't brushing the girls' hair before/after nap. They absolutely should know not to do this, but make sure. And make sure they're not doing dress up/sharing hats, costumes, etc.

[Anonymous]

I'll just drop this in right here (I am a Lice Lady, AMA): https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/401192.page#5496425

By far the best, most helpful thread ever in the history of DCUM.

[Anonymous]

We had to treat basically every 3 days to week for months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend w 2 kids in mcps went through this exact same thing. After spending a fortune getting her girls hear treated each time, she became more aggressive. After a lot of volunteering in the school (where she saw active lice on a child), she saw that in one classroom they had all of the kids hang up their hoodies and jackets and backpacks on a wall where they were basically overlapping. She worked with teacher and kids were then given the option of putting their outerwear on the backs of their chairs and backpacks under their desks. I know they say lice don’t jump, but it sounded like everything was overlapping enough that there was spread. Once they changed where they stored things, she had no more issues. I’d say investigate the school (although they’re not into winter clothes yet but maybe from backpacks), heat treat your kids and then braid or tight buns w/ lots of fairy tales shampoo and spray daily. Remember you don’t want really clean hair bc life love that

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