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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of the shampoos that promise to dissolve the glue that holds the nits to the hair shaft (minimizing the need for nitpicking) actually live up to their claims? 
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Personally, I do not believe in any commercial product, at all.

Vinegar may or may not help dissolve the glue that adheres the nit to the hair shaft.  Some lice services use a percentage of vinegar in their lice removal product.  But dissolving the glue is unnecessary.  Manual removal of the nits through combing, with or without dissolving the glue, is the only cure.  This can be accomplished with a good lice comb and dedicated combing.  It is the "dedicated combing" part in which a lice lady like me specializes.

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DD and I both have thick, long hair, and being naturally both lazy and cheap, I was never able to do a good enough job of "dedicated combing" her hair (and there was no one to do the "monkey favor" for me) but I wasn't ready to pay for it, either. So, over several years when DD was in elementary school, she and I would both get lice, and we would struggle with it for weeks despite toxic shampoos and fancy lice combs. What helped put an end to the infestation each time: washing pillowcases every day, quarantining the stuffed animals, and washing our hair, every few days, with a particular brand of non-toxic lice shampoo (Quit Nits, I think?) which promised to dissolve the nit glue. The nits simply washed out with the shampoo, and there were visibly fewer of them in the hair afterward. [/quote]

I find "Quit Nits" claims hard to believe, and the Amazon reviews are also mixed.  I had never heard of it before however, and will have to look into it more closely.

If you were using a pay-for product every few days for years, I think it might have been more cost effective for you to pay someone - or learn yourself - to effectively lice comb.  I have not yet encountered hair so long or so thick that it cannot be done.

The cheapest thing for you both?  Keep a good lice comb in the shower and run it through your hair every time you condition.  No louse can hold on through that.  [/quote]

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