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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, my DD age 9 recently had lice and long hair like your DD. I think you misunderstood the directions re lice treatment! We had Lice Happens come to our house and treat everyone as a precaution, and the protocol is that you need to comb through the kids every single night for 10 days. That will catch any straggling nits and nymphs and also catch any eggs that might hatch. So, I don't think you're doing it right.

Hair grows in cycles, and it's possible that your daughter is going through a shedding cycle now.  but between the hair loss and lice, I think I would cut her hair to midback at the very least. It will grow back, and will be much easier for you to comb every day.

You NEED TO COMB EVERY DAY.  Especially if it was a 'natural" treatment similar to Lice Happens.[/quote]

I didn't do an otc treatment. I had a company come to my house and treat everyone in our family. They explained in detail what our maintenance would be, and left literature to instruct. If they are wrong they guarantee their work and they are coming back to fix it.[/quote]

Well then it probably wasn't natural treatment. I don't know which service you hired, but Lice Happens is the most reputable "natural" service in our area, guaranteed. And they are very specific, that after their natural treatments, it's imperative to comb through the hair every single day for 10 days. It is next to impossible to remove lice from that much hair in one treatment. And if you're DD is doing 5 days without checking again, it gives time for more to breed and hatch.

As to the hair loss, it might be a natural cycle, but I also think a hair cut is in order. If her hair grows so quickly as you claim 3-4 inches in a month, then it shouldn't be a big deal to trim it to mid back. Her hair is too long, IMO. And my DD also has very long hair, but finally agreed to trim to midback.[/quote]

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