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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child got lice at school and it traumatized me, it was so gross. I treated it with powerful shampoo, did nothing. I smothered it with conditioner, still came back; flat ironed every strand of hair and combed with a nit comb, still returned. Finally I figured out though research how to permanently rid her of lice and now her hair is in tight braids every day. The lice today are called super-lice for a reason, and they are basically endemic at this point, so parents should laser focus on prevention.[/quote]

What did you do that finally worked? This is my nightmare TBH. [/quote]

DP but what PP did wrong was thinking you could treat once and get rid of them. The problem is that none of the treatments are guaranteed to get rid of all the nits (eggs). If even a single nit survives a treatment, it will hatch and become a nymph, and then mature and lay more nits. So the key is to treat multiple times over the course of several weeks until it's not possible that anything could have survived. You also have to combine whatever treatment you use with nit combing, and keep nit combing at least every few days until you are done. Total treatment usually takes about a month.

Another reason it can recur is if your kid is getting re-exposed at school. So when there is lice going around, you should be nit combing weekly, wearing hair in braids, reminding your kid not to share hats or jackets (they can travel on collars or in hoods), making sure no one shares brushes, etc. There are also some things that might repel lice though it's not proven -- there are sprays with rosemary or tea tree oil or you can use shampoos or even just apply oil to the scalp. I don't think these are fool proof and would continue to nit comb weekly as long as I knew lice was around, but the tea tree/rosemary products can't hurt.

The key is to attack them on multiple fronts and to keep it up until it's eradicated. If your kid gets lice or even just nits, you need to assume you will be treating for a month, minimum. There are not quick solutions.[/quote]

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