Salwety
August 31st, 2018, 02:00 AM
Three days ago the nursery called me to give me the joyful news that my 2DS ( 5 &1 years) have lice and I should take them immediately, so as not to infect others. I was like shudder: Lice ??!!! It has to be lice!!!! I have never had it before, and I don't know what to do. So I searched older posts here on LHC, and other forums, and came up with a plan that made it possible to get rid of it in only two days. It requires some work, but it is effective and efficient.
1- First lice needs to be smothered out of the hair. I applied a mixture of olive oil, vinegar and conditioner, and kept it covered for a couple of hours. Then started to comb the hair using lice comp ( a very narrow cob can work too). This step takes a long time, and I put on their favourite cartoon videos to help them cooperate with me.
2- I used lice shampoo to wash their hair. It is drying and rough. So I applied my normal oil and conditioner leave in.
3- As my kids are boys and they were due for a hair cut, we did cut their hair. (It is not a necessary step but we did it anyway)
4- I followed these steps with a good hot combing with a blow drier. The heat from the blow dryer not only remove the lice and its eggs from the hair, it kills them too before hatching. So you will not have to deal with them again when the eggs stuck to the hair hatch. I know that hair dryers are damaging to the hair, but so is lice and it is disgusting and itchy too.
I also checked myself and DH, because after all we share the same house. And we were infected too but in an early stage. I followed the same steps on us.
After following these steps for two days, our hair is lice free. I will revisit this routine every 4 days for the next two weeks to make sure that we are not infected again.
Now it is time to start disinfecting the house: vacuum, steam and disinfect the furniture, carpets, mattresses, and pillows. And washing all the used or left around clothes, linen, and towels on high heat setting. And steam or iron those that can't be washed. As we are in summer I open all the windows to get the hot sun inside the house.
I hope that no one in my house get this nasty bug again. But if it happens I know how to deal with it in short time.
1- First lice needs to be smothered out of the hair. I applied a mixture of olive oil, vinegar and conditioner, and kept it covered for a couple of hours. Then started to comb the hair using lice comp ( a very narrow cob can work too). This step takes a long time, and I put on their favourite cartoon videos to help them cooperate with me.
2- I used lice shampoo to wash their hair. It is drying and rough. So I applied my normal oil and conditioner leave in.
3- As my kids are boys and they were due for a hair cut, we did cut their hair. (It is not a necessary step but we did it anyway)
4- I followed these steps with a good hot combing with a blow drier. The heat from the blow dryer not only remove the lice and its eggs from the hair, it kills them too before hatching. So you will not have to deal with them again when the eggs stuck to the hair hatch. I know that hair dryers are damaging to the hair, but so is lice and it is disgusting and itchy too.
I also checked myself and DH, because after all we share the same house. And we were infected too but in an early stage. I followed the same steps on us.
After following these steps for two days, our hair is lice free. I will revisit this routine every 4 days for the next two weeks to make sure that we are not infected again.
Now it is time to start disinfecting the house: vacuum, steam and disinfect the furniture, carpets, mattresses, and pillows. And washing all the used or left around clothes, linen, and towels on high heat setting. And steam or iron those that can't be washed. As we are in summer I open all the windows to get the hot sun inside the house.
I hope that no one in my house get this nasty bug again. But if it happens I know how to deal with it in short time.