Okay, this is my standard advice, but it works REALLY well
I make my own lice treatment. Basically I get cheap conditioner, 100% tea tree oil and 100% lavender oil. I use a generous helping of conditioner (really generous... which is why I buy cheap) and slosh in a good helping of both essential oils. Then I slather the mix all over the hair, put on a shower cap, and just leave it alone for four hours.
This will kill the lice and most of the nits. If you repeat it a week later, you should get all the lice.
The nice thing is, you don't need to try to comb all the lice/nits out. As they DIE! If you do have a lot of nits, you may find that you're left with empty eggs. If you really feel the need, use the lice comb while your hair is full of conditioner, as it's much easier. However, I still find that the comb pulls painfully.
I use this on my DD when she gets lice, and it works 100% of the time. She has very fine, but very thick hair and it's insane trying to comb it all with a lice comb and she screams blue bloody murder when I do! I do usually try to comb at least the roots though...the reason being that most of the eggs are stuck here, and this will dislodge the majority of them, which can later be washed out.
And if you have any doubts that this will work.... I had a friend visit from Germany. While here in Australia he caught lice from my kids (OOPS). He went home, discovered the lice, and tried EVERY commercial treatment he could. He even left one on for 48 hours, and the lice STILL did not die (I guess the Aussie lice were a bit resistant to the German treatment or something ). I told him my lice recipe...he tried it...and his lice were no more!!
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