Help help help...can't get rid of head lice... - Hair Problems Message Board

housemum · 06-05-2004, 09:04 PM

Me and my daughter (6) co-sleep, we've been passing head lice to each other for 6 months now.

I've done everything. All the natural stuff, olive oil, tea tree oil, neem oil, LiceRx, I have several types of nit combs. I change the pillow cases every night. Vacuum our beds. We have no carpets only wood floor.

Last month we used RID...it worked for 1 month then they came back (yes I did the second dose 10 days later).

Three days ago, I used RID again, daughter is doing better, but my head itches and burns horribly. Could it be irritation from the shampoo?

I'm so at my wits end. School is out so that is good, but dd, had only 10 kids in her class and they didn't have lice. My other children are fine. and dh is fine. Its just me and her.

Can anyone give me some help with this?

maak823 · 06-07-2004, 06:56 AM

I feel for you.

They are in your house- bedding, furniture, etc. You have to wash everything in the hottest water possible, treat your heads and then repeat this in exactly 2 weeks.

Empty your vaccuum bag- they can still breed there.

Try getting some bug bombs- strip everything take the mattress off the bed and prop it up so that they bomb can penetrate it- then repeat again in 2 weeks- that was the only way that I got rid of them.

Oh, and my daughter was the only one of us that kept getting them - none of the rest of the family ever got them.

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Originally Posted by annieof5

Me and my daughter (6) co-sleep, we've been passing head lice to each other for 6 months now.

I've done everything. All the natural stuff, olive oil, tea tree oil, neem oil, LiceRx, I have several types of nit combs. I change the pillow cases every night. Vacuum our beds. We have no carpets only wood floor.

Last month we used RID...it worked for 1 month then they came back (yes I did the second dose 10 days later).

Three days ago, I used RID again, daughter is doing better, but my head itches and burns horribly. Could it be irritation from the shampoo?

I'm so at my wits end. School is out so that is good, but dd, had only 10 kids in her class and they didn't have lice. My other children are fine. and dh is fine. Its just me and her.

Can anyone give me some help with this?

auntchilada · 06-11-2004, 04:45 PM

My aunt swears by Listerine, the mouthwash. Every night after her daughters finish washing their hair, she pours Listerine over their heads, she lets it sit for a minute or 2 and then rinses it out. Her kids have never had lice, even during all of the lice breakouts at school.

cth · 06-11-2004, 05:37 PM

Call your Dr. I think there are stronger things then rid. (or ask the pharmacist) cth

LooksLikeRain · 07-23-2004, 06:44 PM

you can get really strong stuff in mexico, i'm not sure how you would get it, but it can make you blind if it gets in your eye. if it's that bad, you really need to call the doctor like cth said. i got lice in new mexico from a hotel. it was horrible i know how you feel.