Comments on: Ectoparasitosis

By: Hairstylist101

Hairstylist101 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:25:58 +0000

Sam: i know its a little late but you cant get rid of lice without getting it out of the carpet, clothes, bedding, upholstry etc. You need to not use the chemical treatment they are not good. when all else fails use them. buy a nit comb. soak your head in mayo. Real mayo its disgusting. put a bag over it and sit under a dryer ( or put a hair dryer to it)for a few hours. it will smell be prepared. next rinse with Pure listerine. then mix with pure vinegar. after that shampoo three times with paul mitchell tea tree shampoo. a small bottle will do fine and comb hair with a small tooth comb in shower after. do not condition. once finished take the nit comb and comb out all nits. its going to have to be treated in about another 3 days because the eggs left behind will be treated. remember lice cant jump but its important for you to keep checking yourself. if it looks like a small tear drop and cant be pull off the hair shaft. its a nit. you can also buy a prevet. once you are all clean. its called fairy tale look at it online. its very efficient. also, HAIRSPRAY will be your best friend.

By: brandi

brandi — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:41:35 +0000

well i have had them alot this year. my lil girl goes to school and gets them. only thing that works is manyosse.! i will try the tree oil.
hope this helps. if you have long hair then use a whole bottle of maynosee and leave in on for 3 to 4 hours. wash everything in hot water!

By: Sharon H.

Sharon H. — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:08:01 +0000

Oil kills insects, because they breathe through their exoskeletons and oil closes the openings so they smother.

Apply any oil to the head and hair, leave for 3 days, then shampoo out. You can wear a shower cap to protect your pillow. And of course wash all bedding & clothing in hottest water.

No heavy-duty poisons needed.

By: Emery

Emery — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:12:37 +0000

Sam, read up online as much as you can – I don’t know if pets can harbor them, but your bedding and/or furniture can. Your county public health department should also have information available; good luck!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:49:09 +0000

tim thanks for the advice, went to see a dermatologist today and turns out I had 12 open wounds on my head, if it wasn’t for u I could of had serious head problems, he also prescribed me with medecation to stop me itching but I have yet 2 find a cure for these horrible lice!!!!:@

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:53:39 +0000

Sam, It’s great that you are concerned about you little sister. Keep in mind though, that you might have something other than lice. You could have some sort of eczema like Seborrhoeic dermatitis (see image of scratched eczema: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eczema.jpg).
I would have it checked out by a dermatologist. Any open, bleeding could result in an infection (not good)

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:04:28 +0000

I have had head live I was about 5/6 I’m now 15, there obivously has been times for a few months were I haven’t had them but they seem to come back, I have tried every lice shampoo on the market and nothing works, I now have a new born baby sister and I’m scared to hold her invade I give them to her which would be unfair as she is a baby, my head is full of scabs at about 1cm diameter there really big, my head is sore very itchy, it’s getting to the point were I’m itching and my scalp bleeds! Please help of u have any adive, and if any one could tell my why my scalp has gone like this please let me know thanks.

By: Antony "Head Lice man" Wilton

Antony "Head Lice man" Wilton — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:02:18 +0000

Stick to the natural lice treatments and you cant go wrong

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:57:36 +0000

When I worked in Nepal, all the kids in the villages knew they could freak me out by looking at my hair and saying “Zumra cha!” (There is lice!)

Oddly enough, with all the different homes I slept in, I never once got lice. A colleague of mine who was super paranoid about lice (and always used her own bed linens and pillow when staying anywhere) got a nasty infestation. She had long curly hair and we spent the better part of 2 days killing the lice and combing the nits out. *shudder*

By: Marlaquack

Marlaquack — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:50:01 +0000

Last year we had a really nasty outbreak of lice at my house. I had a kid who had been very itchy for weeks,but I could not see anything on her head (and I did look). By the time I found it it was bad. I tried 3 different chemical treatments on her. I hated doing it but because she had opened sores on her head, but I had to kill them. None of the over the counter products worked and I spent about $100 on them. As a matter of fact as I was combing out her hair the bugs were crawling around. I’d drip them into a plate with pure bleach or vinegar and they would swim out. The only thing that killed them was dropping them in a candle. Finally I called a friend who told me what to do. I covered their hair in mayonnaise than a plastic bag and left it on for 3 hours. Next I took tea tree oil (which I purchased at Target very important because it’s 1/4 the price of the health food store) and mixed it with shampoo, about 1 tsp of oil to the amount of shampoo for 1 application. I put the mixture on and let it set for 30 minutes than shampooed it off. Lastly I rinsed their hair with warmed vinegar. That killed all the bugs. After the initial treatment I washed their hair with tea tree oil each day for several days and used and electric lice comb with a small metal lice comb. I had to repeat the treatment at about 10 days, but it was much less traumatic (for both of us) the second time.

I don’t handle bugs well.