Few simple steps for head lice treatment

We all know that head lice are only found on human head or hair only, they do not live on furnitures or bedding anywhere else in the environment. You do not have to look for anywhere else other than human head is the only place where you can eradicate head lice.

Before choosing a head lice treatment, you need to consider the following things

• Assure that the head you are going to treat is overrun with head lice, otherwise there is no need to treat them
• Never use any lice treatment on babies or any other sculp that is irritated or inflamed
• Always protect the eyes during head lice treatment
• There is no preventative treatment for head lice.
• Go through the product labels thoroughly before applying them and always follow the instructions
• Never use natural products for head lice treatment like herbal tea etc.
• You need to apply the product thoroughly into your head and then leave it for 20 minutes. After that comb your hair with a god quality lice comb.
• If you find dead lice during combing that means the product is working. Repeat the treatment after 7 days so that nymphs that come from unhatched eggs.
• If you found live lice, it means that the treatment has not worked. May be the product is not that effective. 
•  You need to change the product or try the comb only.
• It’s a good practice to keep a good quality head lice comb in shower area, so that every family member can use the comb whilst taking a shower.
• Never use insecticides or spirits for head lice treatment

There are small opening on the abdomens of head lice where they can breath, these openings called spiracles. If you apply something greasy or slimy into your head, it will cause these openings to close so that they will be having difficulty in breathing. You can use a simple hair conditioner instead of applying any lice product.

The application of thick and slimy product into the head will not kill the lice but it can slow down their breathing process so that they can be caught easily by head lice comb.

There is another well known process for eliminating the lice is nitbusting. This process is really time consuming but its simple so well.

You need to do the following steps for nitbusting

• Always wrap a towel or kitchen paper around the child’s shoulder so that it will be easier for you to catch conditioner’s spill.
• Apply conditioner to the scalp and massage it for a few minutes. Make sure that the head and hair are fully coated with a liberal amount of conditioner.
• Lice stay closer to scalp so assure that you have put a sufficient amount of conditioner into the head. You do not have to work for the whole length of the hair just give more emphasis on the scalp. 
• Use a large comb to part the hair into smaller sections, if your hair is tangled and unmanageable, use a fine lice comb and comb it out on each section through several times.