Head Lice Treatment With With Lice-Killing Shampoo
headlice January 30th, 2007
Head lice treatments can be tricky simply because lice are so contagious. When treating head lice you must protect other family members from becoming infected. The key to getting rid of your lice problem is remaining calm, following lice shampoo instructions carefully, and being thorough
The most common method people use for lice treatment is a lice-killing medicated shampoo. Follow directions carefully because you do not want to sensitize the scalp. Even before shampooing it’s a good idea for those being treated for head lice to change into fresh uncontaminated clothing. Contaminated clothing should be washed and dried under high heat settings.
After applying the lice shampoo check carefully with a quality lice comb to see if some live lice remain. If there are some lice still alive or moving slower, DO NOT re-apply the same shampoo. The treatment you tried was not 100% successful in killing all the lice! Try a lice shampoo with different ingredients.
You will have to comb out all of the dead and living lice. Again here your persistence will pay off. The only thing which makes this difficult is that it takes a long time to comb everything out. If, while you are combing you don’t see anything double check to make sure you know what you are looking for. Would you recognize and be able to identify lice? What about the nits they leave behind? To avoid sensitizing the scalp you should wait at least 6 hours before applying another shampoo if the first try didn’t work. After a successful lice shampoo treatment you still need to check for lice and nits every few days until you are sure there are no live bugs or nits left behind. This should be an ongoing process for a few weeks until you are positive that all of the lice and nits are out of the hair.
Because head lice are contagious, it is important that you are extremely cautious when going about the lice treatment. This includes everything from effectively washing clothing to soaking brushes and combs used in rubbing alcohol or washing with soap and water for one hour. To ensure that the rest of the family doesn’t become infested don’t share hats, towels, etc.
Lice treatment is tedious and it takes awhile to see success. The more cautious and patient you are with treating the lice, the quicker they will go away
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