How to get rid of lice and nits: practical tips and tricks

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Let's look at how to properly get rid of lice and nits, as well as what drugs and methods to combat parasites in the hair are most effective.

There are several effective ways to get rid of lice and differ in simplicity, accessibility and safety for health. However, first of all, when choosing a specific method of combating parasites, you should always take into account the age and physical condition of the most infected - children, for example, are more sensitive to various chemical insecticides, and people who have recently had flu may develop a strong allergic reaction to shampoo lice. In general, many pediculicidal preparations are contraindicated for pregnant women.

In addition, it is useful to take into account the complexity of the upcoming procedure. So, combing lice with special combs for young children can be quite a feasible task, and the same procedure, but for a curvy-haired curly-haired woman with a slant to the waist will require completely different time and effort.

Removal of head and pubic lice is always a more laborious task than the fight against lice wardrobe. To get rid of lice, it is enough to thoroughly wash the body and boil all your clothes, which may be insects. But to get rid of lice on the body in most cases much more difficult.

Depending on the type of lice with which you have to deal, will vary and methods of dealing with them

On a note

Today, you can get rid of lice and nits in one procedure lasting only 1.5-2 hours. If the patient is very sensitive to the means of removing the parasites, the process may take two procedures with a break of 7-8 days. Getting rid of lice with combs requires 5-6 times daily combing, but this method is absolutely safe. If someone offers to quickly get rid of parasites on the head through intensive treatment with folk remedies, this is an adviser who is far behind the times.

How to destroy adult lice and larvae?

Below are some common ways to get rid of lice, each of which has its pros and cons:

You can, for example, shave the part of the body that was infected. This method has only one drawback: not everyone agrees to part with their image for two months.Girls, girls and women - especially. But for all other parameters, this approach is optimal: lice and nits are removed from the body within minutes, there is no risk of their appearance in the near future, and there are no side effects.
The use of funds that lead to lice poisoning. Today, there are a lot of drugs that are toxic to the parasites, but harmless to humans. You can get rid of lice and nits at once, but there is always a risk that the patient, especially the small one, will have side effects.

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There is a whole set of folk remedies for lice, toxic and for parasites, and for the person himself. By this they are inferior to modern drugs, but they win in price. With proper use, they also help to quickly get rid of lice, but they should be used with great care.
Use special combs that allow combing parasites without baiting. This effective way of getting rid of lice is quite laborious and time consuming. But he is guaranteed not to lead to side effects and intoxication.
Treatment with lice fever.In this case, you can only freeze parasites on clothes, but you can handle them with special hair dryers on your head and pubic hair. At high temperatures, lice are greatly weakened, some - die. After treating the hair with hot air, the insects need to be combed with a comb.
And, finally, we will mention another way - contacting special detention facilities - institutions that carry out sanitary treatment of people, today mostly homeless. This approach will help to quickly get rid of parasites, but is associated with extremely unpleasant procedures for handling and communicating with the homeless.

Different ways of getting rid of lice can be combined with each other to enhance the effect of each of them. For example, you can save a child from lice by a single treatment of the hair with a special shampoo and the subsequent 2-3 times combing of the hair after that.

To rid the child of lice, you can combine insecticidal shampoo using a comb

The photo shows lice combed out of the hair with a comb

The only completely self-sufficient way of getting rid of lice is to shave your hair. This procedure is most effective in the fight against head lice and nits.

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I have lice in the army appeared. It was so embarrassing to go on a day off - like you want to meet your beloved, but on the head it is. And somehow it's childish.I - to the ensign, I say, give me some means, he began to laugh. Put on a chair, took the car and shaved it off to zero. I haven’t been cut like that in my life, I was scared myself in the mirror. But nothing more had to be looked for - there were no head lice on the head at all. Even the girl away did not say about them, he invented something about orders and teachings.

Dmitry, St. Petersburg

If it is decided to get rid of head lice with the help of special pediculicides, it is important to be able to choose the right drug. About this, let's continue and talk.

On a note

Get rid of lice, hair dyeing, it is impossible. In general, hair dye has a poisonous effect on parasites, but not always on the head after this procedure, all the lice and nits die, and the remaining ones multiply quickly enough and restore the population size.

Hydrogen peroxide, which was previously actively used for bleaching hair, also has a certain toxic effect on lice.

Means for getting rid of lice

Means to help get rid of lice in humans can be divided into several types. Each of them has its own set of properties, advantages and disadvantages,and they must be chosen individually, in relation to a particular case.

So, we can distinguish the following main types of lice products:

Shampoos, the most, perhaps, sparing from means. Some of them can be used for one year old children. They help to get rid not only of head lice, but also are quite effective against pubic ones. When choosing for a child should look at the contraindications and the minimum age for use. Shampoos Pedilin, Parazidoz, Hygia are very famous. It is very useful to combine the use of pediculicidal shampoo with the subsequent combing of hair with a comb.
Sprays from lice are also quite convenient to use drugs, some of which can get rid of nits. In general, sprays are inferior in safety to shampoos, as they can get into the respiratory tract. Today, one of the most famous lice sprays is Nyuda spray, which does not contain toxic ingredients, but it is not effective against nits. But Pedikulen Ultra spray allows you to get rid of lice and nits. The most powerful spray is A-Par, it can not be used to treat the body, and therefore it is used only to get rid of waxy lice.
Lice creams: in their action and effect, they differ little from shampoos, but are a bit more difficult to apply.
Concentrates of Medifox and Avicin type are very strong drugs, they can be dangerous if you get rid of lice in your head, not observing the rules of breeding.
Folk remedies - kerosene, vinegar, cemerica water, cranberry juice, tar soap. In general, they are much more dangerous to use than modern drugs, but they are quite effective. Kerosene and vinegar can cause severe skin burns.and therefore if you decide to get rid of lice on the head of a child with their help, you should carefully study the instructions for breeding and using each of these tools.
Combs with increased rigidity and frequency of teeth (usually metal). For one application, it is impossible to effectively get rid of lice and, moreover, from nits, with the help of combs, so they need to comb their hair daily for 5-6 days.

Pediculicidal agents are applied on the head and on the hair along their entire length for the period specified in the instructions, sometimes after that the head should be covered with a bag or a scarf to enhance the effect.After a certain time, the product is washed off, and the head is washed with a simple shampoo until the preparation is completely washed off the hair.

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“We, probably, for three years selected a means by which we can permanently get rid of lice. They did not find it: even if all the lice and nits are removed, they can reappear in a week or two. But in general, the most effective, in my opinion, is Medifox, they can even remove underwear lice. And the safest is the LiceGuard comb. True, there is a lot of trouble with him, but for a child it is the best remedy. ”

Ivan, Volgograd

The photo below shows how you can get rid of lice at home - a child with a shampoo-treated head just waits in the bathroom until the parents wash off the product:

When ridding a child of lice, you need to apply a special shampoo on his head, wait a little and then rinse the hair thoroughly

And on a special video, the whole process is described in detail. Here, in addition, shows how to get rid of lice with a comb:

Video instructions for getting rid of lice and nits using a special comb

The average cost of the task of getting rid of lice is about 500 rubles, and the amount depends largely on the chosen funds and the number of patients treated.

It should be remembered that after a single treatment with most pediculicides, there are often live nits on the head.How to be in this case?

Destruction nits

Nits are lice eggs. They are especially resistant to the action of various insecticides, because they do not breathe and can not be poisoned. In addition, the nits are very small, and often do not comb out completely comb.

Nits can be difficult to get rid of using insecticides alone.

Nevertheless, it is quite possible to get rid of lice eggs:

For example, through the use of products containing contact insecticides. These include medifox, Pair Plus, Nittifor and some other drugs.
Or, combining vinegar with the use of combs - folk remedies corrode the shell of nits and contribute to their peeling off from the hair, after which the nits are combed out with a comb.

But in practice, most often the nits are not destroyed. After a maximum of 8 days, the larvae hatch from them, and after this period it is important to re-treat the hair with an insecticidal preparation.

Getting rid of nits is possible with a comb. At the same time, thanks to regular combing, the most vulnerable eggs detach from the hair, and from the rest the larvae hatch, which also comb out.

To get rid of dry nits You can for a few weeks, carefully washing the hair and combing them with thick hairbrushes.The photo shows how small the nits are in relation to the hair, and why it is so difficult to get rid of nits by simple combing:

Nits are very small in size, so even combing out with special combs will have to be done several times.

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“I went to the forum to find out how to get rid of lice in children, and I was directly frightened. 21 century in the yard, and they are still discussing how to properly apply kerosene. And about some whether sobering centers, or receivers for the homeless tell. Nightmare. I went to the pharmacy, bought Nyuda, twice processed the heads of the children and forgot about these parasites. More on the Internet for such advice - not a foot ... "

Antonina, Odessa

In order not to get head lice again ...

But getting rid of lice quickly and efficiently is only part of the task. It is much more difficult not to pick them up again, especially for a child.

It is important to understand that lice are transmitted only from person to person, and not from animals. In kindergartens, schools, summer camps, parasites spread rapidly in a team, causing massive infections. And adults are infected with lice quite often - in transport (especially in trains), swimming pools, at various meetings, during sexual intercourse.

To prevent lice infection, you should:

Avoid large and dense crowds if possible.
do not communicate closely with unfamiliar personalities
avoid casual sex
Do not use someone else's clothes, hats and toilet articles.

Be careful, careful and careful, and let lice always bypass you and your children!

An example of an infected child whose hair is simply infested with lice.

Useful video: choose an effective tool for removing lice and nits in children

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