Head Lice Remedies
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Head Lice.
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Head
Lice and Nits Home Remedies
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Treat head
lice with white vinegar - Mix 50 parts white vinegar and
50 parts water. Massage into the hair and cover with a shower
cap or cling wrap. Leave on for at least 40 minutes or longer
if you are able. This solution will neutralizes the glue substance
that the lice use to wrap their eggs around the hair shaft.
This treatment is only for ridding the hair of nits, not lice.
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Treat head lice using tea tree oil - The following will
make a natural head lice shampoo which can be used anytime it's
needed. In a plastic squeeze bottle shake together 2 ounces
Tea Tree Oil, 12.5 ounces Dawn Dishwashing Liquid (Must be dawn)
and 4 ounces white vinegar. Use this like regular shampoo. All
lice and nits will be gone within a week. |
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Treat head
lice using cetaphil - This method of home remedy for
treating head lice is suggested by dermatologists. An empty
ketchup or squeezable mayonnaise bottle can be used to mix
and store this solution. Fill the bottle with cetaphil. Squeeze
onto the hair making sure every strand is totally covered.
Do bit by bit to make sure you get every strand. Leave on
for at least half an hour. Now blow dry the hair till completely
dry. This could take up to half an hour to dry. While drying
using a comb. You will notice the lice coming out on the comb.
After your hair is dry apply white vinegar. The white vinegar
will loosen the nits (lice eggs) from the hair shaft so you
can easily comb out.
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Treat
head lice using rubbing alcohol - In Mexican communities
they saturate the hair with rubbing alcohol. Leave it on for
half an hour and then wash the hair as normal. This can be
done once a week.
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Treat head
lice using salt - This remedy is the most simplest and
easiest method to do. Get a bottle of normal shower gel. Take
the lid off and add to it 3 tablespoons of salt. Saturate
the hair and scalp in this solution and leave on for half
an hour. Then just simply wash the hair as normal. This always
makes your hair really shiny.
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Treat
head lice using neem oil or neem leaves - If you have
neem oil readily available simply saturate the hair with it.
Wait half an hour then rinse out. If neem leaves are available
boil a couple of handfuls in water and saturate the hair and
scalp then rinse out after half an hour.
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Treat
head lice using olive oil - Rub enough olive oil in the
hair and scalp to cover generously. Put on a shower cap and
leave it overnight. In the morning wash out with dawn dishwashing
liquid. If you have thick or long hair it may take a couple
of times to get all the oil out.
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Readers Remedies for Head Lice
Remedy
By - Athena
Date - 2 September 2008
Remedy
Also to help
keep lice off your head if there is an out break blow dry your hair
everyday after your shower. Make sure you wash everything in HOT
water. Also vacuum carpets well and furniture. Will help the infestation
from getting worse.
Remedy By - Dalene
Date - 27 December 2007
Remedy
I have used this
remedy on my daughter. I just put mayonaise in her hair ( Making
sure to cover all hair with it. put on a showercap for two hours
rinse with white vinager then rinse again with water. All the lice
will be dead they will just fall out when combing hair. Then just
remove all the eggs.
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