<p>Now that spring season and T-ball/baseball are here again, when son was little there was a big outbreak because the kids shared the batting helmets. Upon hearing this, I went out and bought son his own helmet. Ski helmets that are rented from ski areas can be a source also. As a teacher, this is a problem every year, but knock on wood, my own kids never got lice. Our school nurse also had an herbal recipe with lavender that could be made into a shampoo as a preventitive measure.</p>
<p>i am going to have to reread this thread.
my daughter with the waist lenght ( mid back anyway) honey blond wavy hair just like I always wanted just texted me & asked if I could buy lice stuff cause the whole camp has it.
How could a whole camp be infected?</p>
<p>listerine is supposed to work also. Anyone have experience with it?</p>
<p>We had to deal with this when my girls were in elementary school. We tried everything, from home remedies to toxic prescription medication, and it was the Licemeister comb linked above that cured things once and for all. It’s not like the combs that come with the kits. It really gets every nit.</p>
<p>Hey – it’s icky, but it’s not fatal.</p>
<p>never used listerine, when S got it last year slathered with mayo and shower cap for a few hours. then washed out which got the bugs out. Then used Pantene conditioner on the nit comb and combed in sections, the eggs show up against the conditioner so you can see them and try to know approx how many there are. then slept with olive oil coated hair and shower cap. Did the pantene for 2 days and it was over and never came back. Also did pantene on other 3 kids just to check.</p>
<p>I got all this from a professional nit picker.</p>
<p>My DD had lice in nursery school. We were told to put all her stuffed animals, pillows, etc. into airtight bags for a month. That killed everything. Also, the topical chemical treatments are not a replacement for mechanical removal of the nits. You really have to go through your child’s head with a nit comb for 45 minutes twice a day for a week. It’s time consuming, but if you don’t do this, the eggs won’t be removed and the lice will keep hatching. As an aside: the school director said that, counter to stereotype, children from affluent families with nannies had a higher incidence of recurrent lice problems in her experience because the nannies would not do the twice-daily comb-out and the parents were too busy. Getting rid of lice can be really time-intensive.</p>
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<p>I had them on and off during 4th grade (not my fault they were infested in the school buses, took the school forever to figure it out (the buses were used between 3 diffrent schools)).</p>
<p>Things that work:</p>
<p>apple cider viniger rinses</p>
<p>Mayo in the hair (slather mayo all over the head cover with shower cap, sit for about an hour)</p>
<p>Dirty hair</p>
<p>Dyeing ones hair</p>
<p>olive oil</p>
<p>Don’t you know? My poodle and cat (was a lynx-symise) are the ONLY two breeds in each speices to be able to get lice? Oh yes… Treated me, tossed both the cat (loved baths thankfully) and the poodle in the shower stall to sit.If i remember right we just shaved the poodle down completely. Fun, huh?</p>