Lice Treatment Secrets

Believe it or not, if you read the information on the Internet you have a lot of Lice Treatment Options available. The only problem is that that much of it is hearsay or simply inaccurate. There are many options from prescription shampoos to wild ideas like coating hair in peanut butter!

As we've been working to control parasitical problems for centuries, it simply makes sense that there are many remedies based on folklore and what people had on hand over the years. You can feel confident however that you can attack and win this ongoing battle with a louse infestation if only because it's so common for so many of us to deal with.

Home remedies for these parasites seem to be a dime a dozen when searching the web. The fact is that there are many ways to get rid of lice but you will need to focus on what you want to tolerate. Realize that many people stating claims of wonderful results are NOT saying their method will work for you. They only stay that their particular method worked for them

Active treatment of these parasites is required if you truly want to be rid of them. This means not only dealing with the infestation on the head but also cleaning up any secondary sources of re-infestation. While there a few hair salons that specialize in the treatment and removal of louse, these are mainly in the larger cities throughout the world. The expense and effort required is not trivial and in the end, a lot of the work at home still needs to be done by you.

Just because you may be able to locate a service that can provide treatment, you still have the problem of secondary sources. Lice can live for a few days off a person and will be looking for someone to infect. So even though you or your child's hair is completely free of the bugs, not cleaning hair ornamentation, combs etc. along with bedding can result in a re-infestation.

Below are several Suggested Home Cures found on the web and an option to limit re-infestation. Note that the home cure is one claimed to be effective but has probably not been researched.

Cure Number 1: Peanut Butter

No, this isn't a joke. People have claimed that using peanut butter in your hair will kill the headlice. Interestingly enough, this is the same basic idea where olive oil etc. are used to smother the bugs. Once again, the problem is that peanut butter does NOT kill the bugs but may immobilize them for easier removal…. Assuming you can deal with the mess.

Cure Number 2: Mayonnaise

Here, the idea is to smother the bugs so they can't breathe. The mayo (and peanut butter for that matter also work to keep them from moving around so much.

Cure #3: Oil Treatment

This is basically the same thing as the other two. You use the oil to kill the parasites.

The thing about these methods is that they DO work to slow down the movement of the louse adults and nymphs. They do little to nothing however to actually kill the bugs living in your hair.

Research has suggested that head lice can remain alive under water, completely submerged for over 8 hours and continue to live. This means that any heead lice treatments that are based on killing the bugs by asphyxiating or smothering them must remain on your head for over 8 hours.

I don't know about you but any treatment or remedy that requires that long to work is not acceptable. One thing that does work however is the use of natural essential oil shampoos to kill the louse infestation and protect the scalp.

 

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