How do tou completley get rid of head lice in your home?
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Go to the drug store and purchase RID-X.They have the shampoo and body wash for personal use,and a spray to use in the home.Be sure to wash EVERYTHING  in very hot water that came in contact with the lice( a little Lysol in the wash can't hurt either).
1061225
Try Lice Kiler on this site. They claim army rangers use it in the battlefield. If it's good eough for our troops then it's got to be good, right?\n\nhttp://www.headlicekiller.com/
502354
The easiest way that I found for getting rid of the problem when my kids brought them home from school, was to use hair conditioner. I washed their hair thoroughly. After it had dried completely, I applied hair conditioner to it until it was saturated.(The type for dry hair is best, any brand.) Than I combed the hair with a fine toothed comb, (you can buy them especially for this purpose) and let it dry again. Don't remove the conditioner. Put your kids hair in braids or cut it short until this is over. Reapply the conditioner every time you wash your child's hair. You should not see any more adult lice as they will die on hatching if you have put enough conditioner on the hair. Comb frequently to get rid of the nits on the hair. If the hair is hard to comb, add more conditioner. Once the lice problem is finished with (about 2 weeks), every time you wash your children's (or your own) hair, put conditioner on before the final rinse. It makes the hair shaft too slippery for adult lice to attach their nits. Worked for me. I only had the problem once, with my kids. I was given this bit of advice by a friend who was a hair stylist.
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To get rid of them in the house, try this:\nGet a shiny foil pie pan and a bright light (like a desk lamp) Put a couple of drops of dish soap in the pan and some water and mix them together - not super sudsy. Put the pan in a dark room (at night is ideal) and shine the lamp right into the center of the pan. \nThose little buggers will be attracted to the shine, jump in, and because of the soap, can't jump out, and will drown.
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Nix is the best thing to buy....you shampoo her hair normally, and while still wet, apply the Nix making sure you massage it in really well from scalp to the ends of the hair.  Let it sit the required time, and then rinse.  After that, you use the comb provided and "comb out" the nits and lice.  The Nix kills both eggs (nits) and the lice that were alive.  It's a rather gross process, but its the ONLY thing that ever worked for my daughters.  We lived in the south, so lice were and are quite prevalent, especially if you lived in the country as we did.\n\nAlso make sure you treat her stuffed animals and dolls and toys.  There is a spray to buy for the animals and dolls, and you can use Lysol to spray her plastic and hard toys with.  Wash ALL bedding (sheets, pillows and cases, bedspreads, etc.) in HOT water, with bleach if possible, and dry on high cycle.  This will rid the bedding, and don't forget to spray the mattress with the lice spray.  \n\nThis will get rid of them completely...just make sure your niece knows not to let anyone at school brush her hair, or to brush her own with anyone else's brush or comb.\n\nAnd CUTTING hair is NOT necessary!  My daughter had hair to her waist, and although the process seemed to take FOREVER (and we used two bottles of Nix to get her whole head treated), it was worth it because it did the job.  And NO, lice don't only come from people who are dirty/nasty, this is a common misconception.\n\nGood luck!\nPS...you can buy all these things at Walmart.
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Not long but the problem isn't getting rid of the adults, it's getting rid of the eggs.  Just immersing the head in water isn't going to help that.\n\nSee the link below.  You need to both shampoo with lice killer and also use some kind of pesticide for your whole house, especially the room where the person who has lice sleeps.
613953
Well, There are some shampoos available.. that are known as..\nANTI-LICE Shampoos..\nTry any of them...
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You can  buy a billion different NIX bottles and they probably still won't die. I had lice as a kid and it was NASTY! What you need to do is sufficate them. Try covering your head with Thick conditioner. It doesn't have to be expensive. (VO5, suave) Completely cover the roots and tips so there is no air around your hair. \n\nWrap your head in something to keep the conditioner from getting everywhere.. Usually a shower cap or a plastic bag. Do this in the late afternoon and sleep with it on your head. They can't hold their breathe for that long! (12 hours tops) When you take a shower the next day, you will find a TON of dead lice eggs and bugs in your shower. Those who don't fall out... can be combed out. They will fall out easier because of the conditioner. Plus, it's great moisturization for your hair. No chemicals at all, and it costs under five dollars.  :) Good luck!
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If you don't mind the chemicals in her hair you can buy lice shampoo. I for one don't like those chemicals they can damage your hair. You can smother them and condition your daughters hair at the same time. Cover her hair in vaseline and then wrap her hair with plastic wrap. Leave it for 3 days. You will have to wash her hair like 3 times to get all the vaseline out, but you will see that all the bugs are dead and her hair is really nice. Then just come the dead bugs out. Do it again in like 7 days in case any eggs survived and hatched.\n\nYou do have to wash everything in your house that lice can cling to with hot water. Or buy that lice spray to pray down the furniture.
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You don't need to cut your hair.I recommend a product used by the US Army Rangers it is called LiceX.It is guaranteed to kill head lice in ten seconds.It is the best product to kill head lice.You can find more information or order it at: http://www.headlicekiller.com/
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Head lice do not "jump" or "leap" from one person to another.  They aren't made that way.  The crawl.  That's all they can do.  And, yeah, lay lots and lots of eggs.  But, as to where they come from, God created them.  For what purpose...only He knows.  \n\nHere's some info for ya...\n\nNits are small yellowish-white (sometimes they look silver) oval shaped eggs that are "glued" to the hair shaft at an angle.  \nYou can't "catch" nits from another person.\nIt takes 7-10 days for a nit to hatch, and another 7-10 days for the female to mature and begin laying eggs.\nHead lice are clear in color when hatched, then quickly develop a reddish brown color after feeding, and yes they are visible right after hatching.  \nThey are about the size of sesame seeds.  \nHead lice are crawling insects.  They cannot hop, jump or fly.  \nHead lice do not thrive on pets.\nHead lice are parasites.  They need human blood to survive.\nThey live for approximately 30 days on a host and female louse may lay up to 100 nits.  \nHead lice off of their human host will starve.  In most cases, a head louse will not survive for more than 24 hours off of its human host.  \n\nThere are a lot of remedies out there for head lice from the utterly stupid to the "that just might work."  The only real thing that can get rid of them is dilligence.  YOU MUST TREAT AND THEN RETREAT IN 7-10 DAYS!  KEEP CHECKING THE HAIR CONSTANTLY FOR MORE NITS OR LIVE LICE.  LICE COMBS ARE THE GREATEST INVENTION SINCE LIGHT BREAD.  \n\nHere's a home remedy that actually worked for us.  It was cheap and effective.  \n\nSaturate the hair with conditioner (any kind will do) making sure you rub it into the scalp and on the hot spots (behind the ears and the back of the neck).  Leave on for 30-60 minutes then comb out with a LICE COMB.  Regular combs will comb out the dead ones, but it won't get the nits.  You can buy a lice comb set for about $8 at Wal Mart.  Rinse thoroughly with warm (not hot, not cold) water, combing while doing this as well.  \n\nYou also have to treat your furniture and carpets and bedding.  Wash all bedding and clothing in hot water with BLEACH!!  Use bedding spray (also available at Wal Mart) to treat the things you can't put in the washing machine.  Also make sure you spray your carpets, vaccuum then throw out your vaccuum cleaner bag.  \n\nHope this helps.
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Set some ground pepper around their area and they'll stay in...if you want to kill them I swear by Windex or if you have a baby and worry about fumes try pure vinegar and it'll work, too!
1008609
Well I assume you are white so have you ever considered that you have lice (do you live with animals in the house??). If not then start by thoroughly washing your hair with medicated shampoo. Then use a light oil or grease in your hair. Sulfur 8 works for me and my kids when their heads start to itch. A little oil/grease wont hurt anybody, no matter what hair type!!
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buy the lice sparay for furniture & spray the WHOLE house, put stuffed animals in a bag for 2 weeks(after spraying each one)  put pillows & large comforters in a hot dryer for 20 -30 mins, some say flea spray works but i never tried it.  after spraying EVERYTHING vacum with attachments furniture, beds and anythings else u can.  spraying & bagging as much as u can & leaving it for 2 weeks really helps.  also there is a teA tree shampoo avail. from beauticians that helps repell lice.  and dont waSH hair so often, cleaner the hair the easier for lice to cling to...hope this helps, been there...i feel 4 ya
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You don't have to throw away sheets and underwear. Just make sure you wash them in VERY hot water. (best to soak them in boiling water). ***The lice won't live long without a host.***\n\nThe easiest way to get rid of p-ubic lice is to shave all the hair off. It's cheap and effective.\n\nIf you opt NOT to shave (e.g. you opt to use the crab lice shampoo)- make sure you take the following precautions so as not to reinfect yourself:\n\nMake sure you strip your sheets (boil them -- if that's too much trouble - then throw them away and buy news ones). \n\nMake sure you clean your mattress with a vaccum cleaner! This will suck any lice or eggs up from the mattress.\n\nMake sure you wash your underwear in VERY hot water (or boil them). Hang them in the sun to dry. \n\nGood luck.
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If you really want scabies(body lice), go to a second hand store in a bad part of town and start trying on suits and clothing.  You'll eventually get it.  \nScabies can be contract through unclean and tainted clothes, bed sheets, matresses, etc. Getting rid of it is the problem (two bottles of Rid in four treatments, plus washing EVERYTHING!!)
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take a bath daily in hot water and vinegar, it will help clear you up and when it is clear do it every so often to keep them away