Lice

[Fun&care]

Hi there...new to the forum but just went through this with my son. Check your DDs hair, especially behind the ears and at the nape. If you find any living lice, they will resemble sesame seeds, and/or eggs they are tiny white specs that are glued to the hair, usually close to the scalp. If you find anything at all go to the drugstore and treat her hair with lice shampoo, then you will need to send out a letter to all parents and to her school ( if she goes). The most important part though, is even with treatment to manually remove any eggs. You will have to do this for 2 weeks at least, check and remove lice and eggs. Good luck!

[gramma]

Hi there...new to the forum but just went through this with my son. Check your DDs hair, especially behind the ears and at the nape. If you find any living lice, they will resemble sesame seeds, and/or eggs they are tiny white specs that are glued to the hair, usually close to the scalp. If you find anything at all go to the drugstore and treat her hair with lice shampoo, then you will need to send out a letter to all parents and to her school ( if she goes). The most important part though, is even with treatment to manually remove any eggs. You will have to do this for 2 weeks at least, check and remove lice and eggs. Good luck!

i agree, continue checking regularly because it takes some time to become obvious. if you do find live lice or eggs you must remove the eggs. the best way to do that is to buy the "Licemeister" comb (get it at shoppers) its about 20 dollars but worth the investment. wet the hair and put cream rinse or condition in the hair and leave it in and use the comb. doing it this way eliminates the pain from the tight teeth on the comb pulling hair. the comb that come with the shampoo is not great. in all honesty unless you have alot of live lice i wouldnt wast my money on the shampoo. In my experience it doesnt kill eggs and it doesnt even kill all live ones. removing them all by hand is the best way. my daughter got it after a sleepover years ago and had hair down to her waist. we spend 3 hours twice a day for 2 weeks removing eggs from her hair. its impossible to get them all the first time. good luck