melissab(...my fiances' daughter keeps lice. either we or her mom is constantly treating her hair. i feel like it is gonna cause some kind of longterm damage because of the chemicals in the treatment. help please?
Are there any side effects for longterm use of lice shampoo?
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- 29 Aug 2010 by melissab(twilightfan85)
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- lice, side effect
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RSDHurtzme29 Aug 2010
There are good instructions/info for treatment on About.com in the Pediatric section for removing lice and any side effects along with why re infestation appears and what to do about it.
Recently I saw a news story that lice doesn't happen to just "poor people" or people that live in dirty conditions. It can happen in even the cleanest environments.
What amazed me was they said that people who wash their hair daily are more likely to get lice than people who don't. I think most of us would think the cleaner we are, the less likely it is to contract lice but it's actually the opposite. You can keep a child "too clean" or not go through all the instructions to rid not only the child but the home/rooms that the child has been in and any pillows or other material including cleaning the carpets of the room after they have lice.
30 Aug 2010
I realize that you can't control what is going on in another person's home but I would consider in your home to use heat which will better kill these pests than sprays that you may consider more harmful in the long run.
There are some affordable steam cleaners that don't weigh much that you could use on all of the fabric areas of your own home including the beds, crib, couch, chairs, etc.
That could be something that your fiance' could borrow after you are done with it to help the other home and child.
I would want it back to ensure that your home stays free of this and wash anything that can be in put in the washer in hot water.
I hope this also helps
melissab(twilightfan85)
30 Aug 2010
thank you for your comments RSD... i really needed to vent and find some kind of solution. after 3 yrs (just of me knowing her)... it seems like that shampoo would dry out her scalp of seep into her skin or something. there is no reason for her having lice every time she comes over. im praying for her and her poor little head. thanks for your support
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I think that abut covers it good job=).
thanks for the info. i think her mom treats her hair. i can never be sure that she treats the whole has, or the whole family. this has been going on the whole 3 1/2 years that i have been with my fiance'... and they said it was going on way before i came along. its like nobody is doing anything for her. she has to be going thru pure hell having parasites feed off of her head EVERY DAY. its very disturbing. although she is not my child, i feel like she is neglected in this matter. her mom is wonderful as far as taking the kids to concerts, putting them in gymnastics, soccer, all kind of things. but this one issue has been haunting me. unfortunately, it has moved into my house now. and my mommy instincts are kicking in and i am PISSED. my daughter got it from her when she was only a year old. now she is 2 and i just treated her again (monday and sunday) i sprayed the beds, stripped them, washed the sheets & pillow cases, sprayed the mattress, couches, rugs...
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everything i could think of. i had it too. i didnt even think to check my sons head. he is 4. he went to his dads friday and when they dropped him off yesterday, he was completely INFESTED. his hair was only 1/2 inch on the back and sides, and an inch on top. i didnt think it was long enough to get in his hair... i was sadly mistaken. so we went thru all of the same procedures yesterday... except we shaved his hair. i love my son, but that shaved looked doesnt suit him well, and i cried my eyes out. he starts pre-k this week with a stupid haircut that i hate. my mom (being the wonderful protective grandmother she is) says that she will call dss if her grandkids (my kids) get it again. i dont want her to call dss on the girls mom, but what other options do we have. it would kill me if someone called dss on me. but im not neglecting mine. i love them to pieces. its amazing that a mother can let her child walk around like that when all she has to do is take all the child support she gets, treat everyone and the house, find the source, and not let the child back around them. whether its a neighbor or family member... this has got to stop. she had it all summer. every other weekend when she came to stay, so i know its not coming from school. im at a loss of what to do. my fiance' is ready to give up and not let them come back to stay... but i do enjoy spending time with my soon-to-be step children. idk what to do. it causes alot of fights. he gets defensive about the situation while im just offering up suggestions to help. its inhumane. she's not a dog that has fleas. she is an 8yr old girl that wakes up in the middle of the night crying cause it itches sooo bad. my heart is breaking... and now my kids are getting it. i feel so helpless, i cant be there to be sure everything is done. the only thing that kept them away for a while is the grease stuff her mom put in her hair. its for african american hair, but it worked. it just looked like she didnt ever bathe. so, my friends, were do we go from here? sorry for writing a book! -melissa