... lice, is this ineffective ? Does it work after the cream is rinsed out or do I need to treat with something else ?
Permethrin - I used permethin lotion 1% to kill lice. When I was combing with nit comb I found live?
Question posted by Kay15 on 29 Jan 2012
Last updated on 1 February 2012
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29 Jan 2012
Dear Kay, welcome to the site. I had quite the battle with headlice years ago when my daughter was small. Finally, i had to take her to the pediatrician and i will share with you what she said, and the fact that it worked. [-{{NIX}}-] headlice treatment is available over the counter in the US and is the treatment of choice by pharmacists AND pediatricians. It kills the live bugs and the eggs, but you have to repeat the treatment at two week intervals, treating 3 times in 6 weeks and you do need to make sure that your children aren't being re-exposed constantly. Basically, i got the supposed lice killing shampoo, some stuff call comb out gel, which has an enzyme in it that dissolves the glue the lice glued the eggs to the hair with, and the NIX, pre treat yourself with NIX to avoid picking them up yourself. Then, shampoo the child with the lice killing shampoo, rinse well take them outside, use the comb out gel and get all the eggs you see out, then rinse and use the NIX. Repeat this in 2 weeks and then again in 2 more weeks. Make sure that any other children he/she is exposed to is not infested as well. In our case, the school day care directress did NOT use her common sense, and never changed the mats or even treated the mats the children were taking naps on. The day care had been infested for a while, and they actually painted, fumigated and replaced the carpet, but the fact that the kids mats were not changed or treated is why it would not go away. Also, many kids are sent to relatives or the other parents home every other weekend, someone will have to check all other kids you child is exposed to. NIX i think might have a higher per cent of the active ingredient, it kills lice, the eggs and protects from re-exposure for 2 weeks. This gets a bit pricey to treat this, but in the long run, buying the wrong treatment over and over again gets pricey too, and very aggravating. Best of luck, pattishan
tlcandmore
2 Feb 2012
Great answer Patti,
I just wanted to add that when I was dealing with the lice "nightmare" with my daughter I found another important piece of the puzzle. For items that can't be washed there is a spray that is also manufactuted by NIX that works well for things like car seats etc...
Also, for things like stuffed animals you can just bag them up in a garbage bag but keep them there at least 3 weeks.
Last but not least I spent the extra couple of dollars to buy the special nit comb. My daughter has very thick hair and the one that comes in the kit was just not working.
Good luck. Lice is not fun and of your child is in daycare it's not just your child you have to worry about, but like Patti said all the others too.
Your friend -Terri-
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2 Feb 2012
My daughter also has super thick hair and is tender headed. I am a hairdresser and i tried all kinds of ways to clean and stop this plague but she had them off and on for about a year and half, she was in a small small Christian school and i was the only parent who reported that i was treating her. Apparently i was pretty nice about it, but finally, the principal kinda blamed it on my daughter. He demanded i take her to a pediatrician, who immediately said, there is NO WAY this is just your girl and i can see NO evidence she had them, please take this note to the principal and hang on, as no doubt you will be told there were many other kids affected. The day care directress lost her job over that, but honestly, she should have, as that is basic common sense, to throw the mats away. She had a freaking degree in early childhood developement, I can't believe they didn't teach her about that.
The poor woman who had to take her job for a week until a new directress could be hired, told me, patti, you were THE only parent who didn't curse at me about this, not only is this a Christian school, but i am just a part time worker who is not in charge, thank you for not cursing me. Its a nightmare for su, but the 3 treatments in 6 weeks with NIX is what finally did the trick and the throwing away of the mats. Thanks TLC, i just hope she can find that comb out gel, it makes all the difference, i would even google it and order it online if i had too. Patti
tlcandmore
2 Feb 2012
Patti,
I agree about the comb out gel especially if you have a tender-headed child. This happened to us 3 years in a row. My daughter had very long, very thick hair so it was about a 3 hour process each treatment. Then the fun of disinfecting everything. You know things you don't even think about like little hair bows and barettes. I was so sick of it by the time they figured out what the problem was but I was a PRO at getting rid of those little buggers!! *smile*
It was the same little girl at my daughters daycare that was causing the infestation every time. I felt sorry for the sweetie. It wasn't her fault that her parents weren't taking care of it. Once I could actually see the live lice crawling in her hair so I pointed it out to the teacher. They finally started doing lice checks and if your child was infested they couldn't return until the problem was taken care of. My daughter never had it again after that but it really traumatized her.
For years after that any time her head would itch she would start "freaking out" thinking she had lice again!!
Anyway maybe our trials with it will help someone else not have to go through what we did to find out the best way to treat it.
Hugs -Terri-
tlcandmore
2 Feb 2012
Oh and isn't it funny that the ones like us that are actually taking care of the problem and reporting it are the ones that end up getting blamed for it... give me a break!!
Inactive
2 Feb 2012
Yeah, it is. My poor daughter asked me if it was ok to put her head against the car seat, she was so scared and she hated those treatments, so i was so glad in a way tht we went to the dr, although hated that we got blamed. Like i said, i am a hairdresser and one of my co- workers thought i was not supposed to work if my daughter was affected, but i NEVER got them. True head lice (not crab lice mind you) apparently eat the secretions of the scalp and don't usually infest those of child bearing age, i guess the scalp secretions are unpleasant to the lice with people of child bearing years. I have talked to lots of parents whose kids had it, only 1 possibly got it, but granmothers who are older sometimes do. Weird huh?
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