Lice and nits on the head are a very unpleasant problem for children and adults, accompanied by psychological and physical discomfort, loss of mood and constant itching on the scalp with an unbearable desire to scratch.
Often lice and nits can be found on a child after arriving from summer camp, returning from school or kindergarten. This condition is medically called “Pediculosis”. Therefore, it is important for parents to find out how to get rid of lice and nits forever in 1 day at home.
Today we will look at all the available and used methods of treating head lice, and highlight the most effective of them.
Pediculosis: where do lice come from?
The greatest risk group is those children who attend kindergartens, schools, summer camps.
When a sick child comes into contact with a healthy one, lice crawl through hair and clothing from one person to another.
How to detect lice and nits
- constant itching
- small wounds (bite spots) on the scalp,
- nits on hair.
If the child has become often scratch your head–check his hair, especially behind the ears and the back of the head. The earlier lice are detected, the easier it is to fight them.
There are several ways to combat head lice:
- radical,
- mechanical,
- folk remedies,
- pharmaceuticals.
Radical method: haircut
The method is the simplest. Lice cannot crawl through hair if it is shorter. This way you can get rid of lice and nits forever in 1 day quickly at home. But the method is suitable for little boys. Girls, women and men cannot use this method associated with radical hair loss on the head.
Folk remedies and recipes for lice and nits
In the arsenal traditional medicine There are remedies against lice and nits:
- vinegar;
- kerosene;
- tea tree;
- herbs;
- garlic.
Many are known folk recipes, helping to get rid of lice and nits, although they are considered not very effective.
Herbs. Lice cannot tolerate the smell of lavender or tea tree oil. And also, if you rub decoctions or tinctures of wormwood, peppermint, hellebore roots, wild rosemary, and crushed garlic gruel into the scalp.
For mom, all it takes is one dyeing of her hair with a dye containing ammonia, the lice will die!
Among the people, the most popular means are vinegar and kerosene (kerosene-water-soap emulsion). Use the products very carefully!
Kerosene. Kerosene has been used for several generations for head lice, but it can cause an allergic reaction and even a burn! To reduce the risk, buy technical or lighting kerosene.
Recipe for getting rid of lice using kerosene
- Apply a mixture of kerosene (1 tablespoon) to dry hair. olive oil(2 teaspoons), shampoo (1 teaspoon), put a plastic bag on your head and wrap it in a towel.
- Sometimes honey is used instead of oil. Wait one and a half to two hours (for children no more than an hour), thoroughly rinse the mixture with shampoo and rinse your hair with a weak solution of table vinegar.
- After 3 days, repeat the procedure.
- After another 3 days, repeat the same treatment with oil.
Although, if you comb out lice and nits well with a thick comb (a special comb at the pharmacy), repeated procedures can be avoided.
Nits are protected by a dense shell and are more difficult to kill. They use high concentration kerosene, but this method is not suitable for children.
Recipe: how to get rid of lice using vinegar
remember, that table vinegar does not kill lice, but neutralizes the substance that attaches nits to the hair. Vinegar can burn your skin and change hair color and make it brittle, so only use it as a rinse.
Medicines for lice
Pharmaceutical products for head lice are of two types: those affecting nervous system lice and depriving them of moisture and air.
Secondly, it is better to choose for children with a tendency to allergies and pregnant women. These products contain mineral oils (dimethicone). They have a physical effect on lice and are not absorbed into the blood.
Drugs for the treatment of pediculosis are available in the following forms:
- sprays;
- shampoos;
- emulsions;
- ointments;
- aerosols;
- solutions (Nitifor);
Emulsion Benzyl benzoate
Emulsion Benzyl benzoate for adults – 20%, for children – 10%.
- The emulsion is applied to the hair.
- Rub into skin and curls with light movements.
- Tie the treated hair with a scarf and leave for 30 minutes.
- Then rinse your hair under the tap.
- Rinse with 5% vinegar.
- This is followed by regular hair washing with shampoo or soap.
- To remove any remaining nits, comb your hair with a fine-toothed comb.
Advantages: low cost, good effect; true, there is bad smell and contraindications. It is recommended that children under 5 years old dilute the emulsion 1:1 with boiled water.
Price, cost for 1 bottle of 50 ml is about $0.3.
Sprays
Sprays (Pedikulen, Paranit, Para Plus) are easy to use. They are applied to dry hair, wait for a while, then rinse. Disadvantage - they do not kill nits. Combing can't be avoided.
Consider contraindications, read reviews, consult with friends or write anonymously on the forum.
Used in case of severe infection Pediculen Ultra.
Instructions for use of sprays: Pediculen ultra
- Apply to dry hair until it is completely moisturized in areas where nits and lice accumulate.
- Wait half an hour or more, see instructions.
- Wash under running water.
- Wash your hair with shampoo.
- Comb out insects and nits with a comb.
- In addition - a magnifying glass.
After use, check your hair after a few days.
Shampoos
There are many shampoos for pediculosis: Anti-bit, Tar, Pedilin, Paranix, Reed, Sifax.
Shampoos are applied to damp hair and whipped into foam with massaging movements. They need to be washed off after 10-15 minutes according to the instructions, but it is better to wait for about 30-40 minutes.
Mechanical method
- thick comb (preferably special);
- good lamp;
- magnifying glass
The shorter the hair, the earlier the child’s treatment begins, the easier it is to cope.
1 louse lays four nits per day!
- First, the child’s head is washed with regular shampoo.
- Then, if the length allows, secure the hair with an elastic band, separate one strand at a time and comb it from roots to ends.
- The cleaned strands are collected under a separate hair clip. Do not forget to wash off nits and lice from the comb after each strand.
- It is more effective to do the procedure under running water, pushing the teeth of the comb apart with your fingers. A towel is placed over the children’s shoulders to prevent lice and nits from getting on their clothes.
If you do everything according to the instructions, sorting through each hair and combing out all the nits, you can completely get rid of lice and nits at home in one day.
After a day or two, one or two weeks, carry out a follow-up examination. Don't allow any nit to remain on your hair.
Hair must be wet before combing! Do not blow dry!
What to do if there are dead nits left and they stick to your hair?
Vinegar, which should be used to rinse the hair, helps to detach the larvae from the hair.
If there are a lot of nits, your hair is long, you don’t have enough time to comb them out, try painting them over (for dark or brown hair) solution of potassium permanganate.
The most effective method
Safe, cheap and reliable method– combing treated damp hair with a comb.
Definitely, it is necessary to comb out even when using other treatment options.
What to do if lice are found?
You can deal with head lice on your own at home, perhaps even in one go. But you still need to notify everyone about the disease, find out who the child has been in contact with, and inform the educator (teacher) in order to avoid re-infection. During the treatment period, contacts between family members should be kept to a minimum.
Parents also needed process hair. Clean the apartment, especially beds, sofas and armchairs.
Bed linen, clothes, Stuffed Toys wash at high temperature. What can't be washed Pack tightly in plastic bags and leave for 2 weeks. A louse lives without food for four to five days.
But, they lay eggs, so it takes two weeks to prevent the hatched larvae from surviving.
How to prevent lice infestation?
You need to explain to your child that: You cannot use other people’s personal hygiene items, towels, hats, combs, for prevention, make the following shampoo: mix 200-250 grams of shampoo without chemicals (baby shampoo or laundry soap), four drops essential oil lavender, four drops of rosemary essential oil. Wash your hair with the mixture as usual.
Videos on the topic of pediculosis
Why do lice appear on the head?
On the Haramas video channel.
How to remove lice from your head
On Park Il Sook's video channel.
Garlic and onion juice - the caustic concentration of the juice burns adult insects, dissolves the shell of nits as much as possible, which is then easy to remove. The juice is applied to the hair and kept under the bag for several hours.
Lemon juice - a decoction of lemon fruit acts in the same way as cranberry juice, but is much less effective due to the presence of water.
Tar soap - the head is thoroughly soaped, a plastic cap or bag is put on for 2 hours. A high concentration of alkali in soap poisons the body of lice.
Hairspray - sprayed from a bottle onto the hair and left overnight under a cap, bag, towel or other thick cloth. The varnish contains liquid silicone, which cuts off oxygen to lice and dehydrates their body.
Pediculosis: how to get rid of lice
100% Lice and nit repellent: NitFree comb.
On the video channel of Sergey Rudich.
Previously, to get rid of lice and nits, either poisonous chemicals or ineffective folk methods, and combs (wooden, plastic (sometimes it was recommended to wrap cotton wool on them for “thickness”)) served only additional means control and combing out weakly attached nits.
But world technologies do not stand still, and a few years ago a metal fine-grained comb Nit Free appeared, which can completely rid you of lice and nits, safely and without contraindications.
The Nit Free comb can be used by small children, pregnant/lactating women, and people with respiratory diseases, allergies - without restrictions.
This method has already revolutionized the treatment of head lice and is the main one in countries such as England, the USA, and Israel. Indeed, why poison yourself and your children with drugs with contraindications, if lice can simply be combed out (no matter how thick and long the hair is - treatment long hair it will just take a little longer).
Special teeth with a notch allow you to comb out not only lice and nits from your hair, you don’t have to suffer for hours pulling them out with your hands. The teeth are made of medical steel and are tightly attached to the metal handle by laser welding - thanks to which they are not only often located, but also do not change the distance between the teeth during use (during the combing process, the comb does not even allow dandruff through!).
At the same time, all parts are reliably processed, the ends are rounded, so that neither the hair nor the scalp is damaged.
Nit Free comb is the only completely harmless alternative chemicals against lice!
Treatment of lice with folk remedies: kerosene, dichlorvos, vinegar, hellebore water, cranberry
On the video channel “Health Saving Channel”.
Lice and scabies in a child: Dr. Komarovsky’s School
How to get rid of lice? How to treat a child's head? Are the previously popular kerosene and vinegar still relevant today? How to prevent infection in kindergartens and schools, given the common locker rooms for children? How to treat scabies? Which drugs are most effective?
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Such a disease as pediculosis (or, in Russian, simply “lice”) is known, unfortunately, to many parents. And many are trying. Don’t think that lice only appear in children from disadvantaged families. The wealth of parents and their concern for the hygiene of their child will, of course, prevent many diseases. But infection with lice can happen completely unexpectedly: sometimes it’s enough just to sit at the same desk with an already infected child.
What to do if a child brings this animal in his hair from school or kindergarten? How to quickly get rid of lice and nits?
Causes of lice. Where do lice come from?
- Kindergarten and school.
- Children's camps and sanatoriums.
- Other common areas.
- Using other people's hats, combs, towels and other personal items.
Chemicals used to combat head lice are prohibited for use in young children. In older children, they are used in accordance with their health status. But it is worth remembering that not a single remedy for lice will have no effect without manual removal of nits
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To make combing easier, you can use mousse. Neath Free. It dissolves the glue that attaches nits to hair, making the process of removing nits and lice much easier. If you are unable to comb out lice and nits yourself, you can contact a specialized Pediculosis Help Center"Lice Evey." The center guarantees their removal in one day without the use of toxic drugs. The period during which it is on the market, a large number positive feedback, providing a guarantee and a free repeat procedure indicate high efficiency and confidence in successful treatment.
How did you rid your child of lice and nits? Reviews from parents
“Both daughters caught this infection a couple of years ago. She brought one from school, and the second picked it up after. I was simply terrified. I didn’t want to poison him with chemicals. I searched the forums, read about vodka, and decided to take a risk. What can I say - a super tool. The lice died immediately. The compress was kept for twenty minutes on the older one, ten on the younger one. Until it starts to burn a little. The nits were combed out for another week. Thank God everything went away. At school no one found out anything (the girls were most afraid of this) because they took us out very quickly. Cheap and cheerful. All nits were removed manually. Every strand was checked.
“My son brought this infection from school, and my daughter also caught it.” We've been fighting for two months now. Children's hair is very thick and incredibly difficult to comb out. In the end, the son was simply cut into a clipper, and the daughter was given a bob. No other way. We tried nittifor, and cranberries, and mixed coffee with henna - nothing helped. That's terrible! We bought Nuda. Things have improved. No lice yet. We comb out the nits every day, there are fewer and fewer of them.
— Do not use kerosene, dust and dikhlovos! Take pity on the health of your children (and yours too). There are a lot of funds today! Moreover, no product will remove nits from hair; you still have to comb it out. Therefore, it is better to be as gentle as possible.
— The Lice Guard helped us. An excellent set of shampoo and combs. I didn’t even expect such an effect - the bastards died in batches at once while combing. They brought us out very quickly.
- We wasted three months on these lice! And tar soap, and dog shampoos for fleas, and Nuda, and other products. Nothing! We're exhausted! My daughter's hair is long and thick. And she flatly refused to get her hair cut. In general, at first they risked making a vodka compress - the lice died immediately. The nits were combed out for another week. We consolidated our success by dyeing our hair. Fortunately, my daughter is already old enough. Have taken regular paint, shwartzkop (Paulette). That's all. Everything is ok now.
In kindergartens and schools, nurses must monitor the child’s condition. Their responsibilities include checking children for head lice. One child with lice on his head can become a source of infection for everyone in the group or class. As practice shows, examinations by medical workers are carried out cursorily and often not very well. Or even with a frequency that is far from the required rules. Children from different families are in the same room, eat together, walk together, and sleep in kindergartens. It is not surprising to become infected with lice within the next period of time. And if schoolchildren can complain to their parents about itching in the head, children under 5 years old will silently scratch their heads and experience discomfort. When lice are discovered, some mothers panic and don’t know where to go or what to do. Several effective methods and remedies for pediculosis that allow you to remove lice from a child’s head in 1 day.
To know how to defeat an enemy, you need to study it weak sides. Lice have them. Lice infection occurs from a sick person or through the use of contaminated items. These include combs, elastic bands, hairpins, hats, and towels. Since children often come into contact with each other while playing, pampering, and exchanging things, the risk of lice infection is much higher than in adults.
When a louse lands on a child’s head, it hurries to lay eggs – nits. They are attached to the hair 0.5 cm from the hair roots using a special adhesive. They will be there for about 14 days. Then small lice will hatch from the eggs. By their distance from the hair roots, one can judge how long ago the infection was. As hair grows, it ends up closer to the middle of the head. The favorite place for nits is the temples and forehead.
Sometimes it happens that there are no nits. This can only mean that the infection occurred very recently. Typically, lice and nits exist in parallel. One more thing - the nits are empty. You can check by simply pressing on them between the plates of the nails. If you hear a click, the eggs are full. If it is not there, the lice have already appeared.
Lice are insects that breathe oxygen and feed on blood. Smell plays a very important role for them. The spiracles are located over the entire surface of the body. So, you can kill an insect by blocking the air, expel it with smell, or kill it with insecticides. With nits, the situation is somewhat more complicated, since adult lice can be gotten rid of in one procedure by choosing an effective remedy. For nits, you'll need to fiddle around all day. The dense shell of the egg protects nits from insecticides and other substances that are harmful to them. The only effective method is combing. The final result directly depends on the quality of the procedure.
You can remove lice from a child traditional methods And pharmaceutical products. Currently, mothers are increasingly resorting to. They are sold in pharmacies and have high efficiency, do not damage hair, protect the scalp. Available in the form of shampoo, aerosol, spray, lotion. The products are easy to use - just apply to your hair, wait a certain time, and rinse. And then the combing procedure is carried out. And everything would be fine, but these preparations contain a share of insecticidal substances. Manufacturers claim that they do not affect the child’s health and do not worsen their well-being. Meanwhile, there is a list of side effects and contraindications.
Due to the fact that some mothers do not trust such drugs, folk remedies for fighting lice are still used. It should be noted that it is not that cheap. And the one that is cheaper has a nearby side effects. Therefore, very often the problem lies in finances. can be done quickly or efficiently. And it’s possible both ways.
How to get rid of lice using folk remedies
In the distant past, lice on children's heads were dealt with quickly and radically - boys were cut completely, girls cut very short. No hair - no. Another radical remedy that quickly got rid of lice was kerosene. And although, today, some mothers still use it, lice can be removed using more gentle means.
How to get rid of lice with vinegar
There is such a remedy for pediculosis in every home. Sometimes women use it to soften their hair when washing. Rinse them with the solution. . This is the acid that blocks breathing, corrodes skin insects
- To prepare the solution you will need 9% table vinegar and water at room temperature.
- Diluted in a ratio of 1:2.
- Treat dry, combed hair with the solution.
- Put on plastic bag or a special cap for dyeing hair.
- Wrap a towel on top and leave for 20 minutes.
- Wash off with water and shampoo.
- A plastic bag on the head is needed to cut off oxygen to the lice. The towel increases the temperature inside the package, speeds up chemical reaction. After washing your hair, be sure to carry out a combing procedure. To remove lice in 1 day, you need to carefully comb each strand of hair. Dead lice that are still alive but in a stupefied state, as well as nits, are removed. Vinegar has no effect on them, but it breaks down the sticky substance. It is easier to separate them from the hair.
After 1 week, it is necessary to repeat the procedure, but not earlier. Vinegar dries out hair and has an adverse effect on the scalp. However, repetition is indispensable. Nits may go unnoticed, from which lice will appear again.
How to remove lice with hydrogen peroxide
Another effective remedy for lice in children. Hydrogen peroxide is diluted in a ratio of 1:3 with water. Do not forget that the product is actively used in medicine for wound healing and disinfection. And in cosmetology for some time now they have begun to use it for acne. Hydrogen peroxide can cause burns to healthy skin head or irritation of the integument. It should be used exclusively in diluted form.
Please note in advance that your hair will become dry after using this product. It will take some time to restore the structure and put them in order.
The effectiveness of the product is 100%. In addition, hydrogen peroxide destroys the sticky substance of nits, the eggs literally fall off the head during combing.
The treatment procedure is similar to method 1 for treating pediculosis. Exposure time is no less than 20 minutes, no more than 45.
Before starting the procedure, you should test for an allergic reaction. Apply a few drops of the product to the elbow. If no negative reaction occurs within 15 minutes, you can use it.
The child must be supervised by adults during treatment. If your health worsens, a burning sensation appears, the peroxide will have to be washed off.
Instead of hydrogen peroxide, you can use hair dye based on it. Regular hair coloring is performed. Then the combing procedure is carried out. Teenage girls can remove lice with paint. This method is not suitable for boys. Unless they want to become blonde.
How to remove lice with dust soap
The louse fears this soap like fire. This one is used perhaps more often than all the others. The treatment procedure is simple. Hair must be moistened, treated with soap, and lathered. Place a plastic bag over your head and tie a towel. Exposure time 45 minutes for long hair. The room should be well ventilated. Dust can cause dizziness, headache, and nausea in a child. During treatment, the mother must use rubber gloves. Rinse off the soap after the exposure time has expired. Hair after soap will be dry and difficult to comb. To facilitate the combing procedure, treat with olive oil.
Juices and tinctures for lice
To remove lice from a child, you can use berries and plants.
- 1 cup of crushed cumin seeds poured apple cider vinegar. Strain, rub into scalp and hair roots. Sit in the sun for about 20 minutes. Wash off the product after 5 hours. Squeeze the juice out of the cranberries and add a spoonful of honey. The head is treated.
- Boil 1 glass of pomegranate juice over low heat for 5 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons of dry mint to it.
- 4 tbsp. spoons of tansy pour 1 liter of boiling water. Leave for 15 minutes. The effectiveness of this method largely depends on how thoroughly the combing procedure is carried out. From pharmaceutical preparations, you can use hellebore water.
Cosmetics against lice
Spray, lotion - you can choose any drug at the pharmacy. It's very easy to use. No time is wasted on preparing medicine. It acts quickly, effectively, and does not harm the hair. Popular products are:
- oil-based spray FullMarx;
- shampoo, spray Paranit;
- Medifox shampoo;
- Pedilin;
- ParaPlus cosmetics;
- Nyx insecticidal cream;
- alcohol spray Pediculen-Ultra.
Instructions for use, exposure time are indicated in each preparation. The advantage of all medicinal cosmetics is a pleasant smell, quick, convenient application. For a child, everything happens like regular hair washing.
In addition, you can buy a special comb for combing out AntiV in a pharmacy or on the Internet. The accessory has special composition and structure. Fine teeth Even the smallest lice eggs catch on. If desired, you can do without all other drugs. Spend maximum time on the combing procedure with a special comb.
Lice tend to reappear. To avoid relapse, you should periodically check the child’s head and talk about methods of infection. In addition, it is a known fact that girls with loose hair get lice faster than girls with braided hair. Mom should pay attention to this. A head examination should be performed every week in a well-lit area. You can use a magnifying glass.
Pediculosis can appear in the most prosperous family. Gender, position in society, and financial status do not play a role for insects. And they are more likely to settle on a clean, well-groomed head than on a dirty one. The only salvation is precautions. First of all, parents should tell about the rules of behavior, monitor the places where children go, their surroundings, their circle of friends. With age, the risk of contracting head lice decreases sharply.
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Nits are eggs laid by lice. They can be found in humans in places where there is hair: on the head, chest, arms, legs, genitals, abdomen, and armpits. Even clean people who take care of themselves can develop nits. It is very important to destroy and remove them in time to prevent the appearance of new individuals and the spread of lice. To combat lice eggs, there are effective pharmaceutical preparations, as well as folk remedies.
Possible sources of infection
The most common route of nit infection is household. Lice do not have the ability to fly, but can quickly crawl from an infected person to a healthy person in close contact. Insects reproduce quickly and lay eggs in a new place. There is a high chance of contracting lice in kindergarten and school, as children actively communicate with each other.
You can become infected in a bathhouse, sauna, or swimming pool if these establishments do not carry out appropriate sanitary treatment. When using a towel or clothing of an infected person, the risk of getting sick is also very high. In trains and hotels, the source of lice infection can be poorly washed and insufficiently dried bed linen. 
You can detect nits on your hair even after visiting a hairdresser. Poorly disinfected instruments become a source of lice infection. The disease often occurs when trying on or wearing other people's hats, scarves and hairpins.
It is not always possible to immediately recognize lice eggs; sometimes they are mistaken for dandruff. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the signs indicating the presence of head lice. The main symptom of the disease is itching in the area where insects and nits accumulate. At night it intensifies and prevents a person from sleeping. Over time, redness and local irritation occur in areas where the skin is scratched.
Lice eggs, unlike dandruff, cannot be shaken off your hair. They are securely attached by the female and can only be combed out with a comb or comb. If the nit is not dead, then when you crush it with your fingers, a characteristic click will be heard and liquid will be released. 
Another sign of lice is bluish-red spots on the skin. They occur after an insect bite due to hemorrhages and the concentration of hemoglobin breakdown components. The size of the spots can reach 1 cm in diameter. A rash, purulent blisters and small papules often appear on the affected skin.
Due to illness, a person’s sleep and appetite are also disturbed.. There is general irritability, anxiety, and the temperature may rise. Problems with the digestive, nervous and cardiovascular systems often arise.
REFERENCE! You can detect nits and not confuse them with dandruff using a magnifying glass or Wood's lamp.
What do lice eggs (nits) look like?
The female lays many viable eggs during her life. They look like oblong capsules with a lid. The protective shell is covered with an adhesive substance, thanks to which the nits are firmly attached to hair and clothing. The length of the egg does not exceed 1 mm. 
Live nits, unlike dead ones, have a white, slightly transparent color. They sparkle when illuminated. The dead membranes darken and acquire a yellow-gray tint, but also remain firmly attached to the hair.
When do eggs become larvae?
The nit is the first stage of lice formation. The development period from egg to adult insect can be from two to four weeks. After 5-10 days, a larva emerges from the nit. The period of its maturation directly depends on favorable conditions. The most comfortable temperature for the development of larvae is 36.6. When the favorable environment changes life cycle insects does not stop, but only slows down. 
Is it possible to get rid of nits in 1 day?
How to remove dry (dead nits) from hair?
Dead lice eggs adhere well to hair, but they can and should be removed. For this, it is recommended to use 5-6% vinegar. Add two tablespoons of acid to one liter of water and rinse your hair with this solution. If the vinegar is 10-15%, then only 1 tbsp is required. spoon of acid for the same volume of water. 
After rinsing, hair should be combed with a fine-toothed comb.. The remaining eggs should be removed by hand. The method is quite long, but effective.
Basic ways to combat nits
To quickly remove lice eggs, you can use pharmaceutical or folk remedies, as well as combing.
Pharmacy drugs
Pharmacies have effective means for getting rid of nits:
You can deal with nit eggs using folk remedies. They are available, inexpensive and effective in treatment.
- Tar soap. Hair needs to be wet and lathered with soap. Then put a plastic cap on your head, wrap it in a towel and wait two hours. Finally, wash your hair well and remove dead insects and their eggs.
- Apple vinegar. Bring vinegar to 3% concentration by diluting with water. Apply with a cotton swab to problem areas. After half an hour, rinse with water. Repeat treatment for at least three days in a row.
- Birch tar. You need to take three tablespoons butter and tar. Mix the ingredients and treat the affected areas with the resulting product. Treat for at least 10 days.
- Tansy. To obtain a decoction, you need to take a tablespoon of the herb and pour boiling water (0.5 l) over it. Leave for one hour, wrapped in a warm towel. Rub the solution into the scalp daily for a week. Rinse with broth every other day. After the procedure, comb out lice and nits every day.
- Cranberry juice. Mash the berries and squeeze out the juice. Add a little water, then moisten the gauze and apply to hair for 15 minutes. Treat the head for 10 days. Always wash your hair after use warm water. The acid contained in the berries will destroy insects as well as their eggs.
Combing
Nits can be removed by combing out using a special comb or comb. Before the procedure, it is necessary to provide good lighting and lay a sheet or oilcloth on the floor. Lightly wet your hair and divide it into thin strands.
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ATTENTION! If a louse or nit remains in the hair after combing, then it will not be possible to cope with lice. The insects will multiply again, and you will have to fight them again.
Popular myths about nits
Expert opinion
Alexandra Valerievna
Doctor-Trichologist
Myth 1. If there is one person in a family infected with lice, then all members of this family should be treated with anti-lice medications.
For prevention, there is no need to undergo treatment; it is enough to limit the contact of a sick person with healthy people.
Myth 2. Nits jump from head to head.
This is wrong. They can't jump. You can only become infected if a louse crawls from an infected head to healthy hair.
Myth 3. Insects cannot stand the smell of tea tree and lavender oils.
There is no scientific evidence of this fact, since no studies have been conducted.
Myth 4. You can become infected with lice through clothing and bedding.
This is possible if underwear and clothing are used immediately after a sick person. Without power human blood and the louse will not survive with skin flakes. That is why bed dress and the clothes are not treated, it is enough to simply wash them well.
Myth 5. Anti-lice products only work on insects and are useless against nits.
Most products only really kill insects. However, there are several lotions, shampoos and creams available against nits.
Paint has a detrimental effect on insects - that's a fact. There is just no evidence that lice die completely. People with clean hair also become infected with lice.
Myth 7. Kerosene is effective against nits.
If nit eggs are found on your baby's head, it is better to shave him. This will help prevent head lice, and your child will quickly grow new hair. When treating a disease with pharmaceutical drugs, you should carefully read the instructions and take into account all contraindications. Some medications cannot be used by children under one year of age; there are medications that are only approved for children aged five years and older. Using folk remedies, you need to monitor the body's reaction. If allergies, nausea, dizziness, or skin rashes occur, treatment should be stopped and consult a doctor. 
IMPORTANT! Clothes and bedding of a sick child must be washed at a water temperature of at least 90 degrees above zero. In this case, use a child's washing powder or laundry soap. After washing, the laundry must be dried and ironed with a hot iron or treated with steam.
Are there any remedies for nits without scratching?
If you cannot comb out all the eggs, you can rinse your hair with an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate. It will give a beautiful shade and cover up dead nits. However It is recommended to use this method only on dark hair.
Prevention of re-infection
You can get rid of nits only if they are completely removed from your hair. Moreover, there should be no lice left either, otherwise they will lay eggs again. To avoid re-infection with head lice, certain preventive measures must be followed:
- Change bedding frequently (at least once a week).
- Maintain good body hygiene and wash your hair regularly.
- Use only a personal towel.
- Avoid questionable sexual relations.
- Keep your underwear clean.
- Periodically inspect the head and areas of the body covered with hair.
- Do not use other people's hats and clothes.
- Remove excess body hair.
- Refuse to visit swimming pools, saunas, baths that do not comply with sanitary standards.
- At home and away, use only a personal hair comb.
- Wash clothes and bed linen by special means, dry well and iron with a hot iron.
The presence of nits indicates a lice infection. This is a dangerous disease that must be treated quickly to avoid serious consequences.. The disease is transmitted through household and sexual contact. You can get rid of lice eggs using folk remedies or pharmaceutical preparations; combing with a comb has a good effect. To prevent re-infection, certain preventative measures must be taken.
At their core, they are eggs that are laid by various types of lice.
The main symptoms indicating their presence are:
- Severe and incessant itching in areas of the body covered with hair, especially intensifying at night.
- The occurrence of various irritations of a purulent type.
- Visual detection of nits or mature insects in the hair.
There are nits different sizes, some of them are so small that it is simply impossible to see them with the naked eye. Without special magnifying equipment, it will also be impossible to determine whether there is a larva inside the nit or whether it has already hatched.
Externally, lice eggs look like this:
- If you look at the hair affected by them, then to the naked eye they resemble white dots and many people may confuse them with ordinary dandruff.
- If you examine the nit at a closer distance or with a magnifying glass, you can understand that visually it resembles a small elongated capsule. Eggs that affect the area around the genitals are slightly different in appearance: they are smaller in size and round in shape.
- The surface of the egg is treated with a special sticky substance, thanks to which it is glued to the hair. It is for this reason that they are very difficult to comb out and virtually impossible to wash with water or shake off.
- Eggs that were laid by head or body lice rarely have a length of more than 0.8 mm with a diameter of 0.4 mm. Nits belonging to the pubic type of insects have even smaller dimensions.
- At the bottom of each egg, a detailed examination can reveal a small formation, it is a clot of the same substance with which the surface of the capsule is treated, and is responsible for reliable attachment to the hair.
- On the opposite part of the egg there is a small element resembling a cap. Soon it will be pushed out, and the nymph will climb out through the resulting hole when it reaches a certain level of development.
After the nymph hatches and begins to move around the person, the sheath remains on the hair until it falls out or is combed out with a comb.
For this reason, it can sometimes mistakenly appear that the number of nits significantly exceeds the number of lice, since all elements of the capsule are microscopic and it is virtually impossible to understand their current state.
Ways to get rid of nits
Shaving bald
Getting rid of hair on the affected part of the body is one of the simplest and most effective method fight with.
Since it is unlikely that all the eggs will be combed out, he cannot fully solve the existing problem.
Traditional methods
To get rid of nits, they are used not only special drugs or mechanical methods their destruction, but also various folk methods.
Prevention of infection
In order to minimize the risk of infection, it is recommended to follow the following preventive measures:
- Maintain sanitary standards in the living area, and also do not forget to observe the rules of personal hygiene.
- Do not use other people’s combs and other personal hygiene products, and do not let other people use your devices.
- Avoid contact with people if you suspect they are infested with lice.
- Do not use other people's towels, scarves or hats. Lice rarely live on them because they cannot go without food for a long time, but in this way you can become infected with nits.
