How to destroy lice and nits at home

Doctors say that every second person at least once in his life has encountered such a disease as pediculosis. But few people know how to kill nits and lice. There are still a lot of myths around this disease, and people are embarrassed to see a doctor or buy an effective drug in a pharmacy.

Home remedies

The most popular folk remedies for licethat are made in their own kitchen. These drugs are inexpensive and time-tested. Therefore, they inspire people's confidence. According to doctors, not all "grandmother's" methods allow get rid of lice and nits. If you do not follow the dosage or ignore your own feelings, then you can burn the scalp, cause allergies or poisoning.

On a note!

With extreme caution, traditional medicine should be used when it is required to destroy nits in a child. Kerosene, vinegaralcohol Dichlorvos can injure children's skin and harm a fragile body.

Before applying lice remedyyou must have an allergy test. The drug is applied to the skin of the wrists or bend of the elbow. If during the day there is no itching or redness in this place, then the composition can be applied to the hair.

Hellebore water

This tool can not be used to eliminate parasites in children. Hellebore water if ingested, it causes severe poisoning, and on the scalp can cause burns.

The tool is sold in a regular pharmacy. Its alkaloids enter the spiracles of insects and block their access to oxygen. Hellebore water acts on nits in the hair. It corrodes the substance with which the egg is attached to the core of the hair.

Before processing, the head must be washed. The preparation is gently applied to wet curls and distributed along their entire length.

On a note!

The hair near the skin is treated with a swab. So you can protect yourself from liquid in the eyes and mouth.

Hellebore water is kept under polyethylene for no more than thirty minutes. Then they wash it off and comb out the nits comb. The tool is not used if the skin has wounds and scratches.

Kerosene

Kerosene our grandmothers also used, because it poisons adults and weakens the attachment of nits. The substance was used for disinsection of clothing if there was an infection with a louse.

On a note!

Only technical kerosene should be applied to the hair. It does not contain extraneous additives and is less irritating to the scalp.

The following methods of killing lice are used:

1. Take three tablespoons of badger fat and the same amount of kerosene, mixed with 100 g of warm milk. The product is applied to wet hair and kept under a plastic cap for an hour.
2. One and a half tablespoons of hypoallergenic shampoo, three tablespoons of honey, a tablespoon of kerosene and three tablespoons of water are mixed. All is applied to the hair, wrapped in polyethylene and held for 20 minutes.
3. A tablespoon of kerosene is mixed with the same amount of shampoo and three tablespoons of sunflower oil. The mixture is kept on the head under polyethylene for fifteen minutes.

Important!

If during the destruction of parasites there was discomfort: the head began to itch strongly, a burning sensation appeared - the agent should be washed off immediately.

Tar soap

Tar soap it is forbidden to remove lice and nits in children whose age is less than three years. Tar can cause burns and cause allergies. Before using this product, you must do an allergy test.

Apply tar soap as follows:

1. Wet hair is treated with soapy foam.
2. Hold it on your head for ten minutes, and then wash it off with shampoo.
3. Processing is carried out daily.

To quickly destroy lice, the curls are additionally combed out with a comb with frequent teeth.

Cranberry juice

This remedy for lice has virtually no contraindications and can be used to elimination of lice in children. Cranberry juice weakens adults and acts on the substance by which lice attach nits to hair. To destroy lice and nits at home using this method, you need to properly prepare the juice from the berries. It is better to use a juicer. The technique will quickly get the right amount of medicine.

If there is no juicer, the berries should be frozen. Then they are set to thaw. The cranberry peel bursts and the pulp secretes juice. It remains only to take gauze and squeeze the berries well.

The juice is applied to wet hair and left under polyethylene for twenty minutes. Then the curls are washed and combed out with a special comb.

Pharmacy preparations

Medicine is skeptical of "grandmother's" means for removing pests. The doctor will select the appropriate remedy for the patient to kill lice and nits.

On a note!

You can not use a drug containing an insecticide to a child whose age is less than five years. It can burn the skin and cause intoxication of the body.

It is undesirable to buy funds for lice without a doctor's prescription. Not all drugs are equally effective. And some are contraindicated if the person is allergic or has strong scratches on his head.

Shampoo

Lice Shampoo convenient to use. It is enough to apply it on the hair, foam and rinse after a certain amount of time. But always before using the drug should read the instructions. It will detail the procedure.

The following are the most effective shampoos:

1. Knock Veda, Higia. They are made on the basis of permethrin. The substance is a natural insecticide and causes minimal harm to the body.
2. Anti-Bit, Itax, Parasidosis. The active substance is phenotrin. The tool can be used for pest control.
3. Pedilin, Malathion. Made on the basis of malathion. The tool is allowed to use by pregnant women.
4. Ultra pedicule Avalanche. Contains essential oil. The drug can be used on the head and pubic area.

For children, Nok and Pedilin shampoos are most often used.

Lotion

Lotions for lice and nits are inexpensive drugs. Any person with a short haircut or with long hair can use them. Apply to wet strands with a swab or cotton pad, head wrapped in a towel for 40 minutes. After the lotion is washed off.

The following brands are among the most popular:

• Nittifor;
• Malathion;
• Ultra pedicule;
• Itax.

On a note!

Lotion is undesirable for the treatment of pediculosis in children. It can drain into the nose, mouth and eyes.

Ointment

Both adults and children can use these drugs. But ointments for lice are more expensive than lotions and shampoos.

The most popular drugs in this group include:

• Nyx;
• Medifox;
• Benzyl benzoate;
• Nittifor.

If a person has thick and long hair, then for pediculosis treatment several tubes of the product may be required.

Sprays

Also very popular lice sprays. Their advantages are the convenience of applying the drug, effectiveness, a large assortment:

• Here;
• Couple plus;
• Paranit.

How to get rid of lice by dyeing hair

Hair dye destroys lice and their larvae, but it all depends on its composition. Popular brands do not use too harmful substances in the manufacture of their product. Therefore, the paint should be taken cheap, containing ammonia. The substance destroys the chitinous membrane of insects.

This effective method will be able to destroy head lice if you adhere to certain rules:

• apply paint along the entire length of the hair;
• keep the product on your head for at least thirty minutes;
• After washing off the paint, comb out the hair.

The method is not able to kill nits, but it will help to get rid of adults. It is also worth considering that lice live on dyed hairtherefore, if necessary, re-processing is needed.

How to kill nits

The eggs of the insect are tightly attached to the hair and have a strong protective shell. They are not affected by folk recipes and pharmacy medicines. Therefore, doctors recommend combing hair with a comb with frequent teeth. It is better to buy a special lice comb.

On a note!

Some manufacturers of antiparasitic drugs sell scallops complete with medicine.

The comb is able to help get rid of adult pests that did not have time to die, but weakened. The tool is sold not only in pharmacies in Moscow. It is in demand in small towns.

You can kill nits with a hair iron. But using this method greatly spoils the hair. They become dull and brittle. In order for the high temperature to act on lice and their eggs, the device must be kept on the hair for at least three minutes.

Interesting!

Lice can run over to ironed hair. Therefore, this procedure is not entirely suitable for the destruction of adult insects.

Of the surviving nits, new larvae will appear in a week. They will not be ready for breeding. Therefore, you can not kill the eggs, but just wait a week and re-treat the hair with a parasite treatment.

It is not enough to treat only hair from lice. If someone from the family has parasites, then you should do it every day home treatment for lice and change underwear and bedding. The clothes of a person with pediculosis are washed at high temperatures and separately from other things.