Finding usable information about lice home remedies and headlice can be difficult. There are two ways of dealing with lice, the first being chemically using pesticide based shampoos and the other way is to use more natural and arguably safer products. Parasites have been with us for as long as we have history. Throughout the ages there have been many remedies and cures tried, some with great success while most were failures.



You can feel confident however that you can attack and win this ongoing battle with headlice infestation if only because it's so common for so many of us to deal with.

Lice home remedies seem to be a dime a dozen when searching the web. The fact is that there are many ways to get rid of lice but you will need to focus on what you want to tolerate. Realize that many people stating claims of wonderful results are NOT saying their method will work for you. They only stay that their particular method worked for them

If you want to get rid of these head lice bugs, you really need to go on the offensive. From attacking the infestation to removing any possibility of a live egg lurking to re inhabit a family head, all must be done aggressively to be effective.

While there a few hair salons that specialize in the treatment and removal of headlice, these are mainly in the larger cities throughout the world. The expense and effort required is not trivial and in the end, a lot of the work at home still needs to be done by you.

Just because you may be able to locate a service that can provide treatment, you still have the problem of secondary sources. Louse can live for a few days off a person and will be looking for someone to infect. So even though you or your child's hair is completely free of the bugs, not cleaning hair ornamentation, combs etc. along with bedding can result in a re-infestation.

Here are 2 Home Cures to Consider. The first is for treating the primary infestation on the head and the second is an example of a secondary source that needs to be cleaned. Note that the home cure offered is one of the many you can find on the web and frankly have little research to demonstrate it will work for you. It's offered as an example of what ideas are available if you look long enough.

Home Cure Number 1: Peanut Butter

No, this isn't a joke. People have really claimed that using peanut butter in your hair will kill the headlice. Interestingly enough, this is from the same idea where oils are used to kill or smother the bugs. Once again, the problem is that peanut butter does NOT kill the bugs but can immobilize them for easier removal…. Assuming you can deal with the mess.

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Using so called cures such as this also usually requires that the food product be left in you hair overnight. While lice home remedies such as these may be considered natural, the fact that they require such a long treatment time is a problem especially for small children. Not only do they have bugs in their hair but now have food AND are wrapped in plastic or wearing a plastic shower cap! It's too much for even many adults to bear. However, you can find testimonials where people claim that peanut butter works great. It sounds too crazy for me.

Home Cure Idea Number 2: Disinfect Combs - Brushes and All Hair care Tools

Being especially cautious with hair decorations like bobby pins, ribbon, headbands etc. can go a long way to lowering the risk of another headlice outbreak problem. When you consider that sharing hair care tools like brushes are a major suspect along with hats in contracting and spreading these pests, you will want to seriously deal with the possibility of lice waiting around on your brush to cause more problems.

This is a process that although it takes some time, it also makes certain that everything is removed from the hair. The idea for any lice home remedies is to kill the bugs but dead nits and nymphs may continue to be stuck on the hair follicles.

Remember also that if you have a younger boy child you may want to simply cut his hair extremely short to work on the headlice.

The use of a special fine toothed comb is probably your best defense against yet another outbreak. It doesn't matter if your treatment option of choice is over the counter insecticide products, drug store shampoo, insecticide based store shampoo, prescription shampoos or a more natural option, nit removal is simply good insurance against another outbreak.

Nit combing and picking is slow but it's still the best way to check hair thoroughly for any signs of infestation. Almost all of the lice home remedies at the very least suggest taking the time to carefully inspect the hair using a nit comb.

The lice home remedies work better at least emotionally when you know and can see that the parasites and eggs have all been destroyed. There would be less chance of missing any parasites and you could end up with a much easier time to rid yourself of the problem bugs. Wouldn't you sleep much easier knowing that your home remedy or cure actually did get rid of the infestation?