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How can you tell if you have nits? I was around children yesterday & a few hours afterwards my head started itching & hasn't stopped since.
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If you have any, go to your pharmacist and get a treatment. Have used Derbac on my kids before. Also used Teatree Oil/Shampoo to keep them away...
Tea Tree oil is a wonderful thing.
Also, paranoia about headlice can make you itch. If you had children round yesterday then maybe the first thing you should do is find out if they have nits. If they don't then you are just being paranoid. If they do then I would suggest getting treated/checking you hair.
Question: Did you come inn direct contact between you and the kids hair?
I must have it what else could be causing my head to itch so much?
I know what you are saying but its not that.
Firstly, do you know for sure that the kids had nits? If they didn't then stop panicking. If they did then get a nit comb.
Secondly, the reason your head could be itching is because the thought of nits is now on your mind. Paranoia makes you itch too. I am itching just thinking about it. So yes, your mind is on it a lot which will be making you itch.
Go and buy a nit comb. They ain't expensive and most chemists will have one. There is no point treating your hair without checking firstly. A nit comb is sooo much cheaper than the treatment.
get yourself down the pharmasist sweetie they'll be able to give you the best treatments
when i used to go primary school some kids had nits and you could see them walking in her hair! No body used to play with that girl either!! felt sorry for her in a way..
Firstly, the ability for even pure tea tree oil to fight infestation is not scientifically grounded, so diluted shampoo has even less of a chance.
Remember you only have to use treatments if you have an ACTIVE infestation, i.e. living lice! Nits [the lice eggs] can be combed out with conditioner and a 'nit comb'.
Insecticides from the Pharmacy is the only thing that can kill the wee blighters!!
**why does your head start to itch, thinking about them????**
TeaTree Oil is not a cure, it is a prevention measure. No-one (that I can see) is saying "use teatree oil to get rid of them" as you are right, it doesn't work. However, I find that using a teatree oil shampoo means I am less likely to get them as there is something in the shampoo that the lice don't like the smell of.
Not Necessarily. I caught them at school from my best friends little sister, and used the conditioner method. Every time I washed my hair, I'd slap loads of conditioner on and comb it out with a nit comb. I'd also use a nit comb in between. Only took a week or so in the end, and I didn't have to use any nasty chemicals. Think i read somewhere that that method works because you're forcing most of them out with the conditioner, and breaking the legs of the rest because of the nit comb.
teatree oil shampoo is the only way we managed to stop them from coming back. my sister had them for two years and everything we tried didnt work. SUPER-NITS!! although the electronic nit comb is supposed to be ok - it electrocutes them.
"using a tea tree shampoo and conditioner from now on - also let the childs parents know so they can be treated too"
From that post it is inferring that tea-tree oil is a treatment.
pharmacy insecticides dont always kill the blighters mr panthro!
Lord Panthro of Airdrie, actually!!
p.s. - my head starting itching as soon as I started reading these posts!!!
And yeah, I feel all itchy too lol.
Ilora x
when i had nits when i was younger i had them bad but we bought some shampoo stuff called full marks. we did as the packet said and after that one treatment they were gone so i'd definetly recommend that.