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 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 from a pharmacy.

Home remedies

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

On a note!

With extreme caution should use traditional medicine when you want to destroy the nits in a child. Kerosene, vinegaralcohol Dichlorvos can injure children's skin and harm the immature body.

Before you apply lice remover, you need to test for allergies. The drug is applied to the skin of the wrist or elbow. If during the day is not observed in this place itching or redness, the composition can be applied to the hair.

Folk remedies for lice and nits

Chemerichnaya water

This tool can not be used for the removal of parasites in children. Chemerichnaya water when ingested, it causes severe poisoning, and on the scalp can cause a burn.

The product is sold in a regular pharmacy.Its alkaloids enter the insect spiracles and block access to oxygen. Chemerichnaya water acts on the nits in the hair. It corrodes the substance with which the egg is attached to the hair shaft.

Before processing the head must be washed. The product is gently applied to the wet curls and distributed throughout their length.

On a note!

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

Chemericheskoy water held under the plastic for no more than thirty minutes. Then it is washed off and combed nits comb. The tool is not used if the skin has wounds and scratches.

Kerosene

Kerosene Our grandmothers also used it, because it poisons adults and weakens the nits. The substance was used for disinfection of clothing, if there was a contamination of the clothes louse.

On a note!

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

The following methods for the destruction of lice are used:

1. They take three tablespoons of badger oil and the same amount of kerosene, mixed with 100 g of warm milk.The tool is applied to wet hair and hold an hour under a plastic cap.
2. Mix one and a half spoons of hypoallergenic shampoo, three tablespoons of honey, a tablespoon of kerosene and three tablespoons of water. All applied to the hair, wrap with plastic and hold 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 plastic for fifteen minutes.

Important!

If during the destruction of parasites discomfort arose: the head began to itch badly, a burning sensation appeared - the remedy should be immediately washed off.

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 tool, you must make a test for an allergic reaction.

Apply tar soap so:

1. Wet hair is treated with soap suds.
2. Hold it on the head for ten minutes, and then washed off with shampoo.
3. The treatment is carried out daily.

For quick destruction of lice, the curls are additionally combed out with a comb with frequent teeth.

Cranberry juice

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

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

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

Pharmacy drugs

Pharmaceuticals for lice

Medicine is skeptical of the "grandmother's" means for removing pests. The doctor will select the patient suitable means of killing lice and nits.

On a note!

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

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

Shampoo

Lice shampoo convenient to use. It is enough to put it on the hair, lather and rinse off after a certain amount of time. But always before using the drug should read the instructions. It will detail the procedure for action.

The following are the most effective shampoos:

1. Nok, Veda, Hygia. They are made on the basis of permethrin. The substance is a natural insecticide and causes minimal damage to the body.
2. Anti-Beat, Itax, Parasidosis. The active ingredient is phenotrin. The tool can be used for the disinsection of premises.
3. Pedilin, Malathion. Made on the basis of malathion. The tool is allowed to use for pregnant women.
4. Pedikulen ultra, Avalanche. Contains essential oil. The drug can be used on the head and pubic area.

For children, the most commonly used shampoos are Nok and Pedilin.

Lotion

Lotions for lice and nits are inexpensive drugs. Anyone with a short haircut or long hair can apply them.Apply on 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;
• Pedikulen ultra;
• Itaks.

On a note!

Lotion is not recommended for the treatment of pediculosis in children. It can drain and get into the nose, mouth and eyes.

Ointment

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

The most popular drugs in this group include:

• Nix;
• Medyfox;
• Benzyl benzoate;
• Nittifor.

If a person has thick and long hair, then for pediculosis treatment may require several tubes of remedy.

The sprays

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

• Here;
• Pair Plus;
• Paranit.

How to get rid of lice by dyeing hair

Getting rid of nits in the hair

Hair dye kills 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 is worth taking cheap, containing ammonia. Substance destroys the chitinous shell of insects.

This effective method can kill head lice if you follow certain rules:

• apply paint over the entire length of the hair;
• keep the remedy on the 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 necessary.

How to kill nits

Insect eggs are tightly attached to the hair and have a strong protective sheath. They are not valid folk recipes and pharmaceutical drugs. Therefore, doctors recommend combing hair comb with frequent teeth. It is better to buy a special one for these purposes. comb for lice.

On a note!

Some manufacturers of antiparasitic drugs sell scallops with medicine.

Comb can help get rid of adult pests who did not 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 an iron for hair.But the use of this method greatly spoils the hair. They become dull and brittle. In order for the heat to act on the lice and their eggs, the device needs to be kept on the hair for at least three minutes.

Interesting!

Lice can run across hair treated with an iron. Therefore, this procedure is not quite suitable for the destruction of adult insects.

From the surviving nits in a week, new larvae will appear. They will not be ready for breeding. Therefore, it is possible not to kill the eggs, but simply wait a week and re-treat the hair with an anti-parasite agent.

It is not enough to treat only hair lice. If someone from the family has parasites, then you should do it every day. house lice treatment and change the underwear and bed linen. The clothes of a person suffering from head lice are washed at high temperatures and separate from other things.