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Head Lice.....Help!

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    #32
    Stench Blossoms
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    Sharrow wrote: »
    Yes, that way any that I may have missed got fried in between the cermaic plates.

    I don't agree with this. Hair straightners should not be used on a child's hair.


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    #33
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    Stench Blossoms wrote: »
    I don't agree with this. Hair straightners should not be used on a child's hair.

    That's your opinion and it is your choice to raise your child in the manner you see fit.

    I don't normally straighten my hair, I know the damage it does and I have only resorted to using them on my daughter about 8 times, no more then once a week until we were free from lice. I made sure her hair was well conditioned and that a protective serum was used. Her hair did not suffer any damage and we have not had a return of the head lice.


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    #34
    dark crystal
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    My girls get them a good few times during the school year and they're a bloody pain in the arse!

    I used to use the branded products, but even leaving the stuff on longer than advised, I was still combing out live ones, so it wasn't killing them all. A waste of money, if you ask me.

    I just condition and comb now at every bathtime, although my daughters hair is quite thick, so it's impossible to get every single one every time. I also use Vosene 3-in-1 kids shampoo, which has head lice repellant in it.

    Although, I have seen ads now for a new Hedrin gel that supposedly kills both the lice and the eggs in one treatment (no further treatment needed in 7 days, like the others), so I might give that a go the next time I spot the little blighters.


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