| When you know you have lice you are looking for the | | | | mixture into a spray bottle and spray the neck and |
| appropriate treatment and you have to choose | | | | temples every morning as a prevention measure. You |
| between shampoos or other chemical products and | | | | can also spray hats and scarves to prevent the risk of |
| head lice home remedies. This should be taken | | | | transmission. If your hair is already infested, spray 12 |
| seriously, there are a lot of treatments available to the | | | | times on your head and rub your hair and scalp. Then |
| general public, most of them are quite efficient if done | | | | comb your hair section by section with a head lice |
| correctly, but some of them are chemical and can | | | | comb to remove dead lice as well as nits. |
| have side-effects. | | | | Another head lice home remedy that works well is |
| For example, do you know what kind of substance | | | | olive oil. You can put together one liter of olive oil, 20 |
| you are putting on your child's head when you are | | | | drops of lavender essential oil, 20 drops of geranium |
| using lice shampoo? That the American Academy of | | | | essential oil, 2 sprigs of rosemary and a few mint |
| Pediatrics recommends Nix as the most effective | | | | leaves (optional, as this is only for the flavor). Apply this |
| treatment for head lice, does not mean it is actually the | | | | mixture to dry hair after brushing it. Then you will want |
| most effective and anyway you are still using | | | | to comb the hair in order to distribute the mixture, |
| pesticides. While some people feel like chemical | | | | especially if you are dealing with long hair. Leave the |
| products are the best and only way to get rid of head | | | | product about 24 hours and make 2 normal shampoos |
| lice, other people definitely want to look for more | | | | to remove the fatty oil. |
| natural options. | | | | A cheap and effective method to fight lice is to use |
| If you do some research you can quickly come up | | | | alcohol (flavored with lemon or orange) that you can |
| with a long list of home remedies and natural | | | | put on your children's hair. Of course you have to be |
| treatments against lice, but not all of them will actually | | | | very careful so as not to pour it into their eyes! But it is |
| work. This depends on the type of remedy, on the | | | | highly effective because head lice die within minutes |
| degree of the lice infestation you are facing, and on | | | | and the hair stays shiny. Eventually, if your goal is to |
| the way you do the treatment, as a good treatment | | | | prevent lice from coming back, a good measure |
| will not work if not done correctly. Here are some | | | | against lice is to put a few drops of lavender oil on the |
| remedies that have been tested and have proven to | | | | collar of your kid's shirts. Lice hate the smell and this |
| work, whether empirically or scientifically. | | | | will keep them away. |
| Some essential oils have proven to effectively fight | | | | Most head lice home remedies do work, in spite of |
| head lice. You can also do it yourself at home by | | | | what you will sometimes read or what people will tell |
| following this recipe: Mix 2 ml of lavender essential oil | | | | you. If you choose to use them, remember that there |
| with 1 ml of essential oil of peppermint. Add 1ml of | | | | effectiveness will depend mainly on your ability to |
| melaleuca essential oil and 1 ml of tea tree essential oil. | | | | prepare and apply them correctly. |
| Then add 10 ml of alcohol 40 degrees. Pour the | | | | |