Lice Treatment at Home

If you have an active infestation of head lice then finding the right lice treatment is the key to defeating the lice. You may be surprised to find the number of lice treatment at home solutions available. If someone in your home or someone you know comes into close contact with someone with head lice on a regular basis then you should recommend that everyone in your household be checked as well.

Professionals and experts both believe that when people share the same bed then that both people should be treated regardless of whether the other person has head lice or not. Many times, re-treatment will be needed. This is because after all of the eggs have hatched (depending on how many there are)  a second treatment is usually required to completely kill off the infestation. Lice treatment, like most infestations, is all about timing and the key to the second treatment is to kill all of the lice before they have a chance to lay a second round of eggs.

Lice Treatment

A common lice treatment at home that you can start today is to machine wash any scarfs, hats, or anything else that has come into contact with the infected persons hair. The wash-machine should be set at the highest (heavy duty) setting to kill these parasites. It’s a known fact that lice will be killed if exposed to warm temperature, which is why a washing clothes in hot water and a high heat dryer are one of the most effective ways to kill off head lice. This is one of the easiest and most effective method of treating lice.

Another treatment you’ll want to do is to vacuum and sweep your floors more often. Whether we like it or not, we lose hair on a daily basis. Hair can land on another persons clothes and also on furniture through out the house.  If a uninfected person sits on a couch were a few strands of hair have fallen that contain lice, then the persons chance of getting head lice has greatly increased. When you vacuum more often you decrease the chance of a lice re-infestation in your home and with your children.

Before you use any of the head lice medication shampoos please read the instructions and warnings and be sure to use the best head lice comb. Instructions will always be clearly printed on the bottle. Also, your physician should be able to give you instructions on the medicine that he prescribes for you, if any. People with long hair and heavy infestations may require more than one bottle depending upon the amount of lice that is in their hair. Several bottles may be needed if there is a heavy infestation of lice and a lot of eggs that are waiting to hatch. Some medicines will not kill off eggs so additional treatment will be required for an effective lice treatment.

Consult with your physician on lice treatments if you are uncertain or use many of the really effective home remedies for lice treatments first. When there is a heavy infestation it may require the use of the more toxic over the counter medications.