How to Kill Head Lice Without Using Chemicals
When you or your kids get lice, you'll want to get rid of it as soon as possible. Lice can spread easily and your children will not be allowed to return to school until you have killed the infestation. Use these methods to get rid of lice naturally without using chemicals.
Instructions
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Purchase a jar of mayonnaise. The brand name doesn't matter, but you do want to get enough to treat all parties in your household. Keep the mayo out of the fridge.
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Put a generous amount of mayonnaise on all parts of the hair. Be sure to get it behind the ears and on the back of the neck during treatment.
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Place a shower cap over the hair after you have applied the mayonnaise. The shower cap keeps the mayo from dripping off.
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Leave the mayonnaise on your hair for an 1 1/2 to 2 hours. During this time, the mayonnaise smothers the lice. After a couple hours, rinse the mayo out of the hair. Shampoo the hair and then rinse again.
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Use a nit comb to go through the hair. To get all of the eggs and remaining lice out of the hair, you need to comb each strand of hair with a nit comb. You can find these combs at any pharmacy.
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Tips & Warnings
For very young children, you'll especially want to use natural methods to kill head lice. Many of the chemical lice removers have warnings against using them on children under the age of 3.
You need to treat everyone in your household in order to get rid of the lice completely. Even those who don't shows signs of head lice could be harboring it.
