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Many people find headlice to be repulsive. This article gives tips on how to battle an infestation. It also has recommendations on how to keep them away.

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Head lice are the bane of grade school children and especially young girls. Most parents cringe when they see their little darling starting to scratch her head. Just thinking of head lice is enough to make most people feel their scalp begin to itch. Saying it is uncomfortable falls short of describing the feelings that head lice evoke. Treating an infestation can be an ordeal. Having to repeat it regularly because of a four-foot-tall head lice factory in a school classroom is even worse.

There are several areas involved in fighting the battle of the louse. The obvious one is to go to your local pharmacy and buy a home remedy. This consists of an anti-lice shampoo like Rid or Nix. These are vile smelling potions concocted to kill lice and make the person infected rue the day it happened. As awful as these are, it is not recommended to douse a person´s head with a flammable liquid to kill of the swarm. Many children have been seriously hurt when a stray flame got to close to their head. Stick with the commercial shampoos designed for this use.

Following the directions on the bottle is the easiest way to do the hair cleaning. You apply this stuff and start the countdown while the poison does its work on the lice. Prayers need to be offered that the lice die before your loved one does. They always do.

Now, you can go to the next step for even more fun. Inside the box that held the bug killing shampoo is a little comb with tiny teeth. You have to divide the hair into sections and begin the laborious task of combing through it to remove the nits. These are the sacs that lice attach to the base of the hair shaft. Most shampoos will kill the eggs inside the sacs. However, most schools today have a "no nit" policy before they allow your child back into the classroom. So, the combing is necessary. Every hair has to be combed to get rid of the nits. The comb needs to be frequently cleaned to remove the nits that get caught in the teeth of the comb.

Once you have finished combing every strand of hair, I recommend that you get some shampoo that smells good and re-wash your child´s hair. Of course, you probably need to do your hair and everyone else in the family to be sure to kill off all of the lice.

After getting rid of the critters from everyone´s head, you get to go onto the next step. All of the beds need to be stripped. Wash the linens in really hot water to scald into submission any of the little devils that may be lurking there . When you bought the shampoo, you should have bought a can or two of lice spray. Now, generously broadcast this spray on every surface where a human head may be likely touch.

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