There is no easy way to get rid of them once they have them, I recommend the conditioner, and you just have to sit there and pull out the remaining nits and eggs, the conditioner basically stuns the nit giving you time to pull them out.

As a preventative though, I always spray my kids hair before they go to school/kindy with a combination of water, tea tree oil, geranium and lavender, I make it up myself, I also spray hairspray on my little girl because her hair is longer, I keep my son's hair quite short.

Another preventative I always put 1/2 a capful of dettol in the kids bath at night, I don't know if this works but ever since I have been doing these things the kids have not picked them up.

Good luck

I know exaclt how that is with 5 kids,but i found MOOV brand headlice treatment that comes with a green handled lice come which is metal is bloody brilliant excuse the french.But also ive learnt to cut my own kids hair for that exact resaon.

1) you can use vinegar on towling paper

2)Baby oil and kero.

3) A hair colour of any kind breaks down that gluey stuff and they basically wash out.(used alot by my ex when kids went on access) just a 8 wash one or similar.

4) straight tea tree oil works as a egg remover and deterant after the hairs clean.

5) tried and true way was to give the child an under cut as in shave abot a number2 underneath where the eggs are generally been laid,then wash the crap out of the hair with good shampoo and a tonne of conditioner,put on a movie and sit there till you have evryone out.

Goodluck honey i feel for ya,i just did my 6 year old 2 weeks ago with KP 24 (its all i had) and shes come home with them again..grrrrr.

Annoying, aren't they? What is most annoying is that children with lice cannot be excluded from school anymore (according to the Health Department). It used to be that, if a child had them, they had to be kept home until they were gone. Now the kids get sent back with the lice & they pass it on to other kids, whose parents do the right thing to get rid of them, but their child gets them again as soon as they go back to school! Is this what you are finding?

I find what helps a lot is spraying the hair with water + tea tree oil. Products like those spritzer sprays (kind of like hair spray) are good because when it is on the hair, the lice cannot cling to the hair shaft as it's too slippery.

When you do your child's hair with the lice treatment, make sure you do it again after 7 days. Live eggs can be left behind to hatch. I also learnt a new fact recently that's good to know - lice can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes & when lice treatment is put on the hair, they curl up in a ball, holding their breath, for that time. So make sure treatments are left on the hair for at least 30 minutes.

Change the pillow cases. They don't need to washed straight away or washed in any special treatments as lice do not live off the hair for longer than 48 hours. Check hair brushes & combs as hair is left in them, give them a good clean.

When I do my daughter's hair, I use those lice combs but I also use my nails to pull the eggs off. I don't think those combs get them off properly. I use a small torch to see the eggs better & I go over & over the hair until I'm satisfied the little pests are all out!

I agree with the conditioner and the Nitty Gritty Comb!  I never used to use the steel combs but once you use it with the conditioner....its a breeze!   The Nitty Gritty is the best!  but a bit more expensive.  My next door neigbours daughter had so many nits in her head you didnt even need the torch to look for them.  Her mother said she does her hair but i begged to differ. It took me about 2-3hrs to rid those eggs from her hair. I needed a bucket to rinse the comb as I was going through too many handee towels (i like these better than toilet paper) . She was so grateful for my hard work.

Dont cut her hair!  You just need to spend more time ridding them and the glad wrap idea sounds great. I will try this one also when the time arises.  You dont even need to waste your money buying the products to kill them. Just use the conditioner method as you have to do that anyway after you put the killing lotion on. Whats the point!  and I would repeat this everyday until you rid the little suckers!  I have also heard that spraying hair spray on their hair helps as they cant penetrate into the hair. Dont know if it works though.

I hate it when they get nits as my son is Autistic and he wont let you near his head so I have to cut his hair while he is asleep and use tweezers to rid them. Pain in the bum!  Eeeek I am scratching now! lol

Good Luck with it all!

You need alot of patience as kids just dont sit still long enough!

 My 5 year old step daughter is forever getting them and they drive me absolutly insane. I got to a point i was putting tiny plats in her hasir every other day but guess what ? They still somehow madetheir way in.

I use lots of conditioner on her hair (Tea tree nits HATE IT ) . Brush the hair through . I would strongly advise you to get the nitty gritty comb http://search.ebay.co.uk/nitty-gritty-comb_W0QQcrlpZ1451069552Q5f10136QQfcclZ1QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32QQkeywordZnittyQ20grittyQ20combQQrprZ78They are absolutly fantasttic i have 2 . The teeth are so close together it gets absolutly everything out EVEN eggs. It is a metal comb but it really is fantastic .

Then once she is clear i put headlice repellant that you can buy cheaply at the pharmacy and it does work really well just remember to keep checking to make sure there are none and keep using the repellant and you will keep n top of it .

Good luck .

Emz x

I see some of the other responses mention using conditioner to help with combing out the dead eggs, well, I have another suggestion again using conditioner.

Now, this requires the really thick brands, and therefore more expensive brands like Pantene, these work really well with what I am going to tell you, so is worth the extra cost.

After washing the hair, condition with a generous amount of conditioner, but don't rinse it out.  Instead, wrap hair in cling wrap over night.  This suffocates any live eggs or lice, and also, like mentioned in below responses, helps to remove the dead eggs.

This should be repeated for about 10-14 days in a row for the best results.

I've been asked in the past why it works and so I will share it here.  It works because the cling wrap increased the temperature in the hair, and lice don't like an overly hot enviornment.  They also don't like humidity, which is what the conditioner and cling wrap together create.  They also don't like being smothered, which definitely works here.

A myth about lice is that they are only found in dirty hair.  Not true.  They prefer a clean environment, the cleaner the better.

Hi, I still think the best solution long term for headlice is the hair conditioner solution.

Wash the hair as normal and then apply loads of conditioner.Get a nit comb and go through the hair section by section.Make sure after every combing motion through the hair, you wipe the comb on a tissue.The lice and eggs come off in the conditioner because they can't grip on because the conditioner makes it too slippery.

Do this every day for at least a week so you break the cycle of the lice laying eggs.It is time consuming and does become a bit of a chore but I find this is the best solution.Once you're clear of them do this twice a week to keep on top of it.Good luck.

Lisa x