When my beautiful niece got here dwelling with a dose of head lice from faculty, we had been all quietly horrified, to say the least. I feel we did fairly effectively to comprise how we felt, however in our personal manner we by no means actually anticipated or had been ready for a way a lot it was going to have an effect on all of our lives.
In my quest to search out the right head lice remedy, I spoke with many moms at my niece’s faculty, throughout boards and with anybody else who would speak to me about their head lice issues. I’ve made it my purpose to check these treatments and talk about them with others in order that we are able to all come to one thing that may work rapidly, effectively and with the least quantity of nitpicking.
Throughout this time I’ve heard of moms making an attempt some head lice dwelling treatments which were sufficient to make my very own hair curl.
Many converse of the wonders of Vaseline. What should be remembered right here is that one other title for Vaseline is Petroleum Jelly. Any petroleum product is flammable and due to this fact harmful.
One mom had used ½ cup Kerosene blended with ½ cup oil. She had combed it via and it had killed all of the bugs instantly. She then combed all of the lifeless nits and bugs out.
On additional investigation, I discovered that kerosene is absorbed readily via the pores and skin, is very poisonous and may even trigger loss of life.
One Grandmother had used diesel on her daughter who was now the mom of two. I used to be completely happy to have caught her earlier than she truly used it on her youngsters, to advise her that diesel was not solely extremely flammable however extraordinarily poisonous as effectively.
The scalp is extraordinarily permeable to something positioned on it, absorbing as much as 60%.
Different moms had additionally used Isopropyl alcohol, lighter fluid and gasoline, all of that are extremely flammable and very poisonous.
With gasoline, It should be remembered that it isn’t truly the gasoline that ignites however the fumes, so an open flame in any a part of the room or quick neighborhood might imply every thing uncovered to the fumes will probably be engulfed in flame. Some youngsters have been admitted to hospital with horrific burns from the misuse of those extremely flammable brokers.
Please do not used diesel or Kerosene in your youngsters lest you need a fast journey to the ER!
One mom washed her daughter’s hair with canine flea shampoo. She labored it via her hair and left it on for about an hour, then washed it off with dandruff shampoo. One other had sprayed her kid’s head with flea spray. She mentioned she had by no means seen them die so quick.
This was simply one of many tales the place determined moms had resorted to chemical veterinarian merchandise. Any chemical that kills pests is a pesticide, and all pesticides have the potential to trigger critical uncomfortable side effects. These are even worse as a result of they weren’t even labeled for head lice and usually are not meant for human use!
On-line in a single explicit discussion board I spoke with one mom who had used garden care chemical substances as a result of it claimed to kill bugs within the grass. I used to be completely horrified. It MUST be remembered what these poisonous merchandise are for and the human threat concerned with each poisonous chemical.
Kids’s scalps are particularly absorbent and fogeys should determine if these pesticides are well worth the threat.
