Here's some sound advice!
Do NOT continue to use the Lice SPRAYS.
You
have no idea how bad they may be. Vaccuum instead. Read the link above.
You can stop the housecleaning and clothes
washing madness.
I panicked the first AND second time I had
head lice and did the above, but there is no need.
A common thing women say when I mention that I am a Holistic Head Lice
Removal specialist is
" Sigh... head lice...(sigh) and you have to wash and clean everything
in the house, and all the sheets...sigh...
what a nightmare...sigh..."
Yep. I did the same thing... but ...not anymore...
read on...
Some wise tips on head lice
treatment:
1. Do not use the head lice pesticides. You are not alone in discovering
the bugs are basically resistant to the insecticides
(see Nix -
Permethrin not working article)
Even in 1991 when I got head lice for the first time, the pesticidal products
did not work for me.
(see my nightmare)
If you have discovered for yourself that they are not working, you are
correct.
Lice pesticides are supposed to be used only twice at the maximum. Period
- not 6 or more times.
I would not apply another lice pesticide.
I also would not put on 'the second application".
Read above. The bugs are basically resistant so all you are doing is putting
pesticides on your child's scalp ...not to mention on yourself as you
are likely not wearing disposable
gloves.
2. Do not spray the mattress, pillow, couch, rug,
helmet, car or anything with the head lice pesticidal sprays.
See Link above.
Also, never spray cockroach bug Killer Spray on your head or your children.
(some desperate mothers have confessed that they tried that : even
that does not work)
What to do then if we are not to use pesticides?
The KEY to removing a head
lice infestation is to remove all lice eggs (nits) and head lice from
the hair.
How?
To do it by hand, can take literally months. ( I know!!!)
To do it FAST and efficiently, you need a professional-grade
nit removal comb, a proven method, and ideally, excellent magnification
tool and needle-nose tweezers.
You see, the head lice insecticides
do not remove lice eggs.
Lice Pesticides hardly kill any of the lice eggs. And some head lice usually
survive the pesticide application.
Repeat: Pesticides will not
remove the LICE EGGS! and... You have to get the eggs out!
Your goal is to remove all nits and lice from the hair.
How to clean house?
We humans are very lucky that the Head Louse dies without a blood meal
from a human,within 48 hours.
(they dehydrate without blood)
Thank God they are not like fleas. So, focus your attention on the head,
not the environment.
By using professional grade
nit removal equipment and a proven method - 99% or more of the head lice
infestation
will removed from the head in 1 day, so there will be no more need to
do bed linen washing or couch /car seat vacumming more than once.
So, after you have done my
Method on Day 1, simply strip the bed and pillowcases Once.
Put them in the clothes dryer on HIGH for 20 to 30 minutes. Once.
Vacuum couch, rugs, chairs, carseats, bike helmets, child carrierseats
on bikes, etc. Once.
Typical
Financial Cost of battling head lice
I estimate that a parent can easily spend 100 hours struggling to remove
head lice from 3 children and herself in a period of 6 months.
The hours are spent nitpicking, nit-combing, putting on lice pesticides,
doing laundry, bagging clothes and stuffed toys, cleaning the house top
to bottom (needlessly). And more nitpicking, nitpicking, etc. And despite
all this effort, the lice remain! It truly is a Nightmare from hell. (
It happened to me twice...)
Let's look at the cost of the parent's hard work
( I am going to use the term "mother" below,
as 90% of the parents who call me for help are women)
If we were to put an hourly
wage of only $10 on mother's time that is $1000.
Head lice insecticidal products for 4 people : 4 people X 8 bottles each
X $10 each = $320
2 bottles of Lice Spray 2 x $8 = $16
3 different lousy nit removal combs costs = $30
It is your guess to the cost
of electricity and water bills.
Now, if we add 4 days missed of mother's Work at $120 a day, that's $480.
( Women have told me that they have lost their jobs because they spend
so much
time missing from work, trying to get rid of the lice from their children
or themselves.)
So we are now at $1846 plus your guess to the cost of electricity and
water bills.
Mom is at the wits end, and ...they still have the infestation.
This is just partly why contracting head lice is ^%* # !!!! nightmare.
Yet, this is the reality that many parents go through before they call
me for help.
It takes me about 4 or 5 hours to completely
cure a chronically-infested person.
With a professional grade lice removal
Kit, you can also achieve nit-free status very fast.
Not as fast, as I have had 10 years of professional LiceBusting Experience
working on literally hundreds of different people, but very fast none
the less.
Some fortunate mothers know to call me
as soon as they discover lice so they avoid all of this!
Some women are so pro-active, they get a good Kit so they are prepared
for lice before it comes.
The Kits also make preventative screening for lice a breeze.
I encourage you to read the
Testimonies and see the Media Page.
Thank you!
Karen Tilley
UkuBusters Head Lice Removal
808-335-LICE or 808-821-8008