My kids have head lice and their hair is sooooo thick I can't get rid of them.

My children have gotten lice from school and i always went and bought a jar of real mayonaise and shower caps put the mayo on their hair then cover with shower cap about 1 hour then rinse afterwards wash their hair in vinegar to help get the eggs out. This is what works for me got the remedy from an old lady.

If you have more than one child, then it is best to treat them all at the same time so they don't pass it from one child to the next. Also wash their bedding, including pillows and put them in the sun to dry as an added protection in case there are eggs on them as well. Do this at the same time as you do the children's hair. Good luck and hope you can get rid of the headlice. :)

Visit any home store that sells essential oils, and pick up a bottle each of rosemary, tea tree and lavender oil. Take 20 drops of each of these oils and put them in measuring cup. Now, add vinegar and double the amount of olive oil so you have half a cup of the mixture. Apply this to your child?s scalp and leave on overnight. Wash off the next morning, and apply any leftover mixture to your child?s head the next night.

Treat them all at the same time and make sure you wash all of their bedding in hot water. Vacuum the whole house and boil all of their brushes, combs and hair accessories. Also if they wear any hats, wash them too. You might also want to vacuum the upholstery in you car since they might have layed their heads against the backs of the seats. If their thick hair is a problem, you might have to cut their hair a little. If you still can't get rid of them then maybe you should call their pediatrician and see if he/she has a solution.

Clean EVERYTHING in the house!! All of your linen. I highly recommend tea tree oil. It is a naural remedie for anything.

You have to treat them all together and boil the sheets the same day, you will get there in the end. Electric combs help too as a daily treatment

What i want to know is why is it impossible to read the word lice without scratching your head?

Thank you for giving me the best response and it is very much appreciated. Recently I was reading an article and found this suggestion for dealing with headlice. Add 12 drops of Tea Tree Oil to hair conditioner and comb through with fine tooth comb to remove the headlice. I haven't tried it, because I haven't needed to thankfully (head already starting to itch just thinking about it. LOL) but you might like to give it a try anyway. Good luck. :)

just chuck them out of the house, im sure they'll be okay on their own. Or do you simply want to get rid of the lice?

Have you told your childrens friends parents about the problem? and perhaps the school if they attend one someone their could be the carrier. You should also treat the adults in your house just in case.... The very last resort would be to cut their hair. When I was smaller I had contacted this pest, and I had thick hair as well, my mother had to cut it off short in order to get rid of it....but it worked

The point is, the first treatment won't work. You treat them, but almost no treatment will kill the eggs. Then you treat them again in a few days, when the new generation has hatched, and then it should work. At least that's how it goes theoretically, but of course it's difficult, with many kids. Also, be they as annoying as they are, they are very interesting creatures (like most parasites). For instance, when you look at the colour of the first generation, you see what color was the hair of the person you got your lice from. But by the second generation they will have adapted and the lice will be roughly the same colour as your own hair. It's very interesting.

Shave their heads to start with.

You MUST REMOVE all the nits, very tough task considering your children have thick hair. They sell creams that help make the nits easier to remove. All bedding, jackets, hats and other clothes that have been in contact with the kids MUST ALL be laundered in the HOTTEST wash and dry settings. You will NEED to spray the matresses, the furniture that is cloth material, curtains (or wash them) and the carpets with a bug spray. Such as roach spray. They also sell lice spray but it is more expensive. You MUST also to spray your vehicle(s). Stuffed animals, barbie dolls and other dolls all NEED to be put into a trashbag and sealed for at least 10 days. I would suggest you recruit some family members to help remove the nits. hope this helps. Vinegar works really well but the smell is unforgiving. My mother always heated it as hot as we could stand and poured it over our heads in the sink over a bowl to catch the vinegar to reuse on our heads, we would go through 3 cycles of this at a time. Have little ones cover their eyes carefully. I hope some of this info was useful.

I had two children in my class last year (from the same family) who were out over half the year with headlice. The problem with headlice is that they don't just stay in the hair. They go everywhere -- on furniture, bedding, carpeting, and other people. These girls spent a lot of time at Grandma's house and other various relatives' and friends'. Everywhere they went, the houses became infested. Every time the girls would come back to school "clean", it was only a matter of a few days before they were scratching again, because they were still in these unclean environments. The family finally got help from social services. Besides treating their hair, they had to treat all of the environments the girls spent time in. I sprayed my classroom often, and over the entire year we only ended up with one other case. There just isn't an easy way to get rid of this stuff once it gets going. Persistence finally paid off.

take them to the doctors he will know what to do.

Thats a hard one, cause you can't keep them in the shower/bath all day long! shave boys heads...cut girls hair short, that might help. at least thast what i'd do. hair ALWAYS grows back :) Sorry that you've got to deal with that!

Tea tree oil....

Cider vinegar will kill the lice.

Hey I just recently posted this on a similar forum-hope this helps... Ugh headlice-how fun that was.....my 2 kids and I had it all one right after the other. My daughter was an infant when she got it (about 9 months old) and she was too young to use any treatment. NITPICK is the surefire way-get all the bugs and the eggs out and destroy them (by flushing) Don't trust them in the garbage or to die on the floor-they don't! Quarantine all stuffed animals the child sleeps with for 2 weeks. Wash ALL the laundry in the home and clean each hairbrush by pulling all the hair out and rinsing or soaking in hot water with a little bit of the shamppoo or spray. Check several times a day for any new eggs or any bugs on everyone's head. Vaccuum AT LEAST once a day and keep all the linens and furniture sprayed at all times. (Don't forget cars and carseats) Once you are free of any bugs for about 5-7 days you should be good to go.

u should take them to the doctor.