Head Lice Treatments
Head
lice live in the human hair found on the head and neck, they are very small and
have a life span of about thirty days, within this thirty days a female louse
can lay between ninety and two hundred and ten eggs.
Because
of the amount of eggs a female can lay in such a short period of time the head
louse can infest a persons head in a very short period before easily moving onto
its next victim.
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How
can an infestation be treated?
All
the treatments below have been researched and approved by medical professionals.
Removal of lice and eggs by
hand
Evidence
is available that using a special comb that has very fine teeth is more
effective than most methods of delousing.
To
get the most out of this method it is the best practice to wet the hair, apply
conditioner or olive oil and methodically comb through the hair with a
fine-toothed comb, called a louse comb. This method removes any lice or eggs in
the combs way, this needs repeating for three or four days, or until there are
no lice being removed by the comb.
Malathion
Malathion
is a type of insecticide that works well against head lice. The method for using
Malathion is to apply the Malathion to dry hair and leave for eight hours, after
the eight hours you can wash the Malathion out. If there are still lice in the
hair after 7 days then you can repeat the treatment.
It is
good practice to buy ready made treatments of Malathion because in large doses
it can affect the human nervous system.
Lindane
Lindane
is another type of insecticide although it is a lot stronger than other
insecticides and has neurotoxin chemicals so it needs to be used carefully. This
is used by applying to wet hair for only four minutes before washing out. It is
recommended not to use Lindane whilst pregnant due to its strong affects on the
body.
Pyrethrins
Pyrethins
are used in head lice shampoos and normally make up only a third of a percent of
the shampoo. This treatment involves using the shampoo as normal but leaving it
in the hair for ten minutes before washing it out. You may need to use the
shampoo more than once, if you do then there needs to be at least 7 days between
each application.
Permethrin
Permethrin
is said to work better than Lindane and is less damaging to humans. Permethrin
comes in a crème and only makes up one percent of the crème. The crème needs
to be applied to the hair and left for ten minutes before removal, if the crème
is removed to early then the lice may become resistant to the treatment
rendering it useless. If the first application fails to rid the hair of lice
then you need to leave seven days before the next application.
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