Head Lice Remnants in Hair - How to Remove Them?

I have friends who are foster parents. Most children come to them with lice. The two girls she just got have very thick hair.

Once she got a good look at their hair, she was horrified at the intense infestation that they had both had. Plus, their mom did not, or was not able to comb out the dead lice and the nits.

When she put creme rinse in and started combing it, she found that it is sort of distributing pieces of dead things all throughout their hair and the nit comb is not able to catch the pieces as they are too small. She looked at them under the microscope and they really are pieces of yucky stuff from lice and old hatched out eggs. She found a few live ones, too, but mostly it is this stuff that is now distributed all over their hair everywhere and looks terrible. They have black hair. You can't just pick them out - there are literally thousands of little "remnants."

Has anyone had this problem and been able to solve it. Thanks.

I would suggest using the plastic nit comb and the metal one with lots of conditioner lathering the hair maybe twice a day.

Lots of bath time or swimming in the salt water could help too.

Poor baby girls I hope it gets better so they can feel beautiful...

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It can be a long process to get the nits(eggs) out of the hair. I know someone who has also use mayonaisse too. Good Luck

there are heaps of ways to get rid of headlice and stop them coming here are a few:

Getting Rid of Them:
- comb through your with vinegar and they actually die (my hairdresser told me)
- when you wash your hair (with conditioniner) use a comb it gets them out real easy

Keeping Them Away:
- you can put eucalyptus oil in your hair and the scent really bothers them and they will stay away

hope this works

Yes, and as bad as it seems. When the situation is that bad, you have to get their hair cut and thinned. Then treat and stay on top of the problem. I would contact the case worker and work quickly to help get the problem under control. It is horrible for these children to be in this situation anyway. Then to be humiliated and have to live with lice is another whole problem.A person must be patient and gentle in a situation like this. And one must sit and pull these old eggs out. The comb will not remove them all. Good Luck.