How to remove lice from hair by your own

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Head lice are one of the most common parasites in human hair. Head lice are the external parasite relying upon blood sucked from the host the human. Due to the jumping of head lice from one head to another, they are highly contagious. Head lice have an incomplete metamorphosis in which the egg is changed into the nymph and then to adult.

Lice infestations are somewhat contagious. Lice are known to spread from one person to many at places where a large group of people gets together. Children are especially prone to head lice and should be constantly and regularly checked for any signs of infestation.
Eggs are hatched one to two weeks after lying. The sell remains attached to hair after hatching. Due to the highly contagious nature, anyone can get head lice. It is essential to know about the homemade remedies for head lice to prevent their unwanted spread. Due to rapid resistance developed by head lice to the specific treatment, it is getting difficult to control the head lice population.

How to remove lice from hair by your own

Nitpicking and Combing

This is the most important thing you need to do for head lice removal, you’ll need to do this in conjunction with almost all other treatments. First, you comb the hair section by section with a special comb (you can buy one at the drugstore) to remove lice and nits.

Olive Oil

Oils are good lice remedies because they suffocate the adult lice. Oil products and derivatives like olive oil and mayonnaise smother the lice. The best method of application is to apply the oil or oil derivative to your head, cover it with a shower cap, and keep it overnight. Soak the hair with olive oil and cover it with a piece of cloth for two hours and then wash it with lukewarm water. Comb your hair with a fine-tooth comb to get rid of lice and eggs. Do it once a week

Lavender Oil

Lavender essential oil is known to make lice flee, but one should be careful about the application and should give some substantial time gap between applications.

Vinegar and Lemon Juice

Using vinegar or lemon juice would dissolve the shells of the lice eggs and cause them to die. Give sufficient time gaps between two consecutive applications.

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How to remove lice from hair by your own

1. Almond Oil

The application of almond oil is effective against head lice. Almond oil causes the suffocation of the lice and ultimately put them to death.
  • Take 1 to 2 teaspoon almond oil A
  • Apply directly to the scalp.
  • leave for 30 minutes.
  • Take a bath.

How often to use?

Three times a week is enough to use this remedy until your head lice are gone.

2. Neem Oil

Neem oil is very effective with both lice and their eggs. Using neem oil also strengthens hair and rejuvenates the scalp. Neem oil is the potent insecticide used traditionally by our ancestors. Neem oil can be effective in the treatment of head lice.

  • Apply neem oil to your scalp covering all overhead
  • leave for 15 minutes and
  • Wash the hair.
  • Repeat the procedure 3 times a week.

3. Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is a good oil to shunt head lice. Although not effective in killing lice, coconut oil can prevent re-infestation. The application of coconut oil causes unsuitable habitat for the lice and ultimately kills the lice.

  • Apply coconut oil directly to the hair.
  • leave for 30 minutes and take the bath.
  • Repeat 3 times a week.

4. Garlic

Garlic the noisome order is effective against the combat of the lice. Due to the noisome smell of garlic lice get suffocated. Using around 7 large cloves of garlic paste in hair and lifting it for half an hour can be effective against lice.

  • Mash some garlic cloves together to form a paste.
  • Add a few teaspoons of lime water or just water
  • (if it is water use at least ten droplets of tea tree oil) and then rub this mixture into your scalp.
  • Leave for at least half an hour and then thoroughly wash out.

5. Tree Tea Oil

Being a potent natural insecticide it is effective in treating head lice. 5ml of the oil needs to be applied in the hair gently and leave for half an hour and rinse with the hot water.

6. Lime Juice

Lime juice contains citric acid. This organic acid being mild acid is devastating to head lice. Applying around one teaspoon of lime juice in hair and living it for half an hour and washing can be effective in the treatment of head lice.

7. Comb

Comb with the fine-toothed need to be applied to wet hair if necessary oil can be used as the lubricant. This is an effective means to get rid of lice manually especially for the children.

8. Apple Cider Vinegar

This can be effective in combating head lice. The vinegar is acidic is affected by the removal of eggs in the hair. The best result can be obtained when the vinegar is mixed with the salt.

9. Orange Juice

Pour the adequate amount of orange juice in the hair and left for 20 to 30 minutes. This can provide a remedy for lice.

10. Warm Water

It is not normally advised to rinse the hair with warm water. But, in the chronic infestation of head lice washing in warm water can have beneficial effects.

11.White Vinegar and Tea Tree Oil

White vinegar is also very effective in treating lice infestations. Wash your hair with a little bit of white vinegar and then use tree oil shampoo for effective disinfestations.

12.Listerine

Listerine mouthwash is also known to kill lice. Wash your hair with Listerine and keep on for two hours and then shampoo with the effective anti-lice shampoo.

13.Cranberry Juice

During the week, every day, wet your hair with pure cranberry juice and leave it on until dry and then rinse your hair. This juice is good because it unsticks nits from the hair and is very safe.

14.Thyme

Make a potent herbal tea with either fresh or dried thyme flowers or thyme leaves. Spray or rinse the mixture into the hair and at the same time comb using a nit comb. Do this several times each day.

15.Hair Dryer

Use a hair dryer on freshly washed hair to increase your chance of eradicating lice and nits.

16.Petroleum Jelly

Coat the scalp and hair, Use a shower cap and cover it during the night, and then wash it out the very next morning. Comb the hair for nits. And repeat this treatment at least one week later.
Dr Sarah Edwards MD
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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS. She has been trained in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Anxiety Medicine. In addition, she was also trained in Thoracic Transplantation Medicine and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. CERTIFICATIONS Dr. Sarah Edwards is Board Certified in the following: • Internal Medicine • Child Diseases • Critical Medicine • She is also a Diplomate of The American Board of Anxiety Medicine. EDUCATION Postgraduate: • University of Nevada School of Medicine • Residency: Internal Medicine
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