| Schools and daycare centers should almost be | | | | using enough of the product. This is especially true of |
| considered Ground Zero when it comes to lice. Head | | | | insecticide based commercial lice products. Making a |
| lice, those pesky little white bugs that seem to make | | | | lice treatment shampoo stretch in attempt to save a |
| their way to your child's head every so often will | | | | little money is shortsighted. These medicated |
| probably return soon. The reason is that the lice | | | | shampoos are designed to poison lice and it needs to |
| problem continues to be a growing issue in many of | | | | be applied in adequate amounts to be effective. |
| our schools. | | | | Natural head lice remedies also have specific directions |
| There are many claimed ways to get rid of a lice | | | | that if tried, should be followed. Many of these natural |
| infestation. The problem is that almost as many cannot | | | | treatments instruct the user to generously apply a |
| be relied on to be effective or work in your situation. | | | | common household oil based product like mayonnaise |
| This is because even a single head louse can re-infect | | | | to the infected head. The mayonnaise is then left in the |
| a person within weeks. One of the most common | | | | hair overnight. |
| reasons for a re-infestation is not following the | | | | You can check out the site below for additional |
| directions no matter if a commercial or more natural | | | | information on another method of killing head lice using |
| product is used. | | | | pesticide free essential oil products. These are safer |
| Many products, even the natural ones require | | | | and milder than the pesticide based shampoos. |
| re-treatment after 7-10 days. Many parents will deal | | | | The whole premise of using mayonnaise or other |
| with the initial outbreak and dutifully use a product or | | | | various oils is essentially used in an attempt to |
| remedy then not do the follow up. The child is allowed | | | | suffocate the lice bugs. These home remedies usually |
| back into school and everyone goes back to their daily | | | | do not work if only because lice can survive |
| routine. The follow up treatment to kill any other lice | | | | submerged in water longer than nine hours. This |
| however is never done and a re-infestation occurs. | | | | means that if you have any chance of smothering the |
| These parents are the ones that claim that the | | | | lice, that mayonnaise or oil needs to be left in the hair a |
| treatment program doesn't work! It wasn't a treatment | | | | long time. |
| program or product that didn't work, but the lack of | | | | The point is that no matter what had lice treatment |
| following the directions. Some even claim that | | | | you select, it's important to follow the directions |
| resistance to pesticides is the reason why the lice | | | | exactly. Getting rid of lice in your home is not difficult, |
| were not killed. | | | | but it does require consistent actions. |
| Another very common mistake parents make is not | | | | |