Yes, I ironed my daughter’s mattress wearing a shower cap. But after I found lice eggs in her hair, I freaked.

Vinegar: An easy home remedy for head lice, vinegar's astringent quality helps kill lice and their eggs. How to use it : Take some vinegar in a bowl or spray bottle.

Kits: Lice treatment kits usually come with a specialty shampoo, lice comb and disposable head cap. Some kits also include a spray for clothes, bedsheets and carpet that kills lice on contact ...

When Sarah Love's 10-year-old son Sean contracted head lice, she bought over-the-counter Nix, which is left on the hair for 10 minutes and works by paralyzing and killing the sesame-seed size ...

Apply this on your hair and cover your head with a shower cap. Post 30 minutes wash off with hot water. Comb your hair while it is still wet to remove the dead lice.

Although lice and severe dandruff may look similar, they are quite different, which also means there are different treatments for each. Skip to content. FOX31 Denver.

Table 2. Treatments for Head Lice Type Treatment (Brands) Regimen Comment; OTC: Permethrin 1% cream rinse (Nix) Apply to damp hair after shampooing, leave on 10 minutes, rinse.

Leave the cap on for eight hours (or more) to suffocate the lice. Use the fine-toothed comb to carefully look through your hair and comb out the dead head lice and any nits (eggs) that you can find.

Yes, I ironed my daughter’s mattress wearing a shower cap. But after I found lice eggs in her hair, I freaked.