| Good grief! | | | | that you thoroughly read the warning on the boxes |
| Surely the note is wrong! | | | | label because there are many side effects associated |
| You're a good parent, what on earth has happened? | | | | with these treatments. |
| The note from the school nurse says that your child | | | | Side effects include things such as scalp irritation, |
| has head lice. It sort of makes you want to hide | | | | head rashes and even eczema. There is even a |
| your face with a paper sack. Simply disgusting! How | | | | study which seems to link the chemical treatment of |
| on earth can that have happened to your child? | | | | children with head lice to a higher incidence of |
| Well, the issue is this can happen to anyone. | | | | leukemia. |
| These critters have no qualms about invading the | | | | Again, there are no hard core facts but it is certainly |
| head of the most impeccably clean and well to do | | | | something to take into consideration. It is also |
| child. | | | | important to remember if you are pregnant or |
| Yes, you shampoo and comb and brush your child's | | | | nursing you must not use over-the-counter chemical |
| hair every single night but really that doesn't matter | | | | head lice treatments. |
| at all. | | | | One successful home remedy for head lice treatment |
| Infestations can happen to the best of us. But you | | | | is a combination of tea tree oil, citronella, lavender oil, |
| have already made a decision that you are not | | | | and neem oil. |
| interested in using pesticides to kill the head lice. That | | | | Tea tree oil which comes from the Melaleuca plant in |
| simply sounds too harsh and something you are not | | | | Australia has properties which are known to be both |
| comfortable with. | | | | anti-septic and anti-fungal. Tea tree oil is used to fight |
| That is okay. | | | | and insect bites, acne, colds, flu, and even mouth |
| Home remedies for head lice may be something that | | | | infections. Citronella oil comes from a grass and is |
| you are more comfortable with and if that is so be | | | | very well known and widely used to repel both |
| sure to do the research first before you make a final | | | | insects, such as mosquitoes, flies, and ticks. |
| decision on which home remedy to use. | | | | Lavender oil is used to treat insect bites, fungal |
| The first home remedy for head lice that you might | | | | infections, sunburn, and even anxiety. It is a known |
| consider is simply trying to comb them out with a | | | | relaxant. Neem oil also found in Australia is used as an |
| special nit comb or by using a pet style flea brush. | | | | insect repellent and also has other therapeutic |
| This will be a long and tedious method. | | | | purposes particularly associated with healing skin |
| If you are going to use this style of home treatment | | | | diseases. |
| get ready to be patient. | | | | You may be able to find this combination of natural |
| Wet your child's hair and use a conditioner or even | | | | head lice treatment products at your natural health |
| olive oil, divide the hair into small sections and then | | | | food store or online. |
| begin by combing from the root of the hair out to | | | | Home remedies for head lice treatment certainly |
| the end of the strand. | | | | vary, but there have been many reports of effective |
| Look at the comb every time it passes through a | | | | natural treatments for head lice. |
| section of the hair. You might even consider combing | | | | If you choose not to use pesticide chemicals in order |
| your child's hair over a bowl of water or over a white | | | | to rid your child of head lice, this decision is totally up |
| paper towel so you can see what you are able to | | | | to you. |
| comb out of each strand of hair. This method does | | | | However, you must do something about the head |
| take a lot of time and a lot of patience from not | | | | lice, ignoring it is not an option, and a home remedy |
| only you but from your child as well. | | | | or more natural approach seems to be a good choice |
| If you have made the decision to use an | | | | for you. |
| over-the-counter head lice treatment then make sure | | | | |