
How To Get Rid Of Recurring Head Lice?

Removal of Nits
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Your Boyfriend's daughters have head lice and they have been treated with shampoo and an oral treatment. These treatments usually kill the live lice but do not kill the larva or nits. These are the little egg sacks on the hair. To truly eradicator the head lice you must comb out the hair and remove all the nits. Even one nit will restart the infestation. So I recommend a nit comb and comb their hair daily till all the nits are removed. You need a nit comb because a regular comb dose not have enough teeth to be fine enough to remove the nits.
In summary
1. nit comb
2. comb hair daily until all nits removed
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Nits
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The little egg sacs look like little cups attached ti the hair. If the cups are clear then they are dead but if they are opaque then there is a live larva inside. The best thing to do is combing of the hair with a fine toothed comb. For boys recommend cutting the hair off completely but that would not be a good idea for girls.
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eggs are attached
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Even if the pill and treatments kill the eggs it is a good idea to still use the comb to be absolutely sure everything is gone. Despite the best of treatment some eggs will survive the treatment


use the comb until no more nits
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The nits will stay attached to the hair for as long as the the hair is intact. They do not naturally just fall off. They must be combed out of the hair. You comb until you no longer see the nits. That is the best answer I can give.


pill only kills live lice not the eggs
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Yes you are correct the pill only kills the live lice and not the eggs. I am sorry if I did not make myself clear earlier


thank you - so just to close this up then - the eggs remaining in their hair are most likely alive then? so they could still pass it and one of the other girls could get it again and we would have to do the shampoo and treatment and cleaning again? With the girls going back and forth between the households I want to make sure that we get this gone completely.
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Eggs are possibly alive
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Yes the possibility of recurrent infection with lice is high. That is why it is so important to treat and retreat until the lice and their nits are eradicated. It would alose be a good idea to wash all bedding and clothing. The lice can live in the clothes and bedding.

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