A home lice treatment is the easiest way to get rid of these little flat parasites. Although lice do not have wings, they are easily transmitted from one person to another. Lice live on the head by clinging tightly to the hair with their claws. Lice eggs, called nits, adhere to the hair shaft with sticky saliva.
Steps need to be taken to remove these eggs from the scalp in your effort to get rid of lice. Otherwise, you could be exposed to repeated lice infestations. Lice are annoying, but you can get rid of them with home lice treatments.
Here are some tips:
- The simplest home treatment for lice is to use a lice comb. This comb should be available at the nearest medical store. Although laborious, it can be a very useful remedy for treating lice at home.
- In your regular shampoo, mix 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of tea tree oil, and 1 teaspoon of eucalyptus oil. Apply this solution and then cover your head well with a shower cap for half an hour and then rinse.
- Mayonnaise has been used as a home lice treatment for several years. Apply mayonnaise to your scalp at night and sleep with a shower cap on. In the morning, use a good shampoo and wash your hair to remove the applied solution. Afterward, check the scalp regularly to make sure there are no lice.
- Petroleum jelly can be used as an effective cure for lice. Apply petroleum jelly to the entire scalp and sleep through the night in a shower cap. Gelatin loosens the lice from your hair, but you must do your best to remove the oil from your hair. You can try using a dishwashing detergent to remove grease quickly. You can try using cornmeal before the whole process to make it less tedious.
- Make a solution by mixing 20 drops of essential oil of eucalyptus and tea tree oil, 10 drops of essential oil of anise and lemon oil with 75 ml of olive oil. Apply this on your hair and wait an hour. Afterwards, rinse the hair with plenty of water to obtain positive results.
- You can also prepare a solution of baby oil or any other mineral oil with an equal proportion of vinegar. Apply this mixture on the scalp of your hair for two hours and rinse. This solution is an effective home treatment for lice, as the combination of oil and vinegar fights lice.
It is important that you find a good home lice treatment depending on the nature of your hair and the severity of the problem; otherwise, you may end up losing your hair and damaging your scalp.
