Bloody head lice. Yep, Jr Her has another dose. I had to treat her again last night. That's the 3rd time this half of the year. I did find some stuff that works, called Moov. It is a thick liquid that goes on fairly easily, then you shove a shower cap on for ten minutes. Seems to actually kill them (for a change...)
I think I know where they are coming from. Well, I hate to say that, but I do. Jr Her has mentioned a certain friend of hers scratched some out onto the desk recently. Said little girl doesn't wash or even brush her hair so anything is possible.
The theory is that they only like clean hair, but i beg to differ. All the cases I have known of at the school are in dirty heads, and Jr Her is less than pedantic about her own hygiene, so no, I don't believe that to be entirely the case.
And it always seems to be when we have appointments with the hairdresser. She missed the last one because she had just been treated. We are due again next Tuesday so hopefully we can scrape through after her second treatment Monday night.
Stupid parents not being vigilant. I hate that... Now I have an itch...
3 comments:
YUCK!! I've only had headlice as an adult, and I really hated it. At least you have found somehting that works.... and I agree about the dirty hair bit, the only people I have caught them from have had dirty hair.
Good luck with the killing!!
yes! be going on the killing spree!
sometimes i wonder if we are the only vigilant ones. if everyone treated them like we do, then where the hell do they come from??? most parent say they treat them....
the little blighters seem to build up a resistance to the chemicals. and so do the lice. =) when even KP24 stopped working, i resorted to the old conditioner and water with a dash of hard work to clean them quickly out before she went to school. got quite good at it....
and don't forget teh good old kero and conditioner to get rid of the eggs.....
my hair reeked for ages afterwards.
and just think, unless there's a smaller sibling, lice rarely seem to pop up once u get to highschool.....
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