r/Lice

Does anyone have experience treating lice across households? Especially with uncooperative coparents?

We may have POTENTIALLY finally gotten this infestation under control but I am so anxious about recurrence because it’s happened multiple times before, so seeking advice anyway.

We have 3 kids, both from prior relationships. His 2 are 50/50 with mom. My daughter is 50/50 with her dad. Everything started with his daughter. We thought she got it from school, however, a recurrent infestation began AFTER school ended for the summer and BEFORE she started summer care. We began to think the recurring source may be their mom (who manages a group home).

Regardless of source, we are having trouble getting her cooperation. She has not treated her own hair, will not comb to check it, and does not comb or treat her daughter’s hair. Her father and I have sunk hundreds into treatments between all 3 kids and ourselves without the mother’s cooperation financial or otherwise. My daughter’s father shaved his head as well, and HIS mom ended up getting lice and we’ve sunk $60 into her head as well.

We are now not finding live bugs or (I think) viable nits, but we are all still itching. We were using a tree tea shampoo and conditioner called HASK but theorized it may have been irritating our scalps so stopped it. Mostly the itching improved a lot after discontinuing that, but I particularly am still having a lot of itching. I’ll get a crawling sensation followed by a pinch and an itch in various locations. It happens throughout the day episodically.

I’m so, so tired guys. I’m still combing and not finding bugs… how likely is it that we still have bugs or at least nits?

Our treatments were Nix Ultra, Nix Ultra All-In-One, Spinosad, and I did ivermectin lotion on just myself.

My boyfriend’s theory is it’s time to leave our scalps alone for a bit to let the irritation stop, but I’m scared that we won’t catch something and then end up with a full blown infestation again. 5 people in one house, plus extended families… it just feels impossible to eradicate.

A lice-treatment process — just an idea

Sharing this simply as an idea that some people may find useful. It’s not a recommendation or a medically proven treatment plan, and everyone should be mindful before trying anything on their hair or scalp.

There are different types of anti-lice treatments available. The general process involves applying the treatment thoroughly to the scalp and hair, covering the hair with a cap, and leaving it on for the recommended amount of time. Afterward, the hair is washed very thoroughly.

A conditioner-like product can then be applied, followed by careful combing and inspection to check for any remaining active lice.

For dealing with nits/eggs, the hair can be properly divided into multiple small sections — around 6–8 sections — so that every part of the hair can be handled and checked systematically.

Some salons may also use heat styling/straightening on each section as part of their process. However, please be very mindful before using high heat on the hair or scalp. This is only an idea/method being shared, not something that should be blindly replicated. Excessive heat can damage the hair or cause burns, and straightening should not be assumed to be a medically proven way of eliminating lice or nits.

I’m also not naming the shampoo or mixture because I wasn’t told the exact product or ingredients, and I don’t want to recommend something without knowing what it actually contains.

Again, this is just an idea/process to consider — not a treatment recommendation. Please research properly and be careful before trying anything on your hair or scalp.

Please do proper research and understand the risks before trying anything on your hair or scalp.

My roommate has lice, we recently shifted into a room together, I have 3 other roommates as well, she has had crazy lice since 1st year itself (we're classmates), now we're in 3rd year and had to shift together, I pointed out the lice in the 1st sem itself and she got sorta offended, now that we're living together all of my roommates including me got infected with the lice, she's gone on a trip, how should I convince her to get rid of the lice?????

I'm scared of offending her, other roommates aren't bothered that much idfk why, one of them has lived with her before and she's SO CHILL about it, I'm stressing my balls out, please tell me what to do😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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I recently found out my 7 year has lice. I used the rid one and done on her head about 36 ish hours ago. She goes back to school in about 10 days and has tons of eggs in her extremely long thick curly hair. I want to start working on getting them out. But everything I read says you have to use conditioner or olive oil and the nit comb to get them out...but yet everything says not to use conditioner for 2 weeks. So im very confused on how to start removing the hopefully dead eggs. Please help me understand what im supposed to do.