Whether you believe it or not, head lice is the second common thing that spreads easily after cold from one person to the other. More than 6 millions people in America have head lice including kids.
Head lice are small parasites that live on your scalp and hair shafts and they feed on blood; it is very common among children. It gives you severe itching on your scalp, around your ears, below the neck and sometimes even this severe itching lead to bleeding of scalp and causes infection.
As they can reproduce quickly it is very difficult to remove those head lice within few days. Combing will take you long way, here are best home remedies to treat head lice and gives you healthy scalp and hair.
Home Remedies To Get Rid of Head Lice
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Coconut Oil
Due to its anti bacterial properties, coconut oil will suffocate the lice and make it difficult for them to breathe. It also does not let eggs attached to the hair easily.
What You Need To Do
- Warm one cup of coconut oil and apply it on your scalp and let it remain for about one hour by covering it with shower cap.
- Now, comb your hair and remove all dead lice and eggs. Then rinse your hair with shampoo and condition as well.
- Once the hair becomes dry, apply warm coconut oil to your hair and cover it with shower cap then leave it over night.
- Comb your hair in the morning to remove all head lice and wash your hair thoroughly. Repeat this twice in a week to get rid of lice easily.
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Olive Oil
Olive oil acts as an excellent remedy to improve the growth of your hair, it also helps to get rid of lice easily. It suffocates the adult lice and makes them to slide off the nits from the hair easily.
What You Need To Do
- Apply little amount of olive oil over your scalp and cover it with shower cap.
- Leave it for overnight and wash it off with lukewarm water in the morning. Comb your wet hair to remove the remaining lice and eggs.
- Repeat this process for 2-3 nights if required.
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Garlic
Garlic has strong fragrance that makes lice unable to breathe and kill them.
What You Need To Do
- Blend 10-15 garlic cloves and mix this paste with 2 or 3 table spoons of lime juice.
- Apply this paste thoroughly over your scalp and leave it for half an hour and then rinse it off with hot water. Repeat this for twice in a week.
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Alcohol
Yes, alcohol is a great way to prevent head lice easily.
What You Need To Do
- Take little amount of high quality alcohol and massage it over your scalp for few minutes. Leave it for an hour and then rinse it off with mild shampoo followed by conditioner.
- Comb your hair with lice comb and repeat this for twice in a week.
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Listerine
Listerine contains high amount of eucalyptus which is effective in killing lice easily.
What You Need To Do
- Apply Listerine all over your scalp and hair and cover it with shower cap. Leave it for 2 hours and rinse it off with regular shampoo.
- Then comb your hair, when it is still wet to remove the remaining lice from your head.
- Make sure that you Don’t let it enter into your ears and eyes.
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Neem Oil
Neem oil is also known for killing head lice easily by blocking their air passages.
What You Need To Do
- You just need to add few drops of neem oil to your regular shampoo while shampooing your hair.
- Comb your hair with lice comb to remove head lice after washing your hair.
- Repeat it for 3 times in a week.
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Baby Oil
Baby oil also leads to suffocation of lice and make them to die instantly.
What You Need To Do
- Apply little amount of baby oil on your scalp and along your hair and leave it overnight by covering your head with shower cap.
- Wash your hair with laundry detergent in the morning and comb your hair thoroughly to remove all the remaining lice on your head.
- Don’t let that detergent enter in to your eyes, ears and mouth. Repeat it every few days to completely removal of lice.
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Vinegar
The acidic nature of vinegar will loosen up the strong bond between hair and lice and makes it easy to remove from your head.
What You Need To Do
- Mix two table spoons of vinegar in 2 table spoons of water and apply it all over your scalp. Cover it with a shower cap.
- Let it remain for 30 minutes and then rinse it off with a mild shampoo followed by conditioner.
- Comb your hair with lice comb to remove all lice on your head.
- Repeat it if possible for the next time.
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Baking Soda
Baking soda kills lice by constricting their respiratory system, it is also capable of preventing scalp infection caused by lice.
What You Need To Do
- Mix baking soda along with conditioner and apply it all over your scalp.
- Now slowly comb your hair by making sections and wipe the comb on a paper towel after each session of combing.
- Repeat it until all sections completed and remove lice easily from your head.
- Then rinse your hair with shampoo. Repeat this few times in a week until you see no lice on your hair.
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Petroleum Jelly
This is best and effective remedy to get rid of lice easily. Petroleum jelly will suffocate lice and make them impossible to survive.
What You Need To Do
- Massage enough amount of petroleum jelly on your scalp and along your hair, leave it over night by covering it with shower cap.
- Apply some baby oil to the hair to easily remove jelly on your hair, wash your hair completely with shampoo.
- Repeat this remedy as many nights as required.