How Do You Get Rid of Lice Eggs
Head lice survive on the blood from the human scalp. This is the reason why they do not survive for a long time once they fall off a person’s head. Symptoms of head lice include an itchy scalp, a feeling that something is crawling on your head, or red bumps on the scalp. It is important to know how to get rid of lice eggs.
Head lice eggs
Getting rid of head lice eggs is much harder than getting rid of adult or immature lice. The following are the best tips on how to get rid of lice eggs:
- Use a pediculicide (head lice treatment)
This is the quickest way to get rid of head lice infestation. There are some pediculicides that can kill both lice and their eggs. Ensure that you read the instructions on the bottle carefully before applying the product.
- Use a nit comb
Nit combs are specially designed to pull out nits (eggs) as well as dead lice as they are combed through the hair. Ensure that you sanitize the comb after every use. To do this, put the comb in a dish of very hot water. Lice and nits die when exposed to temperatures of 53 degrees Centigrade for 5 minutes or more.
- Wash the person’s clothes and bedding
After either of the above two treatments, wash all the person’s clothes, pillowcases, sheets, stuffed animals, as well as any other fabric that he or she may have come into contact with in very hot water. After this, run them through a hot drier. This helps stop lice and their eggs from spreading to other members of the family.
- Use natural treatments
These natural treatments can be used on their own or together with other methods. They include:
-Oil treatment: Warm half a cup of neem oil or melt half a cup of coconut oil and massage it into the hair and scalp,
-Use a nit comb to comb through the oil –treated hair. This makes the nits to come out more easily.
-Oil treatment: Warm half a cup of neem oil or melt half a cup of coconut oil and massage it into the hair and scalp,
-Use a nit comb to comb through the oil –treated hair. This makes the nits to come out more easily.
- Use an apple cider vinegar treatment
This is another cheap and effective method to loosen the nits. Prepare a mixture of half a cup water and half a cup apple cider vinegar. Pour the mixture over the person’s scalp and hair. Comb the hair using a nit comb and t you will find that they will come out easily.
This is another cheap and effective method to loosen the nits. Prepare a mixture of half a cup water and half a cup apple cider vinegar. Pour the mixture over the person’s scalp and hair. Comb the hair using a nit comb and t you will find that they will come out easily.
- Use an essential oil spray
There are certain essential oils that are known to repel lice and also the cause nits to loosen much more easily. Some of them include:
-Eucalyptus,
- Tea tree oil,
-Thyme,
- Lavender,
-Oregano.
-Eucalyptus,
- Tea tree oil,
-Thyme,
- Lavender,
-Oregano.
Just fill a spray bottle with 5 drops of any one of these essential oils per 1 ounce of water and spray your hair and scalp.
Body lice
Treating body lice eggs infestation is not as difficult as treating head lice eggs infestation. You need to do the following:
-Throw away all infested clothing because lice and their eggs can survive in clothes for a month.
- Wash your clothes, bedding, or linen regularly.
-Take regular baths or showers using soap.
Pubic lice eggs
Pubic lice are spread through sex. Use the following methods to get rid of pubic lice and their eggs:
-Remove the lice and nits with a nit comb,
-Soak the nit comb and any other items that you may be using in very hot water for 5 minutes
- Wash your underwear and clothes in very hot water,
-Shave tour pubic area and treat it with chemical,
-Buy an over -the -counter lotion that contains 1 % permethrin and use it according to the instructions given. You can also buy a mousse that contains piperonyl butoxide and pytethrins.
