Does listerine Kill Lice??!


Question: my little brothers have head lice! and i've heard that listerine kills the lice! so i was wondering if it was true?!... me & everyone else is good, no lice!


Answers: my little brothers have head lice! and i've heard that listerine kills the lice! so i was wondering if it was true?!... me & everyone else is good, no lice!

Actually, I wouldn't put listerine on your brothers heads unless you want them to look really funny. Listerine may cause the hair to dry out, change colors, etc., and most likely would kill the lice at the same time but why chance it? Try hellmans mayonaise. It works wonders. Put the stuff on really thick, and then leave it for about 45 minutes. Then wash it out completely, and use a lice comb to get the eggs. You have to get ALL of the eggs or the lice will return. Repeat the mayo treatment a few days later to be sure to get any of the lice that hatch after the first one.
Don't forget to wash the bedding, including pillows, in hot, hot water, preferably with bleach, as well as vacuuming the entire house. There is a spray made by the same people that make the RID shampoo that you can use to spray down the mattresses, sofas, etc. as well to help kill any of the bugs that got off the boys.
Dang, all this talk is making ME itch....
You may find that you'll have to keep using the lice comb daily for up to 3 weeks in order to be sure to get all the bugs out and keep them out. Don't use the RID or other similar shampoos as they can cause your brothers to get sick due to the chemicals.

SInce they're boys, ask them if they want to get a buzzcut for a bit. That would definitely do the trick.

No, I believe it's Lye that kills them.

I'm not sure, but my co-worker told me that hairspray helped to kill her children's lice

try it

LOL, I dunno I wouldn't want to be the first to try it.. rather just go to a doctor and get special shampoo made for the destruction of lice!

dont try it, buy the professional stuff tested and everything, u never know...

I don't think so. Go to the drugstore and buy the shampoo that is supposed to kill lice before everyone gets it!

I don't think so but I know that both olive oil and tea tree oil work really well. Good luck!

No. You have to buy a product like Rid and follow the directions carefully, including cleaning beddings and vacuuming thoroughly, or other family members are likely to get lice and you could pass it back and forth to one another.

This sounds messy and gross, but if you smother the licey head in vasoline and cover it with a shower cap or something like that over night, the vasoline will suffocate and kill the lice.

more like kill hair....
just go buy some lice treatment

No, it won't. You must kill the nits (eggs), as well.
Ask your local pharmacist for the proper medication.
It isn't very expensive.
Only that will do the trick!

Some think it really helps since it has some of the essential ingredients in it.
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/archives/...

my daughter just had it. For a boy a crew cut will do the trick or tea tree oil in a leave in conditioner. lice do not like oily hair so you could cap with mayo or baby oil. all stuffed animals put outside 2 weeks and wash bedding.





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