re: Natural Treatment for Head Lice

Connected1 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:16:17 GMT

The real issue with the natural essential oils are the cost. If you have a few hundred $, this is a great treatment. Otherwise, I'm not sure what would be a reasonable treatment to consider. Tea tree oil is not as pricey, but still pricey if you are planning on rubbing your head and hair down with it several times.

Many people are reporting that today's lice are resilient to the dangerous insecticide products sold at drug stores. That and they are poisonous, are good reasons to try something else.

Does anyone have a success story that is reasonably priced? Desperate to know.

re: Natural Treatment for Head Lice

Arizona — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:07:57 GMT

I have worked as a public school speech pathologist for 28 years. I never had a problem with contracting lice from a student until two years ago . It seems the healthier I was .......taking supplements and eating correctly, the more the ugly little bugs were attracted to my head. I work both in an elementary school and a middle school. I contracted lice 2 years in a row from students. Horrified and mystified the first year, I had the nurse check my head. She did and said that lice are not attracted to hair that is dyed. She also said I did not have lice. However after several weeks of an itchy head, I tried olive oil on my hair to rid myself of the itchy feeling. Lo and behold when I combed the oil through..... oh dear.... lice. Shocked to the core, I got tea tree oil. ( As the olive oil did nothing to rid me of them ) Tea tree oil was a God send. After all these years.... I haven't a clue as to why I became delicious all of a sudden. It makes me sick to my stomach just writing this note. One thing...... I will now go to the nurse each year and ask who has lice. At least I can protect myself in that manner. As a speech pathologist...... you are nearly on top of a child when working with articulation defects. It is difficult to prevent the bugs from attacking you.

As to why I became breakfast, lunch and dinner after all these years is a mystery.