Does anyone have the name of a good lotion to get rid of HeadLice and also where do I get it from. Have tried the usual wet comb method which always seemed to work in the UK on the odd occasion when we got them but nothing seems to be working here.
Many thanks for any help which you can give.
We were in the US though, used a product called RID and it worked pretty well, I'm unsure if that is available here though. Part of what made it "good" was that it had not only shampoo (and a comb included) to treat hair, there also was spray for cushions and bedding.
Doing a quick search now, I came up with this: Rausch Lice-Stop which should be available here.
If you've tried and don't like that, or if you can't find it, or whatever reason you may have... You can certainly ask at the Apoteke, in my experience they usually have at least one person who can speak English if your German / Swiss-German isn't up to it.
Time consuming I'm afraid if you have several kids.
in Pharmacies near you. I used it on my kids as a prevention when lice were around at school. Which is what you can do, because its absolutely non-toxic. They also have a washing detergent for 30 - 40 degrees laundry (lice die at 60) and a spray to prevent lice from settling down at all.
There's no need to stuff toys, furnishings in the freezer, or attic or wash at high temperatures. I usually just change the bedclothes.
As to prevention: I've heard the Rausch shampoo works. But the main thing is to tell your kids to keep their heads apart when rumbling around (not easy, but that's how they travel )
* The link is to the UK site. The product is available over the counter under the same name here.
A nit comb will rid hair of the bodies.
Worked for my two...
Dettol is also usually available here "under the counter" at Indian grocers, i.e. you have to ask for it.
Dettol is an English antiseptic mxture of 2 chemicals. Fairly safe if you don't drink it! http://www.dettol.ch/de/
One of my ex colleagues was a Health Visitor in the UK and one of her special interests was nit treatment. In one school nits never seemed to go away. They finally tracked down the reason......Lots of kids visited a little sweet shop on the way home from school and the old dear who ran it like have the little kids sit on the counter and then she'd ask them what they wanted. Well she was a little hard of hearing and the kids spoke quietly so she would put her head to theirs to hear what they were saying. And the shopkeeper had the nits but didn't know. Once she'd been treated and changed the way she served her customers the school had far fewer incidents.
Best of luck
Just kidding
I feel for you OP the last time I got lice was 10 years ago while working at a hospital, if you see my hair you will know why it was a nightmare!
My head is now itching...
(+1 to what they all said)
Husband is now out in Basel searching for Hedrin or Rausch products and the whole family will be in for a treat tonight - no dinner till no nits!
A doctor friend of mine always said 'In the UK the kids have no lice and the dogs have no worms'. None of the mums ever came clean about lice infestations and the lice lived a lengthy and fruitful life. Your Swiss teacher may seem a bit direct but at least she is trying to stop the problem spreading. I would also tell any other mums of your child's friends about it - this can only be helpful. There's no point in you spending hours getting rid of the lice for your child to be re-infested the next day.
Good luck with that combing.
I would not recommend using tea tree oil as a 'daily' product. There's no scientific evidence that it works to repel headlice (although I know of at least two products that use a combination of tea tree oil and other oils and have been clinically tested)...
The reason is that tea tree oil is actually quite toxic - and repeated use could quite likely cause an allergic reaction (repeat exposure sensitivity) - I worked on a project testing it for all sorts of cosmetic purposes for 2 years, and in our team of 8 people, two ended up with allergic problems from too much exposure to the oil...
Water, sodium laureth sulfate, cocamido propyl betaine, soyabean oil, hydrolysed collagen, glycosphingolipid, geranium.
The 'Rausch' shampoo:
Water, Vinegar, Rapeseen oil, coconut oil, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, capric/caprylic triglycerides, emulsifier, 4-Terpineol (this could be a tea tree oil extract), Thickener, emulsifier, perfume, Licorice wood, quassia, preservative, linalool, pine oil, sulfur...
And the 'Hedrin' is dimethicone and cyclomenthicone, its very different - it's not a shampoo - it's a liquid/lotion - the dimethicone basically drowns the lice (lice breathe through their skin, and if they are covered in goo they can't breathe, then they die and you can wash them out of your hair)...it's not particularly toxic...