How To Quickly Treat Head Lice

Nitpicking

In everyday life, nitpicking may mean looking for small, unimportant details. But, in the eradication of head lice, it is a necessity. Often, medicinal treatments for head lice will come with a small comb, which is meant to run through hair and remove the carcasses, any remaining living lice, and nits from the afflicted person's head after delousing. This ensures the lice have far less of a chance of reoccurring immediately after treatment. Some individuals prefer to purchase a very fine-toothed comb and remove nits themselves in hopes to remove the head lice with no other means of treatment. Often, this is because only a nit is found with no sightings of living lice. While this is very much an option, nitpicking works far more effectively if it is done following another head lice treatment.

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Washing Clothing And Bedding

As aforementioned, essentially any fabric item the afflicted individual has come into contact with will need to be thoroughly treated. Washing clothing and bedding should be the priority, alongside towels and any headgear. The basic course of action for treatment is to machine wash with hot water, and follow up with the hottest available dryer cycle. Head lice and nits are not able to survive high temperatures long enough to live through this laundering cycle. As an added precaution, there is the option of adding bleach or bleach-based laundry detergent to the wash. Although this is in no way necessary and would only be effective on the head lice, not the nits, it can give more peace of mind.

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