Natroba for Head Lice Removal

[Ginny Favers]

Has anyone tried Natroba yet for Head Lice Removal?

This weekend, for the first time, I found lice on my child's head. I freaked out. I began using the lice comb and a natural remedy I had heard of, but knowing my daughter has so much hair and that I couldn't possibly check myself, I decided to call a professional in. She came over and checked me and the rest of the family, and then removed the nits I had missed from my daughter's hair, plus gave me a treatment plan and advice on cleaning the home so that I can handle it on my own next time.

However, though I am following the plan, I am very afraid of her getting it again, or still having it. My daughter's hair is so thick that the comb-out took nearly 3 hours. I know my younger daughter, who has just as much hair at 2, would never be able to sit through the comb-out. I bought a special lice-repelling shampoo but I know those aren't 100% effective. So I was just wondering if anyone had tried the new Natroba? Anyone try any natural methods with success? Thanks!

 

[kellyg403]

When my children were younger, one of the natural rememdies was to use olive oil or mayonnaise and put the hair in a shower cap. The problem is that it takes quite a few washings to get it out, but the lice issue is gone.

Cleaning the house, washing bed sheets etc. I also just bought new pillows for the bed and put the stuffed animals in a bag for a couple days to kill any that were on them. From what I understand the lice can not live without a human source, so I bagged anything I couldn't wash.

Use conditioners, the blowdryer kills any live nits as well. My oldest dd had thick curly hair and it was miserable for her. We used a leave in spray conditioner and then blow dried everyday until we were sure the house was lice free.

Good Luck...I had a few instances where the kids brought lice home from somewhere. Luckily we caught it quickly. The boys, I had their heads shaved in the summer. My oldest ds always seemed to be the bearer of gifts!

Kelly

 

[Nancy for Disney]

Unfortunately I have experienced lice on my children. I have never gotten them myself. I think it is because I blow dry my hair. The lice don't like heat. I would do everything else and blow dry your daughter's hair.

 

[Southernmiss]

Add a couple of drops of tea tree oil to shampoo in palm of hand, shampoo hair, add conditioner, leave in conditioner, comb hair out with nit comb--can be a 2-3 hour process. Rinse hair, blow dry and repeat for a week.

Lice are gone.

 

[minkydog]

Add a couple of drops of tea tree oil to shampoo in palm of hand, shampoo hair, add conditioner, leave in conditioner, comb hair out with nit comb--can be a 2-3 hour process. Rinse hair, blow dry and repeat for a week.

Lice are gone.

Good advice. I am not a big fan of putting chemicals on a kid's head. I'm a school nurse, so I see lice all the time--it's job security! I tell my parents if you aren't combing for at least 2 hours, you aren't doing it right. Nothing takes the place of back combing, forward combing and back combing again.

My DSis's Dd got lice when she was about7. She had thick curly hair down to her waist. My DSis refused to cut the child's hair(I have my own opinion about that.) She sat down with that child every night for 4 weeks and combed her poor head--it took that long to get rid of the lice and nits. I think it probably would have been less if she had been willing to cut some of that mass of tangled hair, but whatever...They eventually did get rid of the lice.

 

[anniemae]

I have heard tea tree oil as a preventative. Just add some to the shampoo. I have also heard lice don't like "products." So you can put gel, hair spray or leave in conditioner in their hair. These are to prevent lice though, not once you have them.

I use a product called "fairy tales" it is a leave in conditioner. I just spritz dd hair before school. It smells strong, but it is all natural.

 

[Spinning]

I work with kids and we have the lice out break all the time. Lice like clean hair. So when my kids were small, I just didn't have them wash their hair daily. I would put product in my hair and now I dye it, one plus for grey hair! LOL!
Just be careful with the home remedys. I have never ever had an alergic reaction before but one of the teachers used a natural lice replent. It was some type of spray. I smelled it slightly when I came into the class room, didn't think anything of it. Start to have a tickle in my throat which then went into a chocking unable to stop coughing and hard time getting my breath all within 5 minutes. Luckily it was a very cold windy day and I was able to get out side. I couldn't go near her room for 2 days.....

 

[Ginny Favers]

Thanks for the replies. I combed out her hair again yesterday and didn't catch any more nits. Today, according to the treatment plan, I'll be combing some more and putting some natural foam mousse in her hair that's supposed to repel them. I expect to be doing this for the next 3 weeks....

I used Fairy Tales before and that seemed to keep the lice from invading, too! Will probably go back to that as a preventative measure!

I use tea tree oil on myself and my husband (and I use product all the time!), so we didn't get it. I'm a little concerned about using it with the kids because though it is natural, I've noticed some things online about how it may not be completely safe for children.

I was asking about the Natroba because I noticed it was recently approved by the FDA and started selling last year. Supposedly you don't have to comb with it-- it makes the lice shake uncontrollably so they fall off, and any nits won't hatch. Sounds like a miracle drug but I'm wary-- if it makes another living organism shake uncontrollably, what might it be doing to a kid's nervous system?? I think I'll stick with the natural methods and the combing!

 

[kelleyrn2000]

We had a bad case in our house last summer. DD brought them home from summer camp and shared. She has thick hair and the first treatment didn't get them all. So the pediatrician said to try cetaphil cleanser. We did this on everyone in the house. Smothered the hair and scalp with the soap and let it dry overnight. Then in morning we washed the hair and combed it out with conditioner to remove anything left over. We never had to put more medicine or treatments, just ran comb through every couple days for a week. They have been gone since!

The medicine we used on two of my kids, was LiceMD. Worked well.
Used RID on dd1, didn't get them all, and wouldn't use again (chemicals).

 

[Ginny Favers]

We had a bad case in our house last summer. DD brought them home from summer camp and shared. She has thick hair and the first treatment didn't get them all. So the pediatrician said to try cetaphil cleanser. We did this on everyone in the house. Smothered the hair and scalp with the soap and let it dry overnight. Then in morning we washed the hair and combed it out with conditioner to remove anything left over. We never had to put more medicine or treatments, just ran comb through every couple days for a week. They have been gone since!

The medicine we used on two of my kids, was LiceMD. Worked well.
Used RID on dd1, didn't get them all, and wouldn't use again (chemicals).

Cetaphil! Wow, never knew that. I think I might buy some to have on hand (just in case). It's inexpensive and worth a try if they come back. Thanks!

 

[Shanna-like-Banana]

I think just about anything to smoother them would be a great place to start.

Lice love clean hair, the cleaner the hair is the easier it is for the knitts to attach. If your hair is oily they cant attach as well.

Just about anything to suffocate them and make them fall off easier.

Good Luck !