My three year old son keeps getting lice at nursery. I think the problem is my son is very cuddly and often likes to cuddle the staff who perhaps have lice or he gets them from other children. I check his hair all the time and I'm almost guaranteed to find one in his hair.
My son has never had loads as I check regularly and use the nitty gritty comb twice a week. Which is a struggle as he's started to hate having it done :/ I give up with treatments such as Hedrin as they are expensive to buy often and never seemed to work properly.
I wash his hair every day as it's very blonde and he seems to get it so dirty when he's out and about.
I've tried using the vosene shampoo and spray which is meant to act as a repellent but hasn't seemed to work.
Any other ideas to keep them away? I'm going slightly mad at combing so often (as have to do my long hair too). I've heard tea tree oil is good but worried as me and my son appear to have sensitive skin and worry it will be harsh on our scalps.
Any advice?
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Head lice nightmare! How to keep them away?
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Shootingstar2289 · 26/06/2014 10:33
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