At Home LICE Remedy that WORKS

Finding out that your family has contracted head lice is devastating. It's embarrassing and bothersome. It's difficult to get rid of and it seems that lice have become almost impervious to over the counter medications.

Some time ago (years at this point) my oldest son went to a friend's house and caught head lice. At first we were completely unaware of it. But within two weeks we realized what had happened.

With boys this isn't so bad if they don't mind having their heads shaved down to almost nothing. However, I had very long hair and no matter what I did I couldn't seem to get rid of the lice. I tried several over the counter cures like RID but none of them got rid of the problem completely. I was going crazy.

My head itched constantly. I would use the products and do all the laundry. I sprayed the whole house. Still it came back. I even used the lice comb and found nothing for days, suddenly there would be an adult lice in the comb within a few days. I was at my wits end. I was so frustrated I even had my husband cut my hair short, which I found out later is useless because they cling to your head at about 1/4 inch from the scalp.

I looked online for home remedies, which always seem to be the only thing that work. I found lots of

suggestions but I wanted to be sure. So I took two of the suggestions and combined them. Within one treatment it was all gone and it did not come back. Here is what I did.

You will need

• white vinigar, 
• Tea Tree Oil, 
• Peppermint essential oil, 
• and shampoo. 

You may also want to have a lice comb to get all the dead lice out of your hair. And they will be dead.
Now take some white vinegar and soak your hair with it. Once thoroughly soaked cover your head with a plastic bag as if you were wrapping it with a towel. Leave your hair up in this for about 20 minutes. When done, rinse your hair and then use a lice comb, if you bought one, which I advise.

While your hair is still wrapped take the shampoo and conditioner that you will be using and add the following. Take 2 cups of the shampoo and add 20 drops of tea tree oil, 10 drops of peppermint oil, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Then add 10 drops of tea tree oil and 5 drops of peppermint oil to the conditioner, this can be a full bottle but no less than 1/2 a bottle. Shake them both well so that everything is fully blended. The shampoo might be a little runny but that's ok. Take the remaining shampoo and add another 20 drops of tea tree oil and shake. Save this for later use.

After your vinegar treatment, take the 2 cups of strongly mixed shampoo and the bottle of conditioner that you prepared into the shower. Wash your hair thoroughly with the shampoo and leave it on your hair for about 3 mins if you can. Then rinse and use the conditioner as you normally would. This will kill all the lice on your head.

There have been studies done proving that tea tree oil DOES kill lice. The peppermint oil is for the itching and the damage you HAVE done to your scalp from scratching. The salt also repels lice and simply my extra added way of making sure they go away. You can also add 15 - 25 drop of tea tree oil into a spray bottle filled with water and spray your couch, bed, pillows, curtains, and rugs. This ensures that the lice in your home die. (I didn't even do all the laundry a second time. What was clean just got sprayed)

From here forward always add 15 - 20 drops of tea tree oil to your full bottles of shampoo and conditioner. The reason for this is because lice to not like tea tree oil and will avoid your head because of it. Tea tree oil is also very good for dry itchy scalps and dandruff so it doesn't hurt to have it in all your shampoo anyway.

Had I known this trick years ago, I would have used this all during my children's school years. Tea tree oil has many other amazing uses but this one is definately one of my favorites.