tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17197124.post6372564972228126303..comments2024-02-26T06:47:37.841-08:00Comments on Civil Bitch: Lice!Shelly Hattanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333390330373433612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17197124.post-18776083307595998442008-10-07T09:20:00.000-07:002008-10-07T09:20:00.000-07:00I'm so sorry to hear it. We did lice last year. ...I'm so sorry to hear it. We did lice last year. All 5 kids had them. We think Nate brought them home from a baseball helmet.<BR/><BR/>It was horrible. I was wishing I could shave all of their heads like they used to do in the 18 and 1900's.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17197124.post-82159108135390592182008-10-06T12:05:00.000-07:002008-10-06T12:05:00.000-07:00One of the problems, as I understand it, is that t...One of the problems, as I understand it, is that there are populations of lice that are resistant to RID and the other "chemical" remedies (which are often permethrin...not sure I'd want that on my scalp, let alone my (hypothetical) child's).<BR/><BR/>Have you tried the old trick of coating her hair and scalp with olive oil or mayonnaise, and then covering it with a shower cap for an hour (yeah, I know, that's an excruciatingly long time...). I've read that that's one way to deal with the resistant lice. You still have to comb all the nits out though because they seem to be able to tolerate the "smothering" treatment....fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17197124.post-34793166755434579802008-10-06T09:51:00.000-07:002008-10-06T09:51:00.000-07:00Dang! She still has them??Dang! She still has them??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298258343094268878noreply@blogger.com