Contents:
- Medical Video: Mayo Clinic Minute: How to Get Rid of Super Lice
- Simple treatment to get rid of head lice
- 1. Pediculicide
- 2. Combination of flea combs and olive oil
- 3. Treatment with essential oils
Medical Video: Mayo Clinic Minute: How to Get Rid of Super Lice
Head lice are not only a problem for children. Even adults can still catch head lice from children. And even though it is small in size, these fleas are very annoying because they are not easily removed from the head.
In fact, head lice survive more than a few days in warm places and "food" in the human head. Head lice can also survive up to 6 hours if you soak your hair. Therefore even though you often swim or shampoo, your hair lice will still be difficult to die.
Reporting from WebMDhair lice can't jump, hang or fly. However, according to Harvard insectologist Richard Pollack, Ph.D., he can move anywhere and spread if there is inter-head contact.
"However, if head lice are not in the head, they will become dehydrated and will die quickly. After a day without food, they will starve to death, "Pollack said.
Simple treatment to get rid of head lice
1. Pediculicide
A number of experts say, shampoo containing pediculicide is the most effective in eradicating head lice. Pediculicides themselves are ingredients or chemical compounds that can kill head lice and come from chrysanthemum flowers.
Most of these pediculicides are used on dry hair. Leave for 10 minutes, then rinse thoroughly. For safe use and head lice completely disappear from the scalp, use the product according to the instructions on the packaging label.
2. Combination of flea combs and olive oil
Cover your scalp and hair with olive oil. If you don't want to 'contaminate' your hair, you can also coat the oil on a flea comb.
Prepare a special comb of fleas with tight serrations, then divide the hair into small pieces evenly, use a hairpin to separate it. Stay in the light when working on it so that the scalp is more clearly visible. Comb the small parts of the hair from the scalp to the tip, and let the hair lice get carried away by the comb. Use hot water every time you rinse the comb.
After all parts of the hair are combed, shampoo using the shampoo you normally use, rinse, and repeat. Make sure you wash all the towels and combs used to clean head lice.
You can soak the comb in a 10% bleach solution or a 2% lysol solution for 30 minutes, and rinse it thoroughly. You can also soak the comb in vinegar for 30 minutes or boil in boiling water for 10 minutes.
Follow this procedure every day for a week, then continue for the next two weeks.
3. Treatment with essential oils
Some alias essential oils essential oil proven effective when used together with a comb. Before using any essential oil on the scalp, drop a little on the back of your hand and see the reaction. Although rare, some people may have allergies to some essential oils. If you are allergic to these essential oils, immediately change to other types of oil.
Here's a list of the most effective essential oils that you can choose from:
- Tea tree oil
- Lavender oil
- Clove oil
- Eucalyptus oil
- Aniseed oil
- Cinnamon leaf oil
- Red thyme oil
- Peppermint oil
- Nutmeg oil
Mix 2 grams of olive oil (olive oil) with 15-20 drops of essential oil. Wipe and spread on the scalp using cotton. Leave the mixture on the scalp and hair all night, at least 12 hours. You can also mix 15-20 drops of essential oil in 113 grams rubbing alcohol. Place the mixture in a spray bottle and spray hair with this liquid, leave it for 12 hours.
The next day, comb your hair, then shampoo using shampoo, rinse, and repeat again. After hair lice go away and disappear, essential oil spray can be used as a precaution. Remember, combing your hair is very important to get rid of fleas in your hair.
If all of these treatments have been carried out for more than 3 weeks and the head lice are not lost, ask for help from a doctor
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