Nit combs

[sherrardk]

Has anyone any experience of a Nitty Gritty nit comb? How is it supposed to work? Thanks

[Buenchico]

Oh, the joys of having kids!

Having not of great deal of hair left on my head these days, I've never had cause to use one but here's the theory of how it works:
http://www.nittygritt...nt/Why_it_works_1.pdf

Chris

[micmak]

Takes me back to my school days.

Nitty Nora the head explorer.

[Mosaic]

All nit combs work by removing lice and their eggs, and by breaking the legs of lice that aren't pulled out of the hair. They can't then mate, so the infestation dies out after a week or so.

[sherrardk]

Bought one and tried it out on myself first. Seems to work on the principle of ripping your hair out of your head therefore eliminating the risk of nits by making you bald. (Now imagine sad face thing - can't do them.)

[sandyRoe]

You can get special shampoos now in any chemists

[yelenots]

Just an ordinary nit comb and loads and loads of conditioned works well!

[sherrardk]

Hi Sandy - I know about the shampoos but thought I would try a new approach. This comb is supposed to be brill (the woman in Boots recommended it over their own brand electronic one). It will probably work on the boys short hair, but not on the five year olds (which is down to her bottom) or the two youngest ones which is at that stage of not being baby hair and not being 'grown-up' hair. Also, the comb cost £10 and a bottle of proper specialist shampoo (from a cheap shop costs £3 for two applications - £10 from Boots) so I was trying to be frugal as the school is having an outbreak every week at the moment.

[sandyRoe]

This thread brought back a memory. When we were little our mum used to make us sit with our head on her knee while she looked through our hair. If she found anything she'd crack it between her thumb nails.
People might have seen mother monkeys doing the same for the babies on wild life programs.
The combs and shampoos would probably be the more favored option these days.

[sherrardk]

None of them have had nits so far (touch wood) but I was itching with people talking about them. If I bought the 'proper' shampoo and did them all twice as recommended it would cost me £50 a go!

[Greentree75]

Know this will sound gross but if you can get a louse or an egg onto a piece of sellotape chemists give you shampoo for free.

[jamesnan]

Sometimes it helps to use a last rinse of small bottle warm water with about 5 drops of lavender oil, shake well and pour over;dont rinse out - this seemed to keep the little blighters at bay for a while.

[sherrardk]

Hi green tree - why would they do that?

[smudge]

I remember once getting nits & headlice when I was a kid - Mum blamed it on the Jones' family up the road, lol.

Mum used to apply Suleo (smelly pink liquid in a bottle) to our hair & us kids had to lean over a newspaper whilst Mum painstakingly combed it through with a scratchy nit comb to rid us of them! Poor Mum!

I still keep nit combs in the medicine cupboard, just in case the grand-girls get them.

[smudge]

I can't stop scratching now! ;o/