Keeping your hair clean and washing your hair regularly is not enough to protect your hair from head lice. Head lice are annoying things, especially if they are lodged in a child's hair.
But don't worry, there are several things you can do if head lice are lodged in your child's hair.
Here is Fitie's review on how to deal with head lice in children.
- Cut the child's hair as short as possible
When head lice lodge in your child's hair, you need to cut the hair as short as possible. Because by cutting the hair as short as possible, lice eggs will decrease and it will reduce their growth.
- Comb the child's hair when it is wet
When the child's hair is wet after bathing, you must immediately comb his hair. This method is done so that the eggs attached to the child's hair strand fall. Lice eggs cannot be removed simply by combing dry hair.
- Give anti-lice products
You have to choose an anti-lice product that suits your child, or you can consult a doctor so you can find an anti-lice product that is suitable for your child.
There are several types of anti-lice products such as shampoos, creams, and anti-lice lotions. You can apply it several times depending on the dose of the anti-lice products so that its use will be more optimal.
- Get rid of adult head lice
You need to immediately get rid of adult head lice that are nesting in your child's hair because adult head lice can lay eggs and live up to 30 days. In addition, you also need to eradicate the nits attached to your child's hair strands, before the nits become adult head lice.
- Combing the child's hair with a fine-toothed comb (serit)
Once you've ensured that your child's hair is safe from adult head lice, you'll need to remove the nits before they hatch and turn into adult lice. Lice eggs can’t be shed just by combing the usual way, because the nits stick to the hair.
Comb from top to bottom using a fine comb so that the nits fall off before they hatch into adult head lice.
If some of these methods have not worked to get rid of head lice lodged in your child's hair, you can consult a doctor so that this problem can be resolved immediately.
Thanks, hope it helps!