How to Make Homemade Head Lice Treatment

Head lice is most common in children ages four to 11, but it can occur in anyone, regardless of age, race or gender. Buying store-bought treatments to remove lice can be embarrassing and expensive, not to mention the hazardous chemicals involved in many of these over-the-counter remedies. An easy way to avoid these potential problems is to make a homemade lice treatment yourself. This can be done with a few common household products and is considered by many to be just as effective as conventional treatments.

Things You'll Need

• Listerine mouthwash
• Shower cap
• Vinegar
• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Nit comb

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Instructions

• 1

  Apply the Listerine to the hair. Cover the head completely with the mouthwash, paying special attention to the areas around the lower neck and behind the ears.

• 2

  Cover the hair with a shower cap. Leave the Listerine in the hair for 1 hour. The Listerine will kill the live lice.

• 3

  Rinse the Listerine off of the hair.

• 4

  Apply vinegar to the hair in the same manner as you applied the Listerine in Step 1. The vinegar will help loosen the nits (lice eggs).

• 5

  Cover the head with a shower cap again and let the vinegar sit for 1 hour.

• 6

  Wash hair with regular shampoo.

• 7

  Apply conditioner to hair. Before rinsing the conditioner off, comb hair with the nit comb.

• 8

  Rinse off the conditioner.

• 9

  Repeat after 3 to 4 days, if necessary.