Head Lice

[deesalie]

Any idea how one would remove them from dreadlocks??

I've got an essential oil preparation but I'm wondering how you'd get around combing the eggs out?

[Seaweed]

No experience with dreads but when dd#1 was about 14, she had waist length curly hair & got lice. The chemicals didn't work so we did essential oils ( aniseed, manuka & eucalyptus ) plus using vinegar & a few drops of eucalyptus in the rinse. She never used the lice comb & they never came back. The vinegar helps unstick the lice egg glue but I think you just need to wait for them to drop off, if you don't comb, as they are dead anyways. I would say tho the key is to use an EO combination which actually works not one where combing is an important part of the treatment.

[Nirvana]

I have read that neem oil mixed with little castor oil helps kill the lice and the eggs. Getting rid of the castor oil is tough I guess but try a little more neem oil and see if it helps.

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

100 mls vodka
Manuka oil 2 drops
Eucalyptus oil 2 drops
Aniseed oil 2 drops

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Other recipes I've been given over time:

TREATMENT FORMULA:

10 drops Eucalyptus Oil
10 drops Geranium Oil
15 drops Lavender Oil
15 drops Rosemary Oil

Add the above to 50ml Apricot Kernel Oil & shake to mix well.

Massage into dry scalp, leave for 2 hours before washing hair. As = incubation period is 21 days, repeat treatments are required.=20

PREVENTATIVE SPRAY:

Pour 50ml water into spray bottle.
Add 3 drops Sunspirit Soluabalizer
6 drops Bergamot Oil
6 drops Lavender Oil
6 drops lemon Oil

Shake and spray onto dry hair.

PREVENTATIVE OIL:

10 drops Bergamot Oil
10 drops Lavender Oil
10 drops Lemon Oil
Add to 50ml Apricot Kernel Oil

Shake & massage into dry scalp. Leave for 2 hours before hair is wet. = Small amount can be left in hair. Smell is not too bad and oils good for = hair.=20 Apply once a week for 3 weeks.

We find the combination of TREATMENT BLEND OIL & PREVENTATIVE OIL (1&3) = easiest to use

[Seaweed]

http://www.wingedseed.com/Agora/Lice_page.htm

[gilima]

we have had a lot of success with neem oil. it really works!
it disrupts the cycle so eggs do not become lice and lice cannot reproduce...
you can add it to shampoo, conditioner - actually I added quite a lot to conditioner and put it on my ds head and just left it on, even to coconut oil you can add it.
I don't remember the exact amounts but you can also add it to a spray bottle with other essential oils and spray it on bedding, furnature etc; helps to break the cycle.
i don't know about not combing.....it is highly recomended, although my teen dd's have very long hair and when we came back to the U.S. after a summer in another country full of lice...they didn't do a great job of combing but still got rid of the lice.
funny thing, my then youngest son who was 4 and had the least amount of hair took the longest to get rid of the lice......he also had the most:giggle:
even now, when i remember, i add afew drops of neem oil to the shampoos that my daughters buy....

[jul511riv]

hi gilima. glad to see you on here!

[Lexie]

Dreads are a tough one. I know lots of people use henna or cassia obovata. I never had lice, but I've used those for years and I like what they do for my hair. The problem for some with dreads will be rinsing all of it out.