3 comments about Nix Lice Treatment Creme Rinse.

1. Head lice seem to be epidemic at my kids' school and I've had to use this product twice. The first time, all 3 of my kids had lice. 2 of them had MAJOR cases of it. I used Nix on them and then combed through with the plastic comb that came with the product. Basically, the plastic comb sucks. Throw it out and get a GOOD metal one. I used the Lice Meister, which Amazon doesn't sell. They do sell some other metal ones: Nit Free Terminator Lice Comb, Professional Stainless Steel Louse and Nit Comb for Head Lice Treatment, Removes Nits LiceGuard Professional Egg & Lice Comb - 1 Ea I've never used them though so don't know if they are good or not.
   
   I then nit picked every day with the Lice Meister and did find a few baby lice that lived through the treatment (Nix is supposed to kill all eggs but apparently it didn't). But I never saw any live lice after day 7 so I did not do a second treatment.
   
   The second time, just one of my kids had lice and a pretty mild case. I got more Nix and used it and then nit picked every day. I found one louse during the first comb through and never saw anymore after that, Nix must have killed all the eggs.
   
   The bottom line is this does work but don't expect that it will work on it's own. You still need to comb, comb, and comb some more! Comb every day for the first week. Don't use more Nix unless you see live lice after day 7. Then comb every other day for the second week and maybe twice a week the third week. Then be sure to keep checking your kids once a week or twice a month for lice. Take it from someone who has been through it, it is MUCH easier to deal with a case that has been caught early.



2. My 8 year old daughter got head lice. "No problem" I thought. I'll just go get some medicine to kill the lice and game over. After using this product exactly as described, twice, we discovered that her head lice are completely resistant, finding live lice every time we looked. Frustrated, I then started looking online and found that many lice in the US are resistant to the active ingredient in Nix and other over the counter "pediculocides". The prescription strength medicines (Kwell, etc.) are potent neuro-toxins and I am not ready to coat my child's scalp for hours in something that is known to cause seizures, paralysis, and death. We have now resorted to combing daily with a nit comb, hoping to get rid of the lice by attrition, and olive oil
   
   It probably makes sense to try Nix once because it would surely be nice to have a one shot method to get rid of lice, but check carefully the next day for live lice since you probably won't be so lucky. If you find them, give up on the chemicals and start researching alternative ways (olive oil, etc). And invest in a good, metal nit comb that you can boil to sanitize in between combings or between children. You'll be needing it...alot.



3. For 3 summers in a row, I worked as a camp counselor at a Girl Scout camp in East Texas. Kids would arrive each week by the busload. First, each child would be assigned to a cabin and a counselor and they would drop off their luggage and the next trip before luggage was opened or butts touched cots was to march to the Health Lodge for a lice check. We had to use a tongue-depressor while wearing rubber gloves to go through their hair, looking for nits (lice eggs).
   
   With over 300 girls arriving each week, at least every other week or so, we'd find a camper that had a nit or two - but due to the location, we could tell that it was an infestation that had already been battled and won - but just a few nits were overlooked. The tell-tale sign was tons 'o' nits - especially near the scalp at the base of the hair.
   
   About once or twice a summer we'd encounter some poor kid that had a third-world country infestation - nothing but nits... kinda like "nothing but net" - but well, so much for humor.
   
   We'd try contacting the parents, but usually they were already incognito and we had to treat the kids ourselves - always with Nix brand lice treatment and everytime, it worked. Nix kills the lice, but doesn't always kill the eggs - and the eggs are cemented onto the hair, so you have to use the nit comb to remove them. This one poor girl had hair like Louis XVI and we were up all night combing the kid's hair with the nit combs and bleaching her clothes and luggage. You've gotta use elbow grease to get out the nits - they're attached with a natural form of super glue, basically.
   
   Before they could sleep in the cabin with the other kids, they slept in the infirmary for 3 days as they were checked again - never a reinfestation, nor did any other kid (or counselor) get lice after a treatment with Nix.

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