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Originally Posted by sujunew
Thanks for the suggestions. I don't know if we have the OFF deep woods repellant here, but will check it out tomorrow when I call into the chemist. Otherwise I will try whatever I can get, esp as they are getting it from school and kindergarten! I was also given the following recipe yesterday by a nurse at my drs surgery. She and the other nurses swear by it. I will be trying it out at the weekend because they said it leaves the hair very greasy looking for a few days (understandably!).
20 drops rosemary oil
1/4cup cooking oil (i guess the olive oil would be good here)
Rub in hair and cover with plastic wrap. Dry for 10 minutes with a hairdrier. Comb daily. Repeat in a week.
ps my hairdresser said DONT use conditioner because the lice love it! I don't use it anyway but thought I would pass on her (conflicting) advice!!
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Just thought I would add that I finally tried the cooking oil + rosemary oil mix last week and after using a commercial treatment Mon and Tues (and still combing out live adult lice after both treatments) I used this recipe on the Wednesday and she has now been lice-free for a whole week
. Daughters hair was oily but after 2x washes with shampoo was fine (and the rosemary smelt lovely!!!)