Head lice can be a pain in the rear, but it happens to most kids at one point or another during their school years.  If your child has come home from school with head lice, you will need to treat them in order to get rid of them. Here are reviews of different head-louse treatments that may help you choose which product will be best for you.

Nix Head Lice Treatment -

Nix is a popular brand of head-lice treatment.  With their complete lice treatment program, you get a cream rinse, a nit-removing comb, a cape to protect your children’s clothes, and a drop cloth for the floor.  You simply wash and rinse your child’s hair, lather the cream rinse into their head, and let it sit for 10 minutes.  After you have allowed the cream rinse to sit, you will need to rinse again and go through your child’s hair in sections to remove the dead lice.  You also need to remove the nits.

The biggest downfall about the Nix treatment is that it does not kill the eggs and that it is expensive.  So, you will need to retreat your child’s head or your head within a week to ensure that any newly hatched lice are dead.  With the price, having to treat all of your children or the entire family can be very expensive.  It does work in most cases, though.  If it doesn’t work for you, chances are you need to visit the doctor for something stronger.

Hair Clean 1-2-3 Lice Treatment -

This treatment is one of the only non-toxic treatments for head lice.  It is made of olive oil, alcohol, ylang ylang oil and anise oil.  You will place this on your head or your child’s head and saturate all areas of the hair, including the scalp.  You will then leave the product on for 15 minutes.  After this time, you can rinse the hair and then go through it with a fine-tooth comb.  Try to remove all of the dead bugs and nits as well.

This product is great because it’s not full of chemicals like the typical store-bought lice treatments.  However, many find that the licorice smell is too strong.  This is due to the anise that is in the formula.  While this may be annoying to some, the fact remains that the product does work and there are none of the side effects that come with chemical-laden lice treatment shampoos that are readily available anywhere.

Lice Blaster -

This product is another non-toxic treatment that really works for killing lice and preventing you from getting lice again.  It is made with essential oils and extracts that naturally kill the lice, and it also works to prevent them from getting back into your hair.  You simply place the cream on the hair and saturate through.  Allow it to sit for around 15 minutes before rinsing and going through the hair with a fine-tooth comb.  You can use this product to retreat within a week to ensure that any newly hatched lice are dead.

The biggest downfall of this product is the price.  It is around $30 for one bottle, which is enough to treat one to two people depending upon their hair types.  However, it works and is non-toxic so you don’t have to worry about side effects.

Lice can be frustrating and difficult to get rid of but looking at these reviews can help you determine which is best for you and your family.

Nix Lice Treatment is perhaps one of the most popular kinds of treatment for head lice.  This is what I used when my daughter came home a few months ago and said the school nurse had found bugs in her hair!  I was completely horrified and went right out to purchase a treatment.

Cost:

The first thing I noticed about the Nix Lice Treatment is how expensive it is!  The complete kit that contains a cream rinse, a detangling and nit-picking comb, a cape to cover your child’s clothing, and a cloth to place on the floor was over $30.  We also got the Nix Lice Control Spray, which is about $7 for 5 ounces.  That doesn’t sound like much when you’re trying to remove insects from your hair, but a couple of old towels would have worked for the cape and floor cloth, so essentially we only paid for the shampoo and a comb.  If you have more than one person to treat in your home, which is usually the case, get ready to spend a good chunk of money.

Performance:

I washed my daughter’s hair first with regular shampoo and then saturated her hair with the Nix.  There was a strong chemical smell that made me wonder what I was placing on my child’s head, but we let it sit for about 10 minutes.  After that, I rinsed her hair thoroughly and used the comb.  I did notice dead lice coming out of her hair, and when I was confident that I had the bugs out, I checked back through her head.  I noticed that the comb did not remove the nits, or eggs, of the lice.

I went back through every strand of her hair with my fingernails to ensure that no nits remained.  Nix suggests treating the hair again within a week to ensure that any nits that are left behind are taken care of, as well.  I took her bedding, stuffed animals and hair accessories and sprayed them with the lice control spray and then bagged them up to ensure that those little critters wouldn’t live through the ordeal.  I also sprayed my furniture, the mattresses, cushions, and pillows.  It has been three months and we haven’t noticed another louse problem.

Overall Rating:
Overall, since we have not had another problem, I will say that the Nix Lice Treatment worked well.  The price was terrible, as was the smell, but the performance was good.  There are also warning labels that you should be aware of that state that redness, rash, and itching can occur.  You should also see a doctor if you experience trouble breathing, an infection, or eye irritation.  Of course, don’t use this product on pregnant individuals.  Nix Lice Treatment worked well for us, even if we did pay a fortune.  I guess that’s the price of ensuring that you are not a host for tiny, blood-sucking critters!