Licefreee Kit All-In-One Complete Lice Killing Treatment, Daily Maintenance Shampoo & Professional Nit Comb In One Box, Set

 Licefreee Kit All-In-One Complete Lice Killing Treatment, Daily Maintenance Shampoo & Professional Nit Comb In One Box, Set

•     ALL-IN-ONE LICE TREATMENT - The Licefreee Kit provides everything you'll need to kill super lice and eggs and help avoid reinfestation. Safe for kids six months and older, and strong enough for adults.
•     TREAT HEAD LICE - Licefreee Gel efficiently starts killing head lice, eggs and nits on contact, making it easier than ever to be lice free. Use the included root applicator to effortlessly saturate the roots and scalp and ensure all lice are killed.
•     REMOVE DEAD LICE, EGGS & NITS - After letting the gel kill the lice and eggs, rinse hair and comb thoroughly using our included patented metal lice comb to remove dead lice, eggs and nits.
•     AVOID REINFESTATION - When used daily for 7-10 days following treatment, Licefreee Everyday Lice Shampoo helps avoid lice reinfestation.
•     MORE FROM LICEFREEE - Licefreee is the original non-toxic lice brand, introduced in 1999. We have a full line of products to kill and remove lice from hair, body, furniture and bedding.

Head lice infestation

Head lice (Pediculus capitis) are wingless (non-flying) insects that live on the scalp of the human species, especially children and young people, and although they do not transmit any disease, they can be itchy and unpleasant. All children can have them, regardless of their level of hygiene, and they should not be a reason for fear or shame. Due to the extent of the infestation (we speak of infestation in the case of parasites, such as lice, and infection in the case of viruses and bacteria), it is very likely that your children will have lice at one time or another, and even find out at school and let him know that he must eliminate them. The instructions included below are intended to show you how.

REALITIES ABOUT LICE

There are many popular beliefs about head lice and it is necessary to know what is actually true. Head lice infestation is the most common childhood illness after constipation, and is even more frequent than other childhood infections combined. Children do not get lice because they are dirty or careless. Therefore, meticulous hygiene does not prevent lice infestation. Most often, they are infected by direct head-to-head contact while playing with infected peers (infected by combs or hats is much rarer). Head lice no longer infest children with long hair. Although they are slightly more frequent in girls, it is believed that it is because they tend to be more in direct contact with friends while playing than boys.

Lice do not fly or jump, which limits their contagion to direct contact. However, they move very quickly through the hair and escape easily. Infested children don't usually have a lot of head lice, just a few.

SYMPTOMS OF LICE INFESTATION

Most of the time, the infestation causes no symptoms. Some children may have itching, although it is not felt right away, but it is quite a few days after the infestation. There may be lesions if you scratch a lot, so consult your pediatrician if you notice rashes from scratching or if the skin on the scalp turns red. You should also consult your doctor if you notice an enlargement of the lymph nodes in the neck area.

Knowing the lice life cycle will help you to better understand some aspects of treatment. The adult female louse lays its eggs in the hair as close as possible to the scalp, to keep it warm and hatch better. After 8-10 days, the young lice hatch from the egg, which remains glued to the already empty hair. The young louse or nymph takes about 7-10 days to reach adulthood, to mate and lay eggs. The average lifespan of a louse is approximately 30 days and a female louse can lay between 80 and 100 eggs in that period of time. Head lice “eat” (sting) blood from the scalp every 4 hours. Outside of man, they die within 24 hours, so objects are not a major source of contagion.

HOW TO DETECT LICE Lice quickly flee between the hair when you shine a light or when you start to comb your hair, especially with dry hair. Therefore, the best way to discover head lice is to comb your hair thoroughly with wet hair, a special comb (with little distance between your teeth), good light and a white background (a towel over your shoulders or over the sink) . The adult female louse is the size of a sesame grain and is black or reddish brown in color. Eggs are located mainly behind the ears or on the back of the head. The “alive” (with an embryo) have a gelatinous gray color and are found close to the scalp. The “voids” (nits) are white in color and are farther away from the hair root. The hair grows around 0, 4 mm/day and the egg takes approximately 8-10 days to empty (let the young louse out) and is located close to the root. Therefore, any egg located more than 1 cm from the scalp is almost certainly empty. (Discovering eggs or nits is not a sure sign of active infestation.)

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?

The treatment of lice infestation consists of applying a pediculicide product and continuing to comb periodically. There are different types of these products, but not all are equally effective. Head lice have become resistant to some. It is best to consult your pediatrician before starting treatment. In general, it is preferable to use lotions or gels rather than shampoos, as the action time is longer and the lice are more sensitive to the products if they are not covered with water. Strictly follow the application instructions, otherwise it may be more toxic or less effective. Most treatments should be repeated after a week.

Nix® cream: apply to dry hair for 10-15 minutes, wait 30 minutes and wash with your usual shampoo. Then comb with the nit comb (Lice Meister®), putting a white towel over your shoulders to check if the lice fall out. Repeat after 12-24 hours. Combing is very important to know if the treatment was effective (don't forget that there are resistances).

One or two days after treatment you should comb thoroughly under the conditions mentioned above. If you do not detect lice, it is assumed that the treatment was effective. If you detect only one or two adult lice, it may have re-infested soon after treatment or that there is some resistance. If you detect several lice, especially if they are both young and adult, they are certainly resistant and you should consider using a different pediculicide. It is not essential to eliminate the eggs (embryos may be dead due to the treatment) nor even the nits, which will almost certainly be empty. If you want to do it for aesthetic reasons, applying a solution of vinegar and water in equal parts for a few hours undoes the sticky substance that sticks them to the hair and makes it easier to eliminate them when styling. Some children may continue to itch, or even more, after taking the treatment. This is due to an allergic reaction to the lice products and dead eggs. If it causes a lot of discomfort, it may be necessary to consult a pediatrician, as there are medications to improve it.

HOW TO PREVENT? It is totally inadvisable to use pediculicide products (shampoos or lotions) as prevention. It has not been proven to be effective, they irritate the skin on the scalp and, above all, they make lice resistant. The best and most innocuous prevention is to comb your hair well several times a week. Taking into account the lice's life cycle, by combing well 2 or 3 times a week we will be able to eliminate the adult lice and, above all, the young lice before they reach the adult stage and are able to lay eggs, interrupting thus the progression of the infestation. Repeated styling is proven to be not only preventative but nearly as effective as pediculicides in treating the infestation.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE OBJECTS AND CLOTHING OF INFECTED CHILDREN? As explained above, lice live a few hours outside of man and do not infect objects. In any case, it is wise to remove them from the combs by submerging them in alcohol or boiling water. Clothes should be washed in a hot water cycle (60°), dry-cleaned or sealed in an airtight plastic bag for 2 weeks (time it takes a complete cycle of possible lice or their eggs to complete before they die). Domestic animals (dogs, cats, birds, etc.) do not catch human lice and are not a source of contagion.

Is it true that lice jump from head to head?

No, lice do not jump or fly. They move from one head to the other if there is enough proximity between one person and another. They can also be transmitted through caps, helmets or household clothes if there has been direct contact with the hair.

Preventive treatments: lotions, shampoos, etc. ... are they effective in preventing children from getting head lice?

Shampoos and lotions with “preventive use” are not effective in preventing transmission of the parasite. The only effective “preventive” measures are: early detection of infestation cases, simultaneous treatment of parasitic individuals who are in close contact (friends and classmates who sit together in class or in the school cafeteria, colleagues who play together in the courtyard, parents and siblings) and, finally, the effective treatment of those affected and the clothes that come into contact with their heads.

Is it true that alcohol and vinegar eradicate lice and are more effective than the “insecticide” substances available in pharmacies?

Neither vinegar nor alcohol are the most effective or least toxic treatments available to us today. Wetting a special metal nit comb twice a day in water-diluted vinegar before carefully and repeatedly combing the parasitized child can help to loosen the nits stuck to the scalp, provided it is after the pediculicide treatment in gel or lotion suitable for eradicate the parasite. It should be noted that the mechanical action of the fine comb (“suitable for nits” type) is more effective in eliminating nits than the application of more chemical substances, which will only achieve greater irritation of the skin in the treated area.

What is the most suitable treatment for head lice?

What is adequate is: identify the cases well and use the treatment correctly. If possible, you should visualize the parasite or the presence of new nits in the hair. If there are parasites, the itching symptom is evident, although in children with topical skin the abuse of chemical substances can cause inflammation of the scalp and intense itching. The correct thing is to apply substances with a low toxicity pediculicide action (permethrin, pyrethrin) -and avoid Lindane, available in pharmacies without a prescription, as it is toxic!!!- in the form of foams, gels or lotions, on dry hair copiously covering the head to the hairline for a few minutes to several hours. A single-use plastic cap can help to eradicate the parasite and shorten the duration of treatment.

How can lice be removed from caps, helmets, hats or other items of clothing that have been in contact with the hair?

Clothes should be washed at 60 degrees or stored in an airtight plastic bag for 10 days.

Are there people more likely than others to get head lice?

It is not proven that there are people with a greater predisposition than others to this type of parasitosis. Compliance with basic body hygiene measures, specifically daily combing or brushing and regular hair washing, certainly has a positive influence on the infestation.

I don't know whether or not my daughter has head lice. What should I look for?

If you are itchy and there is a precise epidemiological environment – ​​there are lice in her class – it is very likely that you have head lice. If possible, the definitive thing is to visualize the parasite or insect or the presence of new nits – stuck in the form of small whitish colored capsules to the hair, 10-20 mm from the root-. If there are live parasites, itching is an obvious symptom. In children with topical skin, the abuse of chemical substances can cause inflammation of the scalp and intense itching after elimination of the parasite.

Do you need to shave your hair using machine zero to eradicate lice?

It is not essential, but it facilitates daily combing with a fine metallic comb to eradicate nits is one of the basic measures for anti-parasitic treatment and, if there are curls and/or long hair, there will be more tears than smiles...

Is it possible to get lice in different areas of the head?

Pediculosis capitis affects the hair on the head, although it can rarely infest the hair on the eyebrows or eyelashes either. A similar parasite is pediculosis pubis, which infests the pubic hair and is contracted through sexual intercourse or direct contact with parasitic bed linen.

Why is it that nowadays, even though the population's level of hygiene has increased, there are still lice in schools?

The right science is not known, but different factors are likely to collaborate: the current lifestyle, with the high rate of children who go to kindergarten from the first few months and live closely, the haste with which we often leave home. morning, sometimes no time to carefully comb the children and, finally, the lack of timely detection or, in some cases, the lack of adequate treatment (not only treatment at the time, but very close monitoring during the weeks after detection) .