NATURAL WAYS TO KEEP LICE AWAY

Prevent Lice Naturally - More Than Home Remedies

Every child in school or daycare needs lice prevention. If it's too late and your child has lice, we've also got lice cures. All the natural way. No one wants to ever think about lice. But, even the cleanest child can bring them home. School, the playground, parties, and daycare are just a few of the places where a child can get lice.

Learn the natural ways to get rid of lice. AND, more importantly, the natural way to prevent a lice infestation from occurring! Now you can keep lice away, repel lice, prevent lice - safely and naturally.

This is a natural formula that actually keeps lice away and drives them away if they get in your child's hair. We have also listed many pieces of prevention information that every parent and teacher should read.

Combs and Brushes

The first order of business is that each person in the household has their own comb or brush. If one of you gets lice, there is a good chance that the others will not if they are not sharing combs or brushes. Your child must learn that they may not share a comb or brush at school or in the neighborhood.

Clothes, Hats, Etc.

Your child must also be taught that they can never wear anyone else’s jackets, sweaters, barrettes, hats, helmets, etc., and that no one else may wear their things. If someone at school puts your child’s hat on, your child must know to not put the hat on but instead bring it home for washing or bagging. Hats, sweaters and jackets must be kept isolated at school when your child is not wearing them. These items should go into a zipped up backpack or deep into their own "cubby." If all of the coats in the classroom are touching each other while hanging on a rack or hangers, lice could be marching from one to the next. It is a game of Russian roulette as to who would be the next child to bring the lice home - if not all of the children.

The Playground

Keep your child out of the sandbox - or at least keep your child's hair out of the sand (and the sand out of your child's hair). If a child with lice puts his head in the sand, some lice could stay in the sand. Lice can stay alive for 24 hours or so, which is time enough to infect lots of heads when kids pour sand over each other. We have found that the kids who are always playing in the sand are also the first ones to be sent home with lice in every outbreak.

Shampoos and Conditioners

One of the best things to use to prevent lice is the right shampoo. Coconut oil and olive oil contain fatty acids that break down the bodies (exoskeletons) of the lice and kill them. Try Mane 'n Tail Olive Oil Complex with Herbal Essentials Shampoo, Neolia Fortifying Olive Oil Shampoo for Normal Hair, Palmer's Olive Oil Formula Smoothing Shampoo with Vitamin E, EO Sulfate-Free Keratin Shampoo, Coconut & Hibiscus, or Suave Naturals Shampoo, Tropical Coconut.

Some shampoos and conditioners contain tea tree oil, peppermint or eucalyptus oil, lavender oil, and rosemary oil (and lice hate the smell so they stay away!). All with tea tree oil also relieve dandruff and cradle cap. These include California Baby Shampoo & Body Wash with Tea Tree & Lavender (tearless) with tea tree oil and lavender, Jason Natural Cosmetics Tea Tree Oil Hair & Scalp Therapy Shampoo and Jason Natural Cosmetics Tea Tree Oil Hair & Scalp Therapy Conditioner. Shampoos and conditioners that contain tea tree oil are also great for use after a lice infestation because it heals and soothes all of those little bites and sore skin from scratching.