Lice Home Remedies that Work?
by Abigail Franks
A search on the Internet
will reveal a high number of home remedies that all feature
testimonials. While testimonials are of some value, it's not
good to place a lot of weight on them. When deciding what
type of treatment plan you want to follow. The reason is that
for every testimonial that says that a certain treatment
works, there's another posting somewhere claiming that it was
just as effective.
This is the reason why research is so important. While a
testimonial is usually offered with the best of intentions, there's
no way to know if the person's success can be duplicated. While
some home head lice remedies may be useful on a very light
infestation, they can be overwhelmed with a more difficult or
developed case of head lice. With that in mind, here are a two home
remedies found on the Web and backed up by testimonials.
These are offered to illustrate some of the more off-the-wall type
of lice treatments. None of these should be considered effective
simply because they've been identified in this article.
Petroleum Jelly:
petroleum jelly is a very common home treatment claim to be
effective for head louse. You apply it to the hair and wear a
plastic hat that's well sealed around the head. Leave the petroleum
jelly in your hair overnight, then, and I'm not making this up,
apply peanut butter to remove the petroleum. Shampoo as normal.
Dog Shampoo
How about killing lice using dog shampoo? You wet hair thoroughly
and apply the dog shampoo, leaving it in your hair anywhere from 10
minutes to one hour, depending on the testimonial. This may
actually work, because many dog shampoos have pesticides as one of
their ingredients to help control fleas, ticks, and other animal
parasites. It's also a much higher concentration of these active
ingredients and can be harmful to humans as a shampoo. Believe it
or not, there are testimonials out on the Web that claim that dog
shampoo is the best thing to use for head lice. If the idea of
using a home remedy is based on safety, effectiveness, or even
price, dog shampoo does not meet any of these requirements. Dog
shampoo has strong chemicals that are not designed for humans.
This is why it's important to realize that just because a home
remedy has testimonials doesn't mean that it's effective, or safe
or should be considered for use on your family.
Abigail Franks has researched lice and head
louse and found valuable information that could help you. On this
site find information about
head louse treatment and other important info about head lice
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