i have tried everything and they wont go away apple vinegar helped but i still have them :'( SOS!!! if i dont destroy those lice i will cut my dreads
Go to the chemist and get headlice stuff that can be used without combing. There are quite a few brands that sell stuff without need for a comb these days.
the only stuff i found that didnt need combing was aplle vinegar with herbs and it most of them but i get lice all the time from friends and etc
Here's one company that I found for you. http://www.hedrin.co.uk/ I'm positive that, you being in Greece should have no problems getting this from a local chemist or shipped over via a UK seller. This is from their FAQ:
taken from the "other" site, originally posted by moonshyne: "To start, pull your dreads up and try to bun them up if you can, or at least pull it into a high ponytail. Use about a half bottle of rubbing alcohol (70% or higher) or however much it takes to cover your scalp. Don't worry about soaking your dreads, because the fumes will kill them (the lice) as much as the alcohol itself. Tie a plastic bag or wear a shower cap tightly around your head for about 30 minutes. It'll itch and its annoying and stinky, but it'll kill the bugs. Rinse it out, and watch the bugs fall out. Now, you'll have to do this again in about 3-5 days because the alcohol only kills the bugs, not their eggs (remember, most of the actual lice shampoos don't kill the eggs either...) so you'll have to do this process over again to kill any newly hatched critters, before they have time to reproduce. At this point you really should be lice free, though I would suggest you do it yet again in another 3 days....just to be on the safe side. This is a cheap, easy and very effective way to get rid of lice. It has never once failed us. Just make sure you do it in a well ventilated area (we don't need you passing out on alcohol fumes), and it helps to have a friend or relative to help so you don't accidentally pour the shit in your eyes. That shit ain't cool. Also, no smoking, as alcohol is highly flammable. (don't want you head to go up in flames, do you?) And ta-da! Lice free, for under 5 bucks, and without having you sacrifice your lovely locks! The alcohol rinses out with no residue, and it'll disinfect any wounds you have on your scalp due to scratching. It will dry out your locks if you have to do it very often, but not anymore so than any of those harsh shampoos would....this is nothing a little aloe wouldn't cure. one more note...using tea tree oil in your hair acts as a lice/insect repellent. Dr. Bronner's makes a soap with tea tree oil, and that's what we use. You can also buy it as a fancy, overpriced spritzer to spray in your hair. I think you're better off with the soap, personally. We also use tea tree oil in the deep cleaning concoction. I've read that rosemary also acts as a lice repellent, though I've never used it myself. The beautiful part about this treatment is that no matter how often you use it, it's guaranteed to work....Lice may develop resistances to poison, but they damn sure can't resist BREATHING! And that's what the alcohol does...it suffocates them. This will also work on undreaded hair, but you'll have a bit of a hard time with it because the dreadlocks tend to soak up the alcohol much better than straight hair will."
I have a question about any bug. If it dies in your hair what are the chances of it getting stuck in a dread? I think I may have had a flea on me because my cat has them and now I am worried I will have fleas stuck inside my dreads. Sorry to jump in your thread.
The same as sand or little fruit flies getting stuck in there. I think that they would eventually disintegrate and be washed away by shampoo.
greta, don't worry, fleas can't live on a human host... just animals. I don't think you're gonna have more than a flea or 2 stuck in thurr.
Tea tree oil. Maybe try a whole vial in ACV and soak for a long time. I think it would work the same as the rubbing alcohol
Back in ancient times the aboriginals were known to fill their hair with mud to get rid of headlice. By applying layers upon layers of mud the little lice'ymofos would drown and die in the sludge. This method was rendered useless though when fire was invented.
