yah. so my man is an elementary school teacher, and he's brought me a lovely present! the problem is, we both have big long dreadlocks... okay, people...pity me, be repulsed, whatever. we are not planning on cutting our locks. we're planning on killing the fuckers. suggestions? currently i sit here with a combo of tea tree oil, vinegar, and peppermint oil on my head, covered by two plastic bags. tomorrow i guess i'll go to the grocery store and buy some nasty chemical-y shit. i suppose i should wash all my clothing. any suggestions would be great!
it is possible to comb out your locks. then the chemicals and combing should work. it will be fairly impossible to save your dreads. if you have the fake instant variety of dreads, it will be near impossible to comb them out, but if you did them natural, it should only take half a day. then maybe a month for whats left of your hair to dread back up. sorry, dont kill the messenger. but please dont spread these nasty fuckers to other dreadies, or folks who might encounter dreadies. i would say it would be a very good decision to sacrafice to save your kidz
eh, don't know about that. my man has brought back lice a couple of times from brasil, and we've managed to right the problem. the way i look at is that the little buggers like the roots. so long as i tackle the roots, hopefully i'll get to the 'root' of the problem. happy thoughts; not those involving cutting our hair!
i've managed to avoid lice thusfar by putting lavendar oil in my hair on a daily basis as a precaution. tea tree works too, but doesn't smell as nice. my son came home from a birthday party with a head full of nits, and i was the only one in the family unaffected. a similar thing happened in woodstock, when my boyfriend and his daughter suffered a major infestation. not so much as a nit on me. there is an herbal product you can buy that will kill the lice and the eggs. it is safe for use on dreadlocks. i believe it is made with larkspur, and is common in europe, although nearly impossible to find in the states. the nurse practitioner who examined my head when my boyfriend had his problem and i needed a note to return to my job at an inn, told me that they do in fact prefer the roots, especially at the back of the head, and you will seldom if ever find them in the locks themselves. get some lavender oil. it really works.
alright, i will. i heard rosemary oil too. i've been soaking my head in vinegar nightly and sleeping with a big towel around my head, keepin it in. (ew) but...well, it's not so bad. hopefully the lil fuckers will be eliminated. thanks for the words of wisdom!
hmm, i wash my dreads with a vinegar solution on a regular basis. (terribly allergic to soaps & shampoos) i wonder if that might have kept them away, too. rosemary oil should be great for the hair, even if lice weren't a problem. it combines really well with lavender.
http://www.mtnhigh.com/licerx.html some years ago when my daughter had head lice we used this and it was the only thing that worked. Can't swear it is the same formula as then, because they've changed the name since, but it was natural ingredients and not toxic like all the pesticides that DIDN'T work. when I did a search to look for this, it looks like there are a lot more natural products out there now than there were then.
Chop up three avocados and mix in a few tablespoons of vinegar and olive oil until it's the texture of guacamole. Put a towel around your shoulders and spread the mixture all over your head. Really dig into the scalp, none of this "gently massaging". Let it sit for 20 minutes and rinse it out. It is VERY itchy and burns, but it works and is all natural. Another thing that works is plugging up the sink, and pouring 2-4 cups of vinegar over your hair. Again, rub it in vigorously all over your scalp. When you're finished, rinse off your hair and use a little shampoo to get rid of the smell. You'll never want to touch vinegar again.
i've actually realized that vinegar makes my hair feel so nice. i've been bug free for about 4 days now, too, although, really, i'd only found one bugger. i was just IMAGINING an infestation, and when my 'expert lice checker' friend checked my hair, she mistook my slight dandruff situation plus those little white pieces where your hair was attached to your scalp as an infestation. but at any rate, vinegar has helped me with my dandruff quite a bit, and made my hair really soft and silky (which wasn't actually so good with locks, cause now all my shorter hairs are super soft and are resisting locking with the rest!) but at any rate, that last recipe sounds sensible, and yummy too!
vinegar will actually help your hair lock up, much in the same way lemon juice will. that's one of the reasons i use it regularly in my locks. they locked up quickly, but they are silky-feeling.
