Shampoo for Lice & Nit Removal 12oz

Let me start by saying 1st that I did not have actual lice. (I'm thinking that might have been a cheaper and easier problem to get rid of lol). My house, my pet's hair, and my hair all became invested with Mite Larva which was really disgustingly gross. They came out of hiding through the furnace vents, closets, etc. within a day of the basement flooding. Long story short, the mite larva appeared following the flooding of my basement when my sump pump went out, this apparently ran off all the mice that had apparently been traveling between my attic and basement for lord knows how many years. (I have lived here for years, and have never seen a mouse in the house, nor any indication that mice were even present, but apparently they were). When the mice left following the basement flooding, 1st came the no seeums, followed by the mites looking for a new host, and then the mite larva soon followed. (Folks it was so gross). Thankfully with much expense, and removing all the old insulation from my attic and replacing it with new insulation, and an entire house spraying, the exterminators were able to get the problem in the house under control, but it was up to me to get rid of the problem on my pets and myself. I treated the pets with the recommended name brand flea, and tick treatment, gave them multiple baths in flea shampoo, Dawn dishwashing liquid, and tea tree oil, removed all the larva with a nit comb, and dusted them, and their clean washed in hot water, & dried on high heat bedding with food grade DE. I treated myself with a name brand Lice shampoo, combed through my hair with a nit comb, but when that didn't work, I coated my hair completely in olive oil, vinegar, tea tree oil, Denorex, etc.. I even covered my own clean bedding with food grade DE, and slept on it after having also sprayed myself down from head to toe with 40% Deet, but they wouldn't go away. The Denorex helped kill some of them, but it about set my head on fire in the process, so I had to keep searching for a solution that would end the nightmare. I finally decide after reading the reviews to try this shampoo even though it too was for lice. After leaving it on for 1 hour- as recommended in several other reviews (not just the 20 min recommend time on the directions), and after using it just 1 time thankfully it did the trick). This shampoo has a nice scent, although it didn't seem to lather a lot for me, but I coated my hair completely in it anyway, combed it through, put on a shower cap, and prayed lol. The shampoo almost felt like I was coating my hair in petroleum jelly, and I wondered how matted my hair was going to be afterwards, but once I rinsed it out, my hair was soft, manageable, felt amazing, and best of all, I was completely Bug Free, finally, and thankfully I haven't been bothered with them since. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that gross buggy ordeal will remain a thing of the past (not something I'll soon forget though). I know my story is a gross one, believe me I really know because I was forced to live the horror. As embarrassing as it is/was I thought I'd tell the story anyway because what happened to me could happen to anyone. I live in a very nice home, keep my home clean, my pets clean, and myself clean, yet there were icky rodents hiding in the walls that I was not even aware were there that left behind their yuckiness that invaded my entire home, and life within 1 days’ time, but thankfully this shampoo helped rid my hair of what they left behind. I might repeat a treatment just to be on the safe side, but for now there appears to be no reason to really do so.

Seems to work well when used as instructed (apply to dry hair, leave in for 15 minutes with occasional massaging, rinse out, and COMB). No it doesn't smell great and isn't quite odorless, but it's not horrible (in my opinion, at least). After hearing that many lice these days are resistant to existing OTC chemical shampoos and preferring to avoid the "pesticide" route if possible, we tried several "natural" or "less medicated" solutions: Cetaphyl (I actually like this one, but it requires repeat "dosing" over a couple of weeks, a long comb-out process - but what solution doesn't? and a day of broom hair after each application), olive oil under a shower cap (really messy), rubbing alcohol, combing, combing, combing, etc. I'm honestly not sure if the ingredients in this shampoo are truly "biosafe," but the shampoo is pesticide free and none of the ingredients raise major alarm bells for me (from the producers website: Ingredients: Polyethylene Glycol (Medical Grade), Proprietary Blend of Cocamide DEA (From Coconut Oil), Filtered Water, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate (From Coconut), Propanediol (From Corn), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride (From Coconut), Citric Acid No Color, No Fragrance, No Petroleum Based Or Animal Ingredients Added. No Pesticides Added. Cruelty Free.). This shampoo really does seem to get rid of the active lice (or stun them to the point they are rinsed or combed out easily) and loosen the nits. The nits seem to come out easier in the after-rinse comb-out than in a comb-out without the shampoo. We've done the lice thing two springs in a row now that my daughters are in elementary school, so I have a bottle of this to mix into regular shampoo occasionally (as the instructions suggest to ward off future infestations), a couple of bottles of Cetaphyl, a couple of the Nit Free metal combs, and Fairy Tales spray (also for prevention) on hand. I would love if next spring could be lice-free, but at least I feel confident in my current arsenal.

I bought this shampoo after hearing reports of lice at my daughter's school. I replaced her regular shampoo with this- in the hope that she would not get lice or any she picked up at school would be killed. Well- about a month after starting to use this- I did find about a dozen live bugs on her scalp, as well as many eggs. I used the NIX Super lice dimethicone treatment and combed them all out. 10 days later- no bugs or nits. I used it myself frequently during that month as I have long hair as well- I did find a few nits but no bugs. I never used it as a primary treatment -saturating dry hair for 15 min- just as a replacement shampoo for prevention. I feel like it definitely helped keep their numbers low until I could aggressively treat her. I will continue using it as her primary shampoo- it seems to clean really well and neither of us have had any bad reactions to it.

Gross, gross, gross! This stuff is GOOD. We have been battling lice at least four times since two years ago when my daughter started Kindergarten. We've tried every home remedy, finally settling on alcohol, which worked the best but it was so caustic my daughter couldn't stand it. Well, this time the love seemed to get the upper hand against the alcohol, so I gave this stuff a shot, based on the reviews. When I did the lice combing we combed out SO many little dead guys! The eggs, baby lice and grown adults all combed out easily and this stuff isn't caustic at all! It's a weird consistency once you lather it in, and the lice were actually running to the top of my daughters head and even on her face to get away! We counted 17 total adults out of her thick, curly hair and we didn't actually visualize any, we just knew she was itchy. I plan on using it again in a week and keeping a bottle on hand to treat with in the shower periodically. I hope it keeps them away as well as it seems to have killed them.