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Treatment-resistant 'super lice' found in 25 states
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Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
No need to worry about resistant lice. Check regularly, especially after the holidays, do (wet) combing with a lice comb and treat if necessary. NOT with an insecticide, but with a gel containing dimethicone. Lice cannot develop resistance against that, they get enveloped in a film and die.
Not necessary to wash everything, doesn't help according to research.
Not necessary to wash everything, doesn't help according to research.
Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
I agree, Gert. What worried me was that unneeded pesticide chemicals were used on children in order to create the resistance. I would personally choose a smothering scalp treatment like the one you mentioned. A comment to the article said that coconut oil might work, also. (You wear a shower cap overnight while the oil is doing its job.) I can't think of any downside as long as only a small area of the body such as the scalp is treated at once like this. I suppose there are always allergy concerns, but a tiny patch test can attempt to rule that out prior to actual treatment.
Amish Country
Well-known member
A horse I owned developed these small sores on her withers. An old farmer informed me I had a "lousy horse.". Being a newly transplanted city girl at the time I made the comment that she might not be a thoroughbred but she was fine for me. What I didn't realize till later was he meant my horse had lice. The horse got a dusting. I used a wet lice comb, olive oil and a shower cap.