Home remedy for head lice Head lice add onto your head, multiply easily, subtract your blood, and subtract your friends too. Here we would look into few home remedies for head lice. Well how head lice is caused could be seen in below article.
A very simple way to get rid of head lice is to keep head clean. Wash your hairs regularly. Long hairs are more prone to prolonged lice attack. Precautions should be taken not to use the soap, towel, or comb of the person infected with Lice.
Following home remedies for head lice could be taken to get a immediate relief:
1. The juice of vijoyo leaves when applied on hairs and scalp kills the lice 2. Apply the paste of bitter almonds on hairs and scalp for immediate results.
What does head lice look like? Well the above picture shows what does head lice look like. The head louse lays eggs in your hairs and it is called as Nits. These eggs are oval shaped and remain attached to the side of hair shaft at an angle. Catching Nits is difficult and live head lice lay them.
The nits are hatched in 7-8 days and it becomes adult female again ready to lay egg in another 7-8 day. When hatched they are very clear in color but slowly turns reddish as they grow. These head lice could only crawl. They feed on human blood to survive. Their life span is nearly 30 days and in this time, they could lay up to 100 eggs. So head lice more lice and even more lice if proper precautions is not taken.
