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Just got a call from the kids' daycare... (self.parenting)
submitted 5 months ago by sbv to c/[email protected]
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... some kid in the daycare has lice.

We went through this a couple of years ago: one kid had a tonne of lice in his hair, my wife got infested and ended up shaving her head. The other kid and I lucked out.

Regardless of what happens, we've got some short summer haircuts in our future.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You don't need to shave your head if you get lice! There are many treatment shampoos for lice.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Also you can comb your hair with an electric comb for 10 days

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had pubic lice 30-years ago, and even then we didn't have to shave.

If you read the bottle, the "medicated" shampoo is nothing but bug killer (pyrethrin) mixed with shampoo. There is literally nothing else in it. Mix up some Raid and Pantene, good to go.

And before anyone chastises me for giving this advice or being stupid, pyrethrins are harmless to humans. They only fuck up insect nervous systems, can't interact with mammals.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Hedrin doesn't use pesticides. It's made of dimeticone and is very effective from my experience.

"PDMS is effective for treating lice in humans. This is thought to be due not to suffocation (or poisoning), but to its blocking water excretion, which causes insects to die from physiological stress"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydimethylsiloxane

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I’m so so sorry.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It seems lice can only live about 24 hours without blood. Theoretically you could save yourself the entire disinfection routine (e.g., sheets, pillows, brushes, etc) and go get a hotel for a few days after you treat y’all’s hair.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

What about their eggs? Do they lay dormant and waiting for us? 😮

[–] southsamurai 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's certainly the fastest way to deal with it lol.

[–] sbv 3 points 5 months ago

Medieval problems call for modern solutions

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Dr. Spock called and asked if you'd tried gasoline?

eta: don't try gasoline.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Title:

  • Ensign
  • Lieutenant
  • Lieutenant commander
  • Commander
  • Captain
  • Ambassador

Never Dr.!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Unless you're talking about Dr. Spock, the pediatrician.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've seen more people say it, but what does "eta" mean? I only know it as Estimated Time of Arrival. Is it just supposed to be "edit" and people somehow got confused?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Edited To Add

[–] flambonkscious 3 points 5 months ago

My teenage daughter had a similar situation, so we dyed her hair cos they hate that stuff!