Headlice

Headlice

If checks on Welsh schoolchildren are anything to go by, four out of five headlice are now resistant to the aggressive chemical treatments designed to wipe them out. According to the British Medical Journal, your best hope of beating these blood-sucking parasites is wet-combing. It only works 57% of the time, but that's vastly better than chemicals.

The key thing to note about chemical treatments is that they kill the lice (the little crawling creatures), but NOT their eggs. That is why it is recommended to apply two treatments SEVEN DAYS apart, as any remaining eggs should have hatched by then and the second treatment should deal with them.

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, use treatments any more than directed in the instructions, as these are fairly powerful checmicals.

Alternatively, use the wet-comb method, in the morning and evening, if possible. Of course, you can apply THIS treatment as often as neccessary.

For detailed information about treating headlice, click here (NOTE: external web site).

For a range of treatments, try the Boots web site here

The makers of Full Marks Liquid, a headlice treatment, claim that :
"Although a recent study, using biochemical and molecular methods, has reported that 80% of head lice may be resistant to pyrethroids, a recent clinical trial comparing Full Marks Liquid (0.5% phenothrin) with Hedrin (4% dimeticone) showed the two products to be equivalent in terms of effectiveness. In fact, 78% of patients treated with Full Marks Liquid were cured. "
The study can be accessed here
You can buy Full Marks in pharmacists and supermarkets nationwide, or on the Boots web site link given above.

The Full Marks web site is here

This content was created on Tue 20 June 2006

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