11 Ways To Prevent Head Lice

 

Tired of itching your hair continuously? Feel very embarrassed when you have to itch your hair in front of a big crowd? Head lice is one thing which everyone is scared of. These are parasites that reside in human heads. Head lice are most commonly found in the heads of children who go to school. They meet more people and have head to head contact and thus gets infected by these lice very easily.

Fighting with these creatures is not an easy task but you have to fight with them.Though these are very small you can see these with naked eyes. They usually do not cause any disease but can cause itching sensation and continuous itching can even lead to infections in your scalp. Preventing these little creatures from living in your scalp plays a very important role. The following ways can help you to avoid these creatures from sucking your blood:-

Various Ways To Prevent Head Lice

Avoiding Head To Head Contact

Whether he or she is someone very close to you or not that does not matter rather the only thing that matters is whether that person has lice on his or head or not. Lice gets transferred from one head to other very easily just by close contact.

You might touch your friends head while reading a book together and slowly these little creatures will enter your scalp in just 2 to 3 minutes of contact. Staying in big groups or meeting people can never be avoided but make sure that you avoid head to head contact.

Keeping Your Hair Tied Up

It has been found that open hair is more prone to head lice than tied up hair. Try keeping your hair braided or make a ponytail on regular basis if you want to avoid lice. This is the best way to prevent head lice without using any products.

Lavender Oil Or Tea Tree Oil

Another good way to avoid these little creatures is to apply lavender oil or tea tree oil on your scalp. This is one of the best natural way to prevent these unpleasant creatures from residing in your head. Use only few drops and apply it at intervals instead of applying it on per day basis.

These oils will act as repellents and thus will help you to prevent lice without using any chemical products. You can even use shampoos and conditioners containing tea tree oil as their ingredient. Head lice stay away from the hair containing these products just because of its smell. You can even use shampoos containing olive oil or coconut oil to prevent lice.

Avoid Sharing Certain Products

Few things that you should avoid sharing includes your pillow, comb, headbands, hats and other personal products. Sharing these things indirectly promote head to head contact and in turn can lead to lice transfer.

You should even try to keep your children well informed that they should not share the above mentioned things. Head lice usually affect young children who go to school so teaching them the importance of not sharing these things play a very important role.

Keeping Your Surroundings And Belongings Clean

Make sure that you always keep your surroundings clean. Get your carpets or upholstery vacuumed at least once a month so that you can remove the lice breeding in these places and just waiting for human contact. Wash the bed sheets and clothes of your children regularly because they are more prone to these lice than adults.

Wash the pillow cases and bed covers if they have been used by someone from outside your house or when your child has come back after attending a sleep over. You can soak your hair items like hair ties, hair brushes and combs, head bands and other head products in medicated shampoos or warm water to kill the lice that are stuck to your head products.Clean all hard floors and surfaces with bleach solution. Mix 1 part of beach and 10 parts of water to wipe your surfaces at regular intervals.

Regular Examination

At an interval of three to four days you should examine the scalp of the family members especially those who have close contacts with other persons particularly school going kids. Use nit combs to confirm whether lice are there in the head or not. 

Regular checking can help you to diagnose and get rid of them at a very early stage. These creatures multiply at a fast rate so discovering them at a very early stage can help you a lot.

Keeping Pets Away

You should keep your pets away from your bedroom. Usually these parasites are also found in the body of pets. So keep your pet clean and wash them on regular basis to prevent head lice.

Avoiding scented products

It has been found that head lice are more attracted to scented conditioners and shampoos. You should especially avoid these scented products during school days. Try using scent free products to stay away from these little creatures.

Storing Items In Plastic Bags

You should store your pillows, bedding, clothes, not washable items and other similar products in air tight bags to kill live lice and other newly hatched lice. This can help you to prevent head lice from multiplying. Make sure that you use only water proof plastics to store these products.

Removing Tangles From Your Hair

Try removing tangles from your hair. Use wide toothed comb to remove tangles. Lice are more likely to get collected on these tangles. You can remove lice eggs before they hatch by combing your hair regularly.

Other Useful Tips

You can consume garlic if you want to prevent lice. Head lice hate garlic and hence they stay away from people consuming garlic. This a not a way to get rid of these creatures rather it is only a preventive measure.

These creatures are very scary and preventing them can help you to avoid itchy scalp. If the above mentioned points have not helped in any way then try consulting a specialist or use chemical products and make sure that you do not treat them until you find them on your scalp.