Can you use lice treatment on colored hair?

Hair dye and hair bleach aren’t recommended for use in children as a lice-removal treatment. Children’s hair is often finer in texture than adult hair, making it more prone to damage from the chemicals in dyes and bleaches.

Can I use lice treatment on bleached hair?

Hair bleach contains strong chemicals like hydrogen peroxide, ammonium persulfate, and stearyl alcohol. Unfortunately, these chemicals still do not guarantee to kill all louse and will not penetrate the hard casings of nits.

Should you wash your hair before lice treatment?

First, wash the hair with a regular shampoo. Then, towel dry it before using the anti-lice creme. Do not use a conditioner or creme rinse after shampooing. Reason: It will interfere with Nix.

What happens if you leave lice treatment on too long?

The medicine may take longer to kill all the lice. Comb dead and any remaining live lice out of the hair using a fine–toothed nit comb. If, after 8–12 hours of treatment, no dead lice are found and lice seem as active as before, the medicine may not be working.

Can you freeze lice and nits to death?

Freezing Lice and their eggs on inanimate objects (e.g. toys) may be killed by freezing temperatures. Objects that cannot be heated in a clothes dryer may be placed in a freezer (or outdoors if sufficiently cold). This treatment may require several days to be effective, depending on the temperature and humidity.

Can lice survive a hair straightener?

Heat. If you are thinking you can kill those lice and nits with a hair straightener, think again! It is true the heat will kill the lice but most of them live very close to the scalp.

How long do you wait to wash your hair after lice treatment?

Do not re–wash the hair for 1–2 days after the lice medicine is removed.

Can I do lice treatment 2 days in a row?

Many lice medicines recommend a second treatment in 9 to 10 days. This will kill any new nymphs that have hatched since the first treatment. Do not treat a person more than 2 times with the same medicine without talking to your doctor. Do not use conditioner for 10 days after any treatment.

What does lice poop look like?

Other tell-tale signs are scalp redness; red bumps on the neck, scalp and shoulders; and black louse poop that looks like tiny black specks of “dandruff”.