Vaseline for Lice

To remove the Vaseline--or any other greasy/oily substance, apply shampoo to dry hair, work it through, then add water. Same thing for cleaning shortening covered hands, work liquid soap in first before the water. Wetting the surface first keeps the soap from reaching the grease.

My daughter contrated lice when she was in first grade. After three unsuccessful attempts using lice shampoo, I consulted my pediatrician friend who recommended vaseline. I smeared her head with the stuff then covered it with a shower cap. It worked great but it took a week of three or four washings per day to get the greasy look out of her hair. I used Dawn, shampoo and anything else I could find. Finally I found a foaming acne wash that worked well but took 3-4 tries.

I've heard that you can remove the Vaseline with mineral oil or baby oil, then shampoo the oil out. I've never tried it but supposedly the oil dissolves the greasy Vaseline.

Peanut butter, mayo, olive oil, or anything thick like that wrapped around the head and left overnight will kill the live lice, but you still have to pick out the nits. It is easier to remove than a petro product.

A baking soda wash will remove the vaseline, and straight alcohol in the hair for 30 seconds followed by a good moisturizing shampoo will kill the lice.

I had lice about a month ago. My daughter had infected me from school. We both had lice and did not know what to do. My friend had reccomended vaseline, which had worked very well. But to get it out you put baby oil in your hair, squeeze your hair out, and then wash your hair three times with dawn dish soap. This got the vaseline and the oil out suprisingly.

I was terribly frustrated some years ago by my child coming home with head lice. I read that saturating the child's head with olive oil would work. My profession is medicine and I did not like the idea of using insecticides (primary ingredient in human anti-lice treatments) on my child. The olive oil worked great, one treatment, and left my child's hair very soft and beautiful. She now uses it and does years later for beauty, the lice problem most prevalent in children's schools under the fifth grade.

I have used vaseline a few times when my daughter got lice from school, and each time it kills the lice, just was hard to get out, but I will try these methods next time (if there is one).
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I tried this once when I thought I might have lice. I don't know about the lice, but I will NEVER do this again. I had to go to the beauty shop for a couple of days of them working on it to get the vaseline out of my hair. There are surely better methods!!

Mayonnaise is the way to go! Apply it to dry hair and massage in. Leave on for several hours, or overnight. It was the only thing that worked for our family. I think that the oil suffocates the lice and the vinegar 'pickles' the nits so they can never hatch. Easy to wash out and leaves hair looking beautiful afterwards. They don't call it the 'hillbilly hair conditioner' for nothing! Those lice control shampoos are not only ineffective but downright dangerous.

I don't know about Vaseline, but our doctor gave us the "BEST" cure for head lice and it works in only an hour. It works great and even gets the nits out! You put a generous amount of Best Foods Mayonnaise on the hair making sure it gets all over, cover with a shower cap, leave it on for an hour (be careful it will drip) and then shampoo out. Lice are all gone! When my daughter went back to school after trying this the nurse said it was the best removal she had ever seen in her 20 years experience - not one nit was left!

Olive oil to smother the nits and then use tea tree oil mixed with a baby shampoo works great

My child also brought lice home from school. I also became infected. Since I was pregnant, my M.D. warned against using the OTC treatments and recommended vaseline or mayonnaise instead. Either product deprives the lice of oxygen.

However, these products do not kill lice nits (lice eggs.) The traditional methods (combing, cleaning bedding, etc.) helps, but I had to do two more vaseline treatments at later dates as nits hatched.

After dealing with head lice for a whole summer with my stepdaughter, I tried the shampoos, combs, and anything I could find. Every time she would come back she would have them. We started using the hair dryer on her dry head ( normal, don't hold it so close it will burn the scalp). This will dry out the nits, Keep at that once a day for about a week or after they have been exposed to lice. This works, I was ready to shave some heads before I thought to try this.

I used Vaseline last night left it in over night and washed my hair this morning. I put dish soap in my hair before getting it wet, than washed hair 3 times with dish soap, 2 times with shampoo and once more with dish soap. it worked! lice and Vaseline are gone. there was only a little tiny bit of Vaseline left which came out after one more wash in the afternoon.

My daughter had lice when she was in third grade. I tried the RID 3 step solution. When I used the first step, it seemed like it worked. My mom told me then about Vaseline. While I put the Vaseline in, I saw live lice crawling. I had to hand pick them out. She kept the Vaseline in over-night, and took it out that morning without a problem. Her hair did look greasy but took a shower every hour. I then looked at her hair, there were about 6 or 7 nits left. I put Mayonnaise in and it was GREAT! Best way is for Vaseline and Mayonnaise together and all lice and nits are gone!

My daughter had lice in the 3rd grade and it kept circulating throughout the school. We smothered her hair in olive oil after using a nit comb and sectioning the hair and getting everything out we could get. I put a shower cap on her hair and wrapped it in a towel and let her sleep like this overnight. It worked great. First thing in the morning you have to section off the hair and scrape out all the nits and lice (alive or dead, hopefully all dead) before you wash the hair. Dish soap or baby soap worked well but it has to be applied to dry hair. Use a hair dryer if you have to before you try and wash it out.

You likely want to apply olive oil a second night may 1 or 2 nights later to make sure you get all the nits. The key is sectioning off the hair and really getting every part of the head checked.

I think this works a bit better than the Vaseline and it sounds like it is much easier to get out.