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Q. We are lice-free at last with Listerine, alcohol, vinegar and Denorex! We sprayed four heads every night with Listerine before bed, then combed and combed every inch with a nit comb.
The lice were gone in 3 days, but we continued this ritual for 7 more days to kill off any newly hatched eggs each day. I soaked the four separate nit combs in rubbing alcohol between uses and dipped them periodically in the alcohol as I combed.
We also used vinegar on one severely affected head to loosen the nits. Then we shampooed the hair with extra strength Denorex. Sure, it was labor intensive, but it was also cheap, safe and effective.
A. We suspect that the alcohol in old-fashioned amber Listerine kills lice. We would discourage spraying it on, though, as the fumes might be inhaled. Gently massaging the mouthwash into the hair and covering for a few minutes with a towel should do the trick.
Combing out nits is laborious but essential for permanent success. Vinegar helps loosen the glue that holds lice eggs (nits) to the hair shaft.
We solved a recurrent lice problem with extra strength denorex. My children came back from their father's every two weeks with a new infestation, so we just used denorex as a regular shampoo, and it would kill any lice that were in the hair, and also killed any nits that were left to hatch. I sweat by it as a lice treatment.
We're on round two of treating my daughter for lice. The first time I tried two treatments of RID, a 2 hour soaking with Listerine, followed by 2 hours with Vinegar. 2 days later I found 4 bugs in her hair. I called the Pediatrician and was told to try Cetaphil. I rubbed in in her dry hair,then dried it with a hair dryer until it hardened. Put a shower cap on her and had her sleep with it. The next morning I washed it out and spent 3 hours picking out all of the nits. I thought we were done with it.
Here we are a month later and they've re-appeared. We're not even in the same house as where the original lice began and I am scratching my head wondering how they've managed to re-appear. I'm assuming I missed an egg or two and the problem started over.
Now I'm heading out to get the extra strength Denorex and will try that. Back to washing everything in the house again as well! What a chore!!!