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The Best Weapon in Your Fight Against Lice: Nit Comb

They came; they saw; but don’t let them stay to conquer. Head lice are pests that spend their entire lifetimes on their human hosts, drinking their blood. Though there are boatloads of remedies for their removal, the best way of effectively and definitely eliminating them is nit-picking. Almost always, when we were kids, our moms would make us sit in front of her and she would spend hours with a nit comb, until our head was almost clean and she repeated the process until we were completely lice-free – and this method was definitely effective.

The Proper Trial by Nit Comb Procedure for Lice

While we remember that the method was effective, we also remember that it was long, tedious and made our hair pull. We never sat still while she did this, why would your children? To ensure that you don’t end up with a lice-riddled, sullen kid on your hands follow these steps and make it easier for everyone present.

Wash their hair using a Lice Shampoo. This will soften their hair and kill some pests.

 Brush their hair using a normal comb/brush. Not only will this untangle their hair, it will remove dead bugs as well.

Apply lice conditioner to their hair generously. It will attack the lice, the shampoo may have missed.

Using the nit comb, brush their hair and meticulously remove any bugs and eggs.

Clean the comb after every stroke.

Brush from the top downwards, dividing their hair in sections, and going lock-by-lock.

If you repeat this process regularly, your kid will soon be lice-free without any hassle for you or pain for them.

The Weapons in Your Arsenal

While the process eases your work, without the proper provisions it won’t give the best results. The most common question in this case is – which type of nit comb should we use? Which is the best nit comb? To answer these, the best nit comb is one that is fine-toothed, with closely spaced teeth. The space between the teeth and the handle should be sealed, so that the bugs can’t hide in there. A metal nit comb is preferable, as it fulfills these criteria better than, say, a plastic comb. Metal combs, like stainless steel ones, have longer teeth and can catch nits better. Some people like electronic comb for lice treatment. The comb is safe, but should only be used on dry hair – which means it can’t be used in the process given above. It is easy to use as well – you just need to dry comb your hair while it ends the life cycle of the pests in your hair. The only drawback of this method is that it cannot kill nits, and they have to be picked manually, by a nit comb later.