Have a question now, please

Posted By: Yippee!!!! The Vasoline is gone!!! sm on 2007-04-16
In Reply to: Has anyone ever used Vasoline to get rid of lice? If so, sm - how do you get it out?

After doing a lot of research on the internet I used cornstarch on their hair and wrapped them in a towel for about an hour. Then used Dawn 2-3 times. Then used baby oil. I saturated the whole head dripping with it...and then more Dawn. The hair came out beautiful! No grease and no bad smells...and best of all no burning scalp from harsh chemicals.
Anyway, my question now is, are the things still attached to the hair alive or dead?? I read that they are dead after all of this, plus the blow drying I did, but they can still be attached to the hair and just need to be pulled out. Is this true? I cannot believe that they are even still attached to the hair after three bottles of Dawn, two boxes of Cornstarch and the Vasoline and peanut butter from yesterday!
Please advise on these little critters!! Everything in the house was either sprayed or taken to the laundry mat and washed and dried on high heat/hot water.

Thanks for all your help!!!

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Has anyone ever used Vasoline to get rid of lice? If so, sm - how do you get it out?
- Lice prevention -- distilled white vinegar (sm) - No Name
- Next time use Crisco oil. Leave it on for at least - ETMT
- Another tip on the lice - Tootsie
- I picked thru their hair... - sml4
- Blow dryer - atwfedup
- Have a question now, please - Yippee!!!! The Vasoline is gone!!! sm
  - I just went through this w/my daughter... - sm
    - Oh my gosh! What memories - gotlatte
      - Even if they sent home a note and acknowledged a problem - Jan
        Goodness, I didn't mean to indicate - gotlatte
        My kid's school sends us home a note - sm - XXX
    - make sure you use a "metal" lice comb, not a plastic one as they don't work well. nm - LMT
- Lice can't be smothered! You have to kill them. Get the Rid or the Nix or whatever. Any critters - on them & they're outta school! nm
  - mayonaise - laurie jean
  - Well then I guess there are a whole lot of misguided people out there who swear by the smothering! n - Hate lice
- I used baby oil 1 time on my hair, OMH - Jonnie
  - I read on the internet to use baby oil to get the Vasoline out! nm - Sounded strange to me
- how do you get out - super-MT
- Use Dove bar soap to get the Vaseline out. - Alice
  - My little one did this, too! Took days of using laundry detergent to get rid of - the Vaseline! Goop might do it, too.. nm

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