(edit title) Tea tree oil shampoo - head lice protection. Where to find it at a reasonable price? Options

[Gordy]

There is an ongoing problem in our kid's school with head lice, it seems like every month we get a notice for one or other of our kids to check for head lice as a classmate has reported having them.

We try to check at least once a week all the time anyway but it's a real chore. Worse still when you find something crawling around, which has been three times in the last year.

My sister in Ireland uses a tea tree oil shampoo as the regular shampoo for her 3 kids and says they have never got head lice despite them being in their schools from time to time.

I went looking today and all the only place I could find it was in the shop "Life" at the ridiculous price of 149kr a bottle.

Before I resort to ebay does anyone know where I can purchase tea tree oil shampoo at a reasonable price? I'm in Trelleborg but also regularly in Malmö/Lund/Ystad.

Pure tea tree oil might do to add to their regular shampoo as an alternative.

Thanks.

G.

[PDX]

150 SEK is about mid-range price for quality shampoo. You can pay considerably more depending on the brand.

As you say then, it may be a better idea to mix pure oil with shampoo of your choice since there is only at most a few percent of oil in the tea tre oil shampoo anyway. You can order it online in Sweden, just do a search.

~~~PDX~~~

[fogelfeifer]

If no one directs you to a local reasonable source...then check out chemistdirect.co.uk...1.75 for 250ml childrens head lice shampoo with ttoil and neem oil...but you would need to make up a good order for stuff to make the delivery charge more acceptable. They do sell all main brands of pharmacy stuff and loads of other necessary bath/cosmetic/first aid products.

[adiman83]

If finding that shampoo doesn't work out have you considered using some home remedies? Some of them do wonders. My mother for example used white vinegar when me and my sister were children. Not sure about the recipe but I'm sure that's not hard to find out.

[Petalpusher]

You can buy tea tree oil shampoo from The Body Shop. Not sure how much it is but I wouldn't expect it to be cheap.

[Chris2012]

Does tree tea oil really work? And how long do you leave it in for? Any other remedies for lice I agree massive problem here in Stockholm and sooo expensive for the Brand lice treatment. All old wife recipes welcomed other than setting petrol to the child's hair!!

[Puffin]

As mentioned tea tree shampoo which is meant to have a deterrent effect rather than being a cure is available from Body Shop or various health food type shops - the same shops also sell the pure oil so you can add a few drops to your own shampoo or conditioner but never use the oil directly on the skin

Another technique is to do regular conditioner/balsam combing - you smother the hair in the cheapest possible conditioner/balsam and comb it through with a lice comb bought from Apoteket any living lice get stuck in the conditioner and combed out whereas eggs are damaged by the comb and rarely hatch - my SIL in the UK used to do this once a week during term time as so many parents never do the full follow up treatments of the chemical remedies that drug resisten lice developed

[Gordy]

Thanks folks for all the replies in particular fogelfeifer for the tip on chemistdirect.co.uk here is a direct link to the shampoo for anyone else who wants it.

I'll order up a few bottles in the next few days and some tea tree oil to add to my own shampoo while I am at it.

The sister swears by it, so hopefully it will do the trick and keep us free from the blighters next term.

[Johan42]

To prevent lice from walking from one overcoat to another in primary schools in Holland each coat is kept in a so called bug bag (see http://www.schoodoodle.com/shop/images/Bug..._Treatment.jpg).

I don't know if this is used in Sweden too. You can of course also keep the coat in a plastic bag. Another way of spreading of lice in classrooms is via sharing headphones for audio instructions.

mvh,

Johan

[Gamla Hälsingebock]

I am not sure how this will be understood, but in my day my Grandmother used to talk about kerosene rinses to get rid of the little pests...I think I actually had a kerosene rinse, or two...don't remember.

But the reality about this, is they come back in every generation and in every society, no matter what the sanitary conditions are...we all get them!

Why?...How?

In this day and age we are helpless to change what "Mother Nature" wants for her creatures...including us.

Is there an answer?