Comments on: The Latest On Losing Lice http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: What You Should Know About Head Lice And Hair Color http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/comment-page-1/#comment-65079 What You Should Know About Head Lice And Hair Color Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:02:33 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/#comment-65079 [...] If you want to learn more, you can also read our posts on lice shampoos and the new louse buster! [...] [...] If you want to learn more, you can also read our posts on lice shampoos and the new louse buster! [...]

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 thebeautybrains Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:15:58 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/#comment-1177 Thanks for the clarification Jan. I remain skeptical that the apple cider vinegar helps much but it certainly won't hurt and if it worked for you, perhaps it will work for someone else. The best way to avoid lice infestation however, is to avoid all head-to-head contact with another human. The primary way that lice spreads is when your head touches someone's head who is infested. Lice cannot live for very long if they are not on someone's hair/scalp. Thanks for the clarification Jan. I remain skeptical that the apple cider vinegar helps much but it certainly won’t hurt and if it worked for you, perhaps it will work for someone else.

The best way to avoid lice infestation however, is to avoid all head-to-head contact with another human. The primary way that lice spreads is when your head touches someone’s head who is infested. Lice cannot live for very long if they are not on someone’s hair/scalp.

]]> By: Jan http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Jan Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:07:08 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/#comment-1164 Left Brain, the theory is not the apple cider vinegar gets rid of head lice - I used conventional products for that. The theory is that it leaves a residual smell on your scalp that discourages head lice from picking your scalp to live in. And it might have been coincidence, but in all other infestations where every single one of my classmates had head lice, I never got them again. Left Brain, the theory is not the apple cider vinegar gets rid of head lice – I used conventional products for that. The theory is that it leaves a residual smell on your scalp that discourages head lice from picking your scalp to live in. And it might have been coincidence, but in all other infestations where every single one of my classmates had head lice, I never got them again.

]]> By: Left Brain http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Left Brain Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:47:41 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/#comment-1114 Jan, thanks for the information. But just remember, with any ailment there are 3 things that can happen if you do nothing. 1. It gets worse. 2. It stays the same. 3. It gets better. The same 3 things can happen if you try a treatment like apple cider vinegar wash. Proving that the vinegar wash had any benefit is the stuff of science experiments. And I'm aware of no scientific experiment that would show this has any benefit. But I'll keep looking. thanks Jan, thanks for the information. But just remember, with any ailment there are 3 things that can happen if you do nothing.

1. It gets worse.
2. It stays the same.
3. It gets better.

The same 3 things can happen if you try a treatment like apple cider vinegar wash. Proving that the vinegar wash had any benefit is the stuff of science experiments. And I’m aware of no scientific experiment that would show this has any benefit.

But I’ll keep looking. thanks

]]> By: Jan http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Jan Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:56:07 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/01/04/the-latest-on-losing-lice/#comment-1097 The 3 times that I had head lice as a child, using the specific medication got rid of them without any special methods. After the 3rd time, someone told my mother that if I rinsed my hair with apple cider vinegar once a week, lice wouldn't want to infest my head, and it worked. There were several more head lice infestations in my school, where all the kids got them, and they didn't ever get near my head again. I only stopped doing the weekly apple cider vinegar rinse when I got to high school. You wash your hair normally, shampoo, condition. Then you douse your whole head with apple cider vinegar, wait 1 minute, and then rinse it off with water. The 3 times that I had head lice as a child, using the specific medication got rid of them without any special methods. After the 3rd time, someone told my mother that if I rinsed my hair with apple cider vinegar once a week, lice wouldn’t want to infest my head, and it worked. There were several more head lice infestations in my school, where all the kids got them, and they didn’t ever get near my head again. I only stopped doing the weekly apple cider vinegar rinse when I got to high school.

You wash your hair normally, shampoo, condition. Then you douse your whole head with apple cider vinegar, wait 1 minute, and then rinse it off with water.

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