How Can I Kill Lice?

There are lots of ways to kill head lice. You can suffocate them, you can poison them, you can dry them out, you can plain get rid of them.  You can use herbal remedies. If you choose a suffocant, know that lice breathe air through things called spiricals on the side of their body and the suffocates plug those up so they can’t breathe.  Suffocant options are things like mayonnaise and oil have varying degrees of efficacy. Check and read the label and always follow the instructions if there are any. There are all kinds of different poisons or pesticides that you can buy. These are chemicals usually. Either over the counter or prescription medications that will kill the lice provided the lice have not developed a resistance to those chemicals which is becoming more common around the world.  We use a proven, 5 step process to dehydrate the lice and the eggs in about 1 hour.  You can also try combs. Keep in mind that lice combs don’t typically kill lice but they are very effective at removing them from your hair.  Also there are just literally hundreds of herbal remedies out there. Usually these are essential oils and they will kill some lice. Its hard to know if they will kill all of them or very little of them. No matter what you use to kill head lice, keep in mind that lice eggs are very hard to kill.  As you evaluate products to kill the head lice, take a look to see how effective they are against the lice eggs.  Eggs are very small but  you must get all the lice eggs dead or removed from the hair or else the head lice infestation life cycle will continue for days, weeks, months, and even years.