My daughter had head lice seven weeks ago. We treated it and checked her hair regularly, using the comb each time we washed her hair. We on one occasion found a louse immediately after she had a playgroup and removed it but apart from that, her hair was spotless.
There was nothing until last week, I found one louse, a small one, not fully matured. I found one egg which didn’t pop and thought again maybe she just picked it up somewhere and that the egg was from when I treated her hair.
Today, I’ve noticed two more eggs. Again, they didn’t pop so I don’t know if they were dead ones from when I treated her hair. I went through her hair throughly and found nothing else.
What do you think?
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Learn more about our guidelines.Any tips on how I get on top of it? I hate putting the lotion in her hair as it seems so harsh. I fine comb her hair with the nitty gritty comb, section by section each time she has a bath. I can’t see an active infection and the lotion says to only use if there is an active infection, I.e. louse present.

Growing up there was a neighbor I’d play with who constantly had lice. My mom would have me sleep in mayonnaise with a shower cap on… I can still smell it 😣 but a few nights would always do the trick and my hair would be extra soft afterwards so I feel like it was worth it (it smothers them)