soliek, it’s not a matter of living in a dump. This is a very big problem in EY and I live in a new area in a new apartment, but it’s still a problem. I definitely keep my girls in ponytails and check as often as possible, particularly if there is an outbreak.
I have heard of one method of “suffocating” them. I wash the hair with the tea tree oil, leave it on the hair and cover the head with a tichel for about 1/2 hour. Afterwards, I rinse the hair, put conditioner in and comb through before rinsing, then rinse the hair and use the comb to check through. A lot of the lice are already dead, having suffocated from the shampoo.
Another method I heard is to use baby oil on the hair and comb through. It makes combing easy and supposedly the nits come out with this technique as well, but the hair is greasy for days. afterwards.