Head Lice: Best Home Remedy
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0:00 What is head lice?
1:00 How to get rid of head lice
1:33 Bulletproof your immune system *free course!
Today I want to share the best home remedy for head lice. Head lice are parasitic bugs that live on the scalp and feed off of human blood. Parasites take from the body and don’t give anything back.
About 12 million kids get head lice every year. Lice can bite you up to five times per day. They lay their eggs behind the ears and the nape of the neck. Lice can’t jump or fly, but they can crawl.
Natural remedies for head lice:
1. Use a fine-tooth comb to get the lice out of the hair
2. Use hot water to kill them (130 degrees F or 54 degrees C)
3. Use extra virgin olive oil to kill them
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Thanks for watching! This may just be the best home remedy for head lice. Give it a try.
Saturate hair with olive oil and cover with a plastic shower cap; leave on overnite. In the morning, wash with coconut oil based shampoo. Use a fine-toothed metal comb. Worked great on my kids and non-toxic.
My daughter got hair lice 2x, I used olive oil and wrapped her head with a plastic bag. She slept with it and next day those parasite were all dead. I used the comb to get the ones that stick to the hair and that's it.
How did you get the olive oil out?
Wicked Fit .....A few washings with shampoo and very warm water will get the Oil out, plus the remaining oil will leave your hair soft and shiny. 😊
@@brendameredith5611 That's true. Olive oil is awesome for hair.
My grandsons had lice and coconut oil with a plastic shower cap worked great!
How did you know if it killed the tiny bugs?
Anyone else’s head start itching while watching this?🤪 lol
Yes!! Anytime I hear about them or see a picture of them!!
😂😂😂
Me
no!
Yes😱! As a teacher of young children for almost 40 years, I have seen my share of the critters. Only got them once myself 😬.
I was blessed, my kids never had them, I did not know that olive oil helps. THANK YOU!
thanks , Dr Berg , i used tea tree oil diluted in oil for my son when he was at school , then i Home Educated him !! no more head lice ! thanks , linda , Wales .
"You know I think these critters migrated from down south." Meredith from The office
They live on birds, usually pigeons, but I would imagine any outdoor bird.
The lice jumped out of my fur as soon as i watched this video
fine toothed comb
hot water treatment
olive oil
thank you🐱🐱🐱
I remember dealing with them when the children were young. A bit of advice from those days. Pay for the metal fine tooth comb. Lots of oils work.
Neem oil worked out brilliantly for me a few years ago
My my daughter got head lice 2x in a row I was told that it was because her hair was too clean and the critters could grab on to her hair shaft much better than if the hair was dirty. It made sense because my sons didn't get any. On that day, my only daughter, with her long jet-black silky hair, who until then was the little princess in my home, with her little red shiny shoes and beautiful dresses, got the okay to play play football with her brothers, and get dirty whenever she wanted to. Sometimes she played still in her red shiny shoes. ☺️ I would give anything to have those moments back.
Always used Tea tree Essential oil when the kids were little, & head lice were creeping round the school. 8-10 drops mixed in a tablespoon of any hair conditioner, rub into hair leave on for 15 minutes, rinse of, they couldn't grip the hairs after that. Made their heads smell like Vosene. Definitely use those fine toothed combs too.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care everybody. ❤️🙂🐶
Tea tree oil is a natural deterant to those nasty little critters. They don't like lavender as well. I would take a bottle of spray in conditioner (leave in) and add a few drops of tea tree oil, it would detangle the hair and repel lice in a few short sprays!
@@katpea3641 Yes, that would work too, great idea. Plus Lavender smells nicer. Lol. Take care Kat Pea. 👍❤️🙂🐶
Brilliant idea!
Dr. Berg I am telling everyone about your channel! Amazing!
best doctor on the internet, I been telling everybody for 3 years ! he really changed my life !!
Thank you Dr Berg for another informatiave video. I wonder if you could do a video about Carob powder?
Dr. Berg thank you for simplifying this problem!!!!! 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you 🙏🏻
Ugh, I just used tons of conditioner and a fine tooth comb. LoL it worked.
Vinegar will also help dissolve glue from the nits. They fall right out.
Please make a video for treating years of seborrheic dermatitis (dandruff)
Thanks doctor important video it is we should think about head lice please make a video on seborhic dermatitis of head scalp I have it for a long time
Hey!!! Dr Eric.
Thumbs up for your great information that you are providing for free across the globe.
Could you please make a video on Indian gooseberry, i heard that it has highest source of vitamin c among all fruits & vegetables.
Awaiting for your video on this!
Many Thanks!!
I always used hair conditioner head over the bath and comb them out with a metal nit comb.
My mom was a nits lady back years ago and always put a 1/2 c baking soda into our bath water for prevention...worked wonders
Do you happen to know what the baking soda did?
The Olive Oil treatment, you showed oil poured into a frying pan. How hot should I heat the pan, and how long should I saute my child's head in it? ;-)
funny🤣
The imagery!! 🤣👍
🤪
@@piperuk5366 Yes, but how do you get behind the ears?
😂😂😂
Mine went away by hair drier (hot option)on the scalp.... do the head bath and hair dry once in a week for a month
No combing required!!! I struggled with lice for months, refusing to use chemicals, finally found a tip online that said blow-dry your scalp until it’s hot daily for two weeks. It worked right away, but you do it 2 weeks to catch any missed eggs that hatch later. I have long fine hair that breaks easily so the combing was horrible. Can’t believe this info doesn’t get out better, it was really hard to find.
A blow dryer couldn't kills aythinh thought because 130 degrees would be too hit for anybody to with stand....
Even if it did get that hot, which it doesn't...
So lol ..
I've always done olive oil, it WORKS! Plus makes your hair tangle free and shiny if you completely rinse out with soap about 3-5times
Thank you for your advice Mary
Cooking olive oil?
What I found out that worked best was white conditioner,leave on for 30 minutes,hair must be saturated with the conditioner. Then rinse in very warm water. That worked for us.
What is white conditioner?
What is white Conditioner?
@@gloriayoung392 conditioner that is white 🙄...use Suave,it's cheap and works
I was infested pretty badly as a young girl on a couple of occasions. My mother would run a fine comb through my detangled, damp dried hair, after bath time, while making me sit on a white cotton sheet out in the sun. The cotton sheet caught any stray lice that managed to fall out of the comb. Never had to use any chemicals
I used oil in the past on my kids but I think I used coconut. I quite enjoy sorting through the lines of hair and crushing the eggs between the backs of my nails. You get that satisfying snap before pulling it off the hair.
Tmi.
Please make a video on how to handle and treat POI. I am 31 and have been dealing with this for 13 years now. I haven’t found a doctor who can actually help.
I got it from my daughter while pregnant. We used no pesticides. Just coconut oil and a lice comb once day for 7 days.
Thank you for your advice.
My friend used hair straightener (iron) to remove them from her daughter hairs
It won’t work o be tried it but I used the treatment and it work my doctor prescribed but the nits I have to try vinegar for it
He should have clarified the hot water was for washing clothing, linens, bedding, not your child’s head!!
So many stupid people need specific directions!!
The same idea crossed my mind 😂
Head lice are spread most commonly by direct contact with the hair of an infested person. Spread by contact with inanimate objects and personal belongings may occur but is very uncommon👍
You can hire a person to comb out the nits and kill the live ones. So if you can't do it yourself, hire someone. There are companies who send lice pickers right to your home. My friend does this as a side job. She has seen families fight lice for years. She uses a lice comb and olive oil, that is it.
great tip!
Or just straighten the hair with heat until all of the lice is gone.
@@StellaCarey wouldnt you miss the lice nearest to the scalp?
An itchy job. Yikes.
@@cherryl225 i assume mayonnaise on the scalp overnight could help with that
Please talk about purging VS breakout. Will blackseed oil cause purging?
dr berg can you do a video on natural remedies for dandruff. Thanks
Try applying organic coconut oil or tea tree oil directly to scalp 1 to 2 times a week at least 20 minutes before your shampoo & conditioning process. Part your hair in small sections and apply...yet it isn't necessary to over saturate your scalp. You can still wash your hair daily or every other day even if you only use the oil once or twice a week. This has helped for people I know of various hair textures.
It may be an internal thing? I was told it is fungus, so maybe you have candida?
I believe dandruff is caused by internal and scalp fungus. I used to eat lots of white pasta, sugar, treats, and had bad persistant dandruff. I came to realise that when I freely ate foods that fed fungus that I had terrible problems with it.
Clearasil may help
Thank you very much for the information you provide for the benefit of humanity. I would like to ask about dates? what do you think about it ? Diabetics? And for pre-diabetes? Thank
I found tea tree oil with water sprayed in hair between. Washes really worked great then comb with fine tooth comb.
When my kids got it, we used neem oil & an electric comb that shocks them. Warning Nemo has to have a carrier oil, and it is stinky!!!!😜
Ya, neem is gross...but the electric comb sounds interesting.
can you please make a video on if smell breakes your fast? i really want to know this because i live near the kitchen
@@SherylinRM oh, but i thought it might stimulate insuline, because i thaught that keto sweateners (sugerless) also stimulates insulin the same way as normal sugar, and that smell could stimulate insulin to make your body ready for the food that is coming.
@@SherylinRM oke thank you!
Good video. But I think it would also be helpful to let folks know how long to leave the olive oil in and when to retreat because of the eggs. Lice were a huge problem where we used to live. I wish I had know this info then.
Doesn’t work using oil or any products from home, or products over the counter, because super nits have become immune to it all!
Could you do something on lower back pain and spasms please
Have you heard of DMSO? Try that!
Look up Bob and Brad on utube their therapist
Origin of the word NITPICKER... picking at every tiny thing you can... truth
Max hold hair gel all over hair and scalp, then shower cap over that. Sleep with it on as well. I used the inexpensive drug store brand of maximum hold hair gel that contains alcohol (not gentle kind :)) on my daughter. Worked like a charm and was not hard to rinse out afterward.
Neem oil Works fast, mix with olive oil.
Benzyl alcohol, conditioner and metal nit comb is the only thing that worked for us when we had a bad outbreak years ago. I tried everything then went to the doctor who prescribed a very expensive benzyl alcohol lotion. Couldn't afford to treat 5 people. So I looked at the ingredients and made my own with benzyl alcohol and conditioner cheap. Twice a week for a month and gone. Lice can stop breathing for hours so you can't drown them with oils. The alcohol forces them to breathe. Hard to comb long hair or dreads works great.
Olive oil somehow suffocates them. But it is true you have to keep it on for a few hours. The oil does not remove the nits so you need vinegar for that after washing the oil. Quite the process but not as damaging for the hair.
Please tell about how did you make benzyl alcohol and how to use it. I have super lice which are resistant to everything
My lads brought them home frm school & I used to blow dry my hair on the hottest setting. Conditioner and the fine tooth comb helped 1st tho. I never needed anything else and had them 6x at least. I also put my lads kit in the deep freeze for 72 hrs.
How long do you leave the olive oil on? Can you say more in detail what to do? Thank you in advance
Thank you for this video. Can eucalyptus, or clove, tea tree or some other essential oils help with head lice? Thanks again.
My son brought home head lice from school about 20 years ago and we got rid of it with some essential oils but I forget what kind🤔🤔. I totally forgot lice was even a thing anymore 😅. I think I got them as a kid as well, it seems back in my time it was pretty normal to get them with cleanliness NOT being an issue. We were very clean kids growing up but when those suckers took flight all heads are vulnerable 🤣🤣
Tea tree essential oil.
I remember as a kid, my mom was fed up with the bugs & finally went to town with some gasoline in our hair. Not too long ago, I used listerine & a fine tooth comb on my child & it worked. I used to tea tree oil as a preventative on her scalp. Since we didn't know where she was getting them from.
Gasoline? 😳 really omg
Another person commented that a drop of rosemary oil on the scalp will drive lice off. The oil spreads over the scalp through the day and the lice don't like it. Shampooing with Fels Naptha Laundry Soap does the same thing, and it also discourages tick bites if you bathe and shampoo with it before going into the woods.
@@edennis8578 wait what? What kinda shampoo for tick bites? Does it work for mosquitoes too? We don't have any here in Las Vegas but it's good to know for when I travel
@@darcandelaria it works evn in Skippyville
@@darcandelaria yup, this was back in the 80's & she didn't have "time" so they were pesky & difficult to get rid of.
what about citrus craving? before keto, i remember craving orange and other fruits like tangerine so badly, i remember eating 5 oranges a day, I couldn't stop eating fruits
That sounds like a vitamin deficiency.
Looks like the lice ate up all your vitamin c 😂
OH they jump/fly alright ..saw it with my own eyes when de-licing my granddaughters scalp....biggest louse I've ever seen jumped off the comb and up onto my head!! I went hysterical!
They crawl never jump😂
Oil works great 👍.
I appreciate your videos. Good job.
I’m pretty sure the lice tend to crawl in the hair right near the scalp, and the hot water would burn the scalp. Maybe it would kill the nits that have grown away from the scalp, though.
Schools often recommend the conditioner (EVOO would likely work) and comb method.
I literally tried everything!!! Last resort exelpet, it works! Be careful though
My kids got them unfortunately from their friends I couldn't talk to their mom as she knew 😭 I spent lot of money on that. But now as they no longer see them we moved. I ended up with unused back up bottles of treatments 😂. Thanks god
I learned this in the Middle East. Put one single drop of oil of rosemary on the person's head in the morning. Natural body heat disperses the oil through the scalp.
Lice cannot produce eggs in that environment so within a few days the head is clear. This can also be used as a preventative measure.
Thank you
@@maiaallman4635 It works!!
@goldenbox7803 Thanks, will try.
My daughter had life and we use tea tree oil tried everything else on the market and did not take it away until we found online tea tree oil works and tried it and it was gone within 2 days
If your child has long hair. Use a flat iron hair straightener. All the eggs will cook off. Prior to-treating or combing the live ones out.
Tea Tree oil in shampoo and conditioner
Any oil works too. I used Africa's Best, dollar stores have the lowest price on it. It smells nice and is also good for the skin. Could you please make a video about scabies? Thanks Dr B
Ingredients may not be natural...I will look it up. And scabies. . .It is AWFUL. Got it in a hotel, then again from a step daughter. Most itchy thing EVER!!!
@@lisabass5188 I know, it's very hard to get rid of.The cream they gave me at the health didn't work😰
@@laurastrobel718 ...I tried numerous healthy strategies, finally was TOO MISERABLE and got the RX cream which killed it...and I hate going to the dr for anything.
@@lisabass5188 Is it called Rx, is that a name brand? Tea tree oil worked for a while, but the bastards came back a few mos ago😣
@@laurastrobel718 ...RX means a prescription, I think called permethrin?..a cream you rub all over then sleep in it.
Tea tree oil drops mixed into a conditioner helps
I used Mayo and vinegar and combed through the hair
My cousin who lives in village came for a funeral and gave me six freakin lice just 1 day ago.Before this my head never used to itch so much like yesterday
What about demodex
Mites on the skin? Can you do a video on this too?
...they can even be along eyelids! 👁👁
Sulfur soap for demodex. Takes time and dries out your skin for the first few months. But it cured my rosacea SEVERE (caused by demodex). My lashes even fell out it was so bad. Now I use the sulfur soap every morning and my face is clear. Unfortunately, the loss of vision due to the demodex is permanent.
Be sure to rinse and rub the soap from your eyes and lashes VERY VERY well, or it will sting later in the day.
I never had lice. My daughter got it. No idea from where. My wife thinks it was the pediatricians office. They got on me, I just buzzed my head no problem. But my sweet little girl, I went hours combing.
Mayo works good for some reason.
In wv..its a constant issue
How about dandruff. ? Is there any way to cure it.?
One daughter brought it home from school. the youngest daughter swam competitively and I swam US Masters. We were the only two in the family who did not have it. I don't have any proof of it but my belief is that swimming in a chlorinated pool for an hour and twenty minutes every day kills it. I also never saw a child with severe acni who swam every day on a team.
Head lice - such a common problem!
Fine tooth-comb doesn't work, because it doesn't kill the eggs, i.e. the eggs are smaller than the gap between the comb-teeth. (I remember this, from when I was a teenager.) Maybe the olive-oil works - great, if it does!
130ºF water is *_hot._* It doesn't seem that hot at first, but FWIW, it's the sous vide water temperature at which I cook my steak for two hours, which pasteurizes it. Be careful not to burn your scalp.
Citricidal is good.
It's grapefruit extract.
Official studies recommend you mix it with baby shampoo.
I use it neat but it is not recommended to do so!
Is it good how to make coconut at home? The method I use is that I buy shredded coconut from the market, make coconut milk from it, then it cool down for 24 hours, and then put it in the frying pan at a high temperature until I extract the coconut oil. Is this way healthy when I fried it? And all?
Diatomaceous earth ??? Anyone try it?
I'm a lice tech and the grown louse certainly do jump
Fine toothed comb, repeat after 4days, repeat after 8days (repeat in case you miss just one) then comb check at least once a month, as the friend they got them from originally will give them back. I put the live ones I got off my children's hair AFTER commercial lice shampoo, into rubbing alcohol, and they were still alive the next day. The comb is your friend, best treatment by far.
But what does one do with the olive oil?
Good question 😀
How about 1 cup ACV mixed with 2 cups water, and rinse the hair? I can't see how they would survive that.
What is AVC
@@tranquilgiftsonline *_Oh, you are new here. AppleCiderVinegar._*
How can you tell if it’s lice or dandruff
I got lice from a girl in my class and my mom heard from a friend that gasoline would take care of it. Let's just say I get PTSD everytime I put gas in my car. 💃
Can't deny that it works, though👻
😱 I might would be desperate to get rid of them but not that desperate. Bless your heart.
I read somewhere (on Reddit lol) that hair straightener works. This mom tried everything and the only thing that worked was straightening her daughter's hair everyday using one of those hair tools with heat up to 270 degrees or so and that killed the eggs (?) of the lice clinging to hair strands.
Hairdryers too. I burnt all mine off and got a red scalp too. 🤹♀️
Can I use coconut oil in a frying pan for 8 hours? What if the oil burns while cooking?
Can I keep coconut oil in deep frying؟
I will try the olive oil. I have one child that I can’t get rid of these guys. She’s like the perfect host! 😳😅😡
Hi doc not about lice but wanted to ask you about keto... actually I am doing keto since one month and I lose so far 8 kgs.but like three days ago I feel weekness like I don't have energy to Walk .. please please let me know why this is happening and how I cope with it., because I was soo happy feeling energetic and loosing weight also but what suddenly happened
Potassium and salt!!!
🔥 🔥 FIRE!!! 🔥 🔥
Yes, fire will do the work.
Definitely fire will kill all head lice!!!
Mineral oil or baby oil but there’s an ingredient in there leave it on for like an hour you can add tea tree for good measure or peppermint
I got hairy legs, they get blonde in the sun
OK 😂
@@hdd1977m7 corn pop seen em
Cackling! 😂
@@johnr4836 corn pop was a bad dude
@@cazzzzak he ran with a bunch of bad boys
Olive oil is only 3 % effective on lice. Mum used a mix of mint oil & Tea Tree oil on my little sibling’s hair, who caught it from nursery , it was super effective , more than ready lice killing sprays, yet mums have to be super carful that it doesn’t come to the child’s eyes. And it can create a dandruff prob if over used.
Can you allow translation in french please? I don't understand all your explications in english....and use grams for cups maybe? Here, in Europe, we are using grams for everything...
that was quick.
I am 57. First time with lice.
Another tip you can take original coconut oil heat it up but not boiling hot then take basil leaves and neem leaves almost hand full each cook on low heat switch off the stove once its cool take camphor the tiny ones which hindus use (can get from indian shops none as kafoor) i take one or one and a half of its tablet add in the oil you made.apply the oil and then leave for few hours and you could comb with nit comb this remedy dries out the nits and when you comb after shampooing the nits come out easily from the hair.
Or arugula oil is also used but smells horrible
Ive been fighting this for 2 years
Me Too 😢
Our last round of dealing with lice, we did the tea tree oil drops mixed with shampoo, put a shower cap for about 15mins, then rinse, conditioner, & use the comb.
Try hair gel. It sticks their legs together.
How intelligent are those lice to secrete anticoagulants 😵
About as intelligent as musky-toes... except they can't fly...
You must only use intelligence when referring to humans. Insects are just using instinct which is based on nature which has natural properties.
How much more Intelligent is the Creator of such intelligent creatures
Bed bugs & mosquitoes do the same
@@milkoansah-johnson8768 innate intelligence
My culture tends to use a lot of oils in our hair that detracts lice.
I know not to use Everclear. With my eyes fully closed, it still got into my eyes, plus the alcohol fumes were unbearable and i couldnt breathe. Also dont go driving afterwards