Introducing the easiest safe way to wash head lice and nits off the head and down the drain…

Why does the product work?

An amazing discovery led a group of chemists and pharmacists to combine common every day ingredients into a blend that, they believe, gets both head lice and nits off the head and down the sink drain. There they can be killed with hot water and household bleach. These are two items, which several chemists have said neither the bugs nor the eggs can tolerate.

The manufacturer’s experience plus reports from hundreds of doctors, nurses and parents, convince us that the product, itself, does the following:

1. Suffocates on contact approximately 60-70% of the live bugs,

2. Renders unconscious the other 30-40% for about 30 minutes, offering easy removal,

3. Turns the adhesive (glue) holding nits onto the hair into liquid, thus releasing the nits,

4. Turns the hard BB-like balls, in which the nits are encased, into mush (like cream when rubbed

between the thumb and finger). There is no chemical element that is known to penetrate the shell in which the nit is housed. So, getting them down the drain appears to be the answer.

As long as they remain on the head, close inspection shows that some bugs are not dead and that it is unlikely that any nits are dead. Therefore, a need to comb the hair thoroughly to remove both bugs and eggs appears obvious. The manufacturer’s nit comb, with 1½ inch stainless steel teeth on one side for long hair and ¾ inch stainless steel teeth on the other side for short hair, is recommended. This comb was designed by a veteran school nurse practitioner, with 14 years of experience in treating for head lice in schools. GilCo Products, Inc. manufactures both mousse and comb.

Several nurses have said this two-sided nit comb, described above, is “the ultimate nit comb”. Getting all lice and nits off the head in one sitting eliminates the need for re-treatment until another infestation occurs. There have been no reports of failure when the pictorial directions in the company brochure have been followed, using the product and the comb together. Since there are no poisons in the product, a number of doctors consider it to be as safe as baby shampoo. One can retreat immediately (several times) if bugs or nits remain after the first treatment (everybody misses some). It is a good idea to keep two or three cans on hand, just in case. One teacher says, “These things tend to return to the scene of the crime.” In other words repeat infestations are not unusual.