Lets get down to the nitty gritty (Nitty Gritty Comb)

Member Name: thehonesttruth

Product:	Nitty Gritty Comb
Date:	30/09/09 (46 review reads)
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Most parents will be familiar with head lice - horrible little grey/brown bugs that live in hair . Adults can get them too, but children tend to get them more, because of the manner in which they spread . Lice don't jump or fly, but they can crawl from one head to another, and children, with their love of putting their heads together to share secrets, spread them between themselves easily .

Now, must nit combs are metal or plastic, with short straight teeth a couple of millimetres apart. This particular nit comb is a bit different however- for starters, the teeth are longer, 3cms long, and have spiral grooves etched along them . The comb claims to remove more lice and eggs during wet combing than other brands because of these spiral grooves .

To use, this is simple - wash your childs hair and then apply loads of conditioner . Then, with the hair still wet, comb through the hair section by section, paying particular attention to the nape of the neck and the hair behind the ears , for at least 30 minutes .

I really like this comb - my daughter has had a fair few lice attacks during her time at school, and I'd previously tried chemical treatments as well as standard combs . This comb is far better than the rest in that is actually seems to remove the eggs , whilst other combs seemed to leave the eggs behind . It does tug at the hair a little, so I tend to use a water spray to make sure the hair stays nice and moist while I comb it through, and it was also, initially, difficult to clean the eggs that were removed from between the grooves - until I started using an old toothbrush .

I use this comb on a regular basis now, every 3 or 4 day just to check through and make sure her hair remains clear, and I really am impressed with how clean this keeps her hair . It picks up anything else in her hair too (paint, fluff, bits of glitter) and she has remained, touch wood, free from nits since getting this comb.

The comb is more expensive than ordinary lice detection combs - it costs around a tenner from most supermarkets and chemists. If, like me , you're on benefits, that can seem quite a lot, but the Nitty Gritty comb is available on prescription , and its worth asking your doctor (or nurse practitioner) to prescribe one for you if you are exempt from prescription charges.

The comb comes with a lifetime gaurantee, so if for any reasons yours is damaged or broken, you can return it the the company and they'll send you a new one . Despite regular use, mine is showing no signs of wear and tear yet.

I love this comb - its gets out lice, nits, and live eggs, and leaves me confident my daughters hair is free from bugs! The only downside is that its tricky to clean and needs a toothbrush or something to really get between the grooves!

4 stars!

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