It looks as if the dreaded "nit season" is upon us again. It seems that around April every year, I notice the kids scratching their heads, and closer inspection reveals the presence of these oh, too familiar little bugs. Usually, after weeks of fastidious "bug busting" with copious amounts of conditioner and a fine toothed comb, we eventually manage to rid ourselves of the infestation of lice until next year. However, this years batch have proved particularly difficult to eradicte, mainly due to the fact that my daughter has grown her hair so long that she can almost sit on it, and refuses point blank to have it cut. This makes the bug busting ...  Read the complete review

We have nits!!! Yes, one of the many joys of having children is being confronted with the letter from school announcing that "there are cases of head lice in school, please check your children's hair and take appropriate action" I have three girls and my eldest daughter is 9 and until recently we had managed to escape the dreaded nit problem until I noticed one of my girls scratching her head in a rather manic fashion and when checking her hair I noticed 3 little head lice. So I dragged them all off to the chemist and asked the pharmacist which was the best treatment and he suggested Hedrin 4% solution after I handed over my £12.00, yes ...  Read the complete review

When my daughter started nursery I knew it was only a matter of time until she came home with nits, unfortunatly it was sooner then I would have liked! She has very long hair for a 3 year old-down to her bum-so knew it would be a task to get rid of them if and when it happened. Last week I was getting ready to dry her hair when I spotted something in her hair, I was hoping it was a small fly with it being hot outside and the windows open but when I looked it was the dreded nits! I scowered through her hair to find a good amount of live, big ones and further inspection revealed what looked liked tiny black dots dotted across the underneath her head. I ...  Read the complete review

I have just had my first experience with headlice! After finding my 5 year old son itching I checked his head and my fears were confirmed when I found headlice. I always thought I would never be able to tell what headlice were but when you see them it is suprising how big they are, urgh! Having had no previous experience of headlice I was unsure of what to do and decided to phone my brother-in-law, as I remembered my niece had had them before. He said the only product that worked was Hedrin, however that it would be expensive but he couldn't remember how much. So I went to my local boots store, I like to shop there as the staff are helpful and you ...  Read the complete review

My daughter came home with the dreaded headlice again so I popped along to the chemist and asked for some treatment. I'm lucky that where I live that the pharmacist can prescribe for minor ailments so I was given two 50ml bottles of Hedrin free, normal price for each bottle would be £4.99. Hedrin works in a different way to other headlice treatment, instead of using an insecticide which many headlice are now resistant too it uses the active ingredient dimeticone which physically smother the little creatures. After reading the instructions I opened the bottle and prepared to apply the lotion to my daughters hair paying particular attention to the ...  Read the complete review