dreaddy family in need of all sorts of advice
Help! Save My Dreads
If you need any step by step advice i am a qualified hairdresser whom has left the hairdressing industry because of how fake and money grabbing salons are, now my passion is just forthe most simplistic natural way of carring for dreadlocks.
I stress about the conditioner and plastic bag technique only because its the most natural way to get ridd of lice and it works. Another reason for doing this is because if you need to split up some of your hubbies dreads it will make this MUCH easier and will be easier to remove those bits of elastic bands,as soon as you have done the conditioning treatment you can absolutely wash out all the conditioner straight after the treatment You would have to treat everyone at the exact same time as it only takes a second for a lice to jump to a clean head and its clean hair that lice r attracted to so their eggs stick to the hair cuticle. The same day you do the treatments you would have to change all pillow cases and sheets as theres the eggs that have fallen off in them. I am telling you this with first hand experience with having dreads myself and 2 children, i hate using toxic bought treatments so i don't and lice with dreads is a pain, i know when only 1 lice has jumped into my dreads straight way, so i totally understand both your frustraition and dispair at times. I know conditioner is not supposed to be used when dreading but that is why i say you can wash it all straight out. Try and find out what contact any of your family is having with outsiders whom might be infected, primary schools are the worst place for lice. One imporant thing i have just thought of, you will get lice in a couple of weeks again after your conditioning treatment this is beacause all the eggs would of hatched from the lice that you just got ridd of, so another treatment should do the trick and if any more eggs hatch do it again and then you should be free. Add a couple of drops of T tree oil to the conditioner this will make any lice from anywhere else not want to be near you.
There are other ideas but if i were to tell you all in 1 go this comment would be pages long, i know i have gone on a bit but i do understand what you r all going through and know this will work, any concerns about the conditioner i am only too happy to answer.