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Can't get rid of LICE! HELP!!!!!

My 3 and a half year old has been battling lice for 6 MONTHS.  We have tried RID, NIX, olive oil, Licefreee, nit-picking by hand (HA, HA, she's 3--she won't even sit still for 5 mins, let alone an hour to go through every strand of hair!!.  Every time I think they are gone, they show back up again.  My other kids are clear, and DH insists he can't find any on me (thought I'm awfully itchy--could be psychological).  Doc is not helpful, says the prescriptions available are not good for kids, (fine, but....)offers no other options, just says to pick them out by hand.  I have plastic on everything, change bedding, bagged up stuffed toys.
I finally got fed up and did a no-no--I double dosed her with RID, and then Nix in one day.  When I went to comb and pick nits, I found several LIVE lice!!!!!!  I realize now that they are resistant mutants, and the chemicals aren't working, so there is no point in continuing to expose her to the chemicals, but what can I do????  I am at my wits end, and she announces to EVERYBODY that she has "buggies" in her hair, as she scratches away.  I am MORTIFIED, and want them GONE.  Any suggestions would be appreciated!!!!!  Thank You!
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OK so my family has head lice and body lice. This may sound crazy but your whole family is probably infested. We have no idea how long we have had it but you can tell if your family has it by buying this stuff called lice free spray you can get it at the dollar general and you spray it on your skin and rub then they will come out of your skin(a lot). But we can not get rid of them we have read that there is a new strain that are immune to most over the counter stuff they are called super lice and they are infesting 25 states right now so even if someone does get rid of them your kids will go back to school and get more so honestly I don't know what the USA is going to do (you may not live here but they are probably in your country two)but if someone has the same thing please respond....
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I believe my daughter has super lice.  I have tried rid shampoo, dr prescribed shampoo, vinegar, vegetable oil, and peroxide(not diluted). And brush through her hair with nit brush. And nothing has worked, or even slow it down at all.  I don't know what to do.  I you or anyone can help or have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks
Australia
:'(
My daughter has for the past three months
Cried so much
I have become her full-time hair picker
Hair dryer one hand nit comb nit vacuum in the other
I'm so past over it

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Try LiveMD it worked twice in my home. These little critters wont be coming back after using this!!! LiceMD has odorless poison. Also, instead of chemicals, you can use vinegar.It almost instantly gets rid of them! Sure its stinky, but it works!
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After months of dealing with lice, spending over $1000 on my 2 step daughters lice, we even hired a "specialist" to come into our home and get rid of it, tried all sorts of over the counter treatments and DIY treatments. We were at our wits' end when I came to the conclusion that the ONLY way we were going to get rid of it was by manually removing nits and bugs. I would spend an hour combing them and nit picking every morning and every night, then douse their hair in olive oil or vaseline and have them sleep with a shower cap. I would wash with the lice shampoo in the morning and re do everything again. I would count each nit one by one. When I started doing this they had over 150 eggs each! and several bugs, by the 5th day I was only finding 2-4 eggs and no bugs. After that I combed them and nit picked them once a week for 2 more weeks and found little to nothing. Never had to deal with lice again. So after so many months, I got rid of it in 5 DAYS by good old fashioned nit picking. Moral of the story is, stop exposing them to tons of harmful chemicals that don't work, make the sacrifice every day, yes 2 hours a day nit picking per child. But it will save you SOOOO much time and money and utter frustration it's not even funny.
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My daughter got lice about a year ago.  Because I had no idea right away that it was lice since I'd never seen it before, by the time I did realize what it was, she had it bad and I had it too.  Her entire scalp was covered.  I tried the name brand lice treatments and looked online but they were all expensive and the store bought ones I tried left live lice and the nits were left so stuck on our hair I couldn't get them off.  I searched on line for at home solutions and came across some information about vinegar.  I came up with my own experimental solution to rid my self and my household of lice and it turned out to be my miracle solution to get rid of lice.  The next day I picked the last two nits that I had missed out of my daughters hair and they were gone.  If you're having trouble getting rid of lice, read my blog post titled "The worst thing your kids can bring home from school - LICE" at neighborhoodmommy.com.  If you follow all of the instructions and don't miss a step, the lice will be gone instantly and you can get everything you need to do it for very cheap at any dollar store.  I promise it works.  I added it to my blog just a few days ago because I want everyone to be able to get rid it so it stops spreading and the only way to do that is to spread the word when you find a solution.
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I had lice for about half a year once, because no matter what I did they kept coming back. Well, I decided to wait it out, and after about 4-5 months I stopped seeing them, my head stopped itching, and I haven't seen one in about 2 years.
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Water soluble Tea Tree oil! Pour it onto her hair to saturate it...I tried everything but I have never seen lice jump to get away from it as fast as tea tree!!
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