Head lice infestations have long been thought to be caused by a lack of hair washing, but it's now known that this is simply not true. In fact, head lice prefer clean scalps on which to make their homes. However, it doesn't matter how much you wash your hair with shampoo if you get lice. In fact, you can even apply medicine to your scalp for killing lice, and you'll still have them in a few days unless you also remove the nits (lice eggs) from your scalp. To become truly lice free, you need to perform proper head lice nit removal.

Meticulous At Best

If you thought applying medicine to your scalp was tedious, just wait till you see what's in store for you with head lice nit removal. It's impossible to do on your own, so you'll need to get somebody else to do it on your scalp. Secondly, it takes quite a sizable amount of time to complete, so set aside fifteen minutes or more (while that doesn't seem like a terribly long amount of time to do it right, it will feel like it takes forever). You'll need to remove the nits, tiny white sacs hanging onto your hair about half an inch away from your scalp, by hand. However, you can do several things to make this entire process easier on yourself.

One of the best ways to complete head lice nit removal is to warm up a towel in your dryer for 20-30 minutes. Upon wrapping the towel around your head, the heat should kill any remaining lice and nits within a few minutes. This works particularly well after applying medicine to your scalp as it cleans up any lice and nits that you might have missed. This method of head lice nit removal only kills the nits though, but it's a useful step if you want to add an extra level of security by making sure that even if you don't get the nits off, they will die and won't be able to hatch into lice.

Head lice removal services can do all of this expediently and give you the added peace of mind that these are trained professionals who know exactly what they're doing. They'll come out to your home for around $50 (not available in all areas) and take care of any head lice that you might have by first applying medicine then removing all nits. No matter how you do it, head lice nit removal is a necessary step in getting rid of lice, but you can make it much easier on yourself.