Lice is not a subject that people talk about at the dinner table,but head lice treatment should be information you need to know. The three common lice are pubic,body lice,and hair lice. Hair lice also know as head lice is the most people can get in public places.

Lack of hygiene or cleanliness does not factor into having a lice infestation in your hair. Lice is an embarrassing condition but lice can travel fast from one person to another. Lice are very quick and mobile and can infest a person from sharing hair grooming tools or head ware or just by being close to another infected person.

Lice cannot survive without human beings to feed on - isolated from humans, lice will die in a matter of weeks. This is effective when the treating items that cannot be washed in very hot water, dry cleaned, or sprayed with lice killer. Such items can be sealed in plastic bags long enough for the nits and live lice to starve.

Lice are so tiny that it may be hard to even tell if you need to start a head lice treatment at all. Usually a note from school warns of an outbreak and the search is on. The insects are very small and may be difficult to see, but one clue is the discovery of nits on the base of hair shafts. These lice eggs look like tiny grains of rice and are glued to the hair. Every one must be killed or removed for a head lice treatment to be complete.

After treatment, check the scalp carefully every few days for lice. If you find remaining lice or nits, remove them with a fine toothed comb. Over the counter lice sprays or treatments usually kill all the lice, but sometimes you will need a stronger product that requires a prescription. See your doctor if this is the case. In addition, be sure to treat items you come into contact with, including furniture, clothing, bedding, carpets, and stuffed toys.

For those who would prefer to avoid the usual insecticide head lice treatment products, there are nontoxic herbal products available. Health food stores stock these or, alternately, they can also be purchased online. Home remedies are also quite effective, cheap and non-toxic too. But these are quite messy, as they require covering the scalp with mayonnaise, petroleum jelly or oil, covering the head in a plastic shower cap for hours or even overnight and suffocating the lice. A lice comb takes care of the nits. The downside of home remedies is that several treatments may be required and the hair needs to be washed clean with a lot of shampoo.