Nix Ultra Lice Treatment Hair Solution & Lice Comb, 3.4 Fl Oz

I work at a school, and this year we had some unexpected visitors.Thank goodness this killed everything off.Good price, and it definitely lived up to its promises.

My daughter started scratching her head on Sunday. On Monday morning, we found the lice. I had no idea what to do, this was our first ever encounter with lice. Our pediatrician called in a prescription for a lice treatment, but it wasn't in stock. While I was at the pharmacy, I found this (Nix Ultra). Bought 3 bottles (crazy expensive at there compared to Amazon). I didn't even check my other two daughters, but wasn't taking any chances. Treated our entire family that morning. The solution is easy to use. I saturated everyone's heads, rubbed it in really well so that every, single hair and entire scalp was completely covered. Everyone sat with the stuff on their heads for way longer than the directed 10 minutes while I did everyone. Rinsed it off and dead stuff was falling out of Patient Zero's hair while we rinsed. Washed everyone's hair with dish soap (great tip from other reviewers). Used the included combs to section off and comb out everyone's hair. Didn't really see anything else in anyone's hair at that point. Pulled everyone's bedding, clothing, pajamas, coats, and all towels, etc and started a massive, never-ending laundry party. That took ALL DAY and the laundry wasn't even close to being done. Grabbed clean sleeping bags and extra pillows and had everyone find a spot on the floor to sleep- FAR AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER- in a not-often used area of the house- I wasn't taking any chances of any live lice crawling from their beds back into their hair. Next day, did quick morning head checks (didn't see anything) and continued laundry. Researched (and could've earned a doctorate by the time I was done) lice removal. Ordered terminator lice combs and a large lighted magnifying glass (the magnifying glass is an important tool that not many people mentioned). That night, I went through everyone's hair, practically strand by strand. One daughter had one live louse and several eggs in one spot. I retreated her head with the Nix ultra immediately. Nothing else crawling in anyone else's heads, but some nits and dead things. Everyone had greasy hair, but that took care of the lice. Washed everyone's bedding again. Moved to another location for sleeping again that night. (Not risking any live lice transferring back to heads). The third day, I combed through everyone's hair again, practically strand by strand, and used the magnifying glass (seriously, get a large, lighted magnifying glass). It took HOURS to do everyone's hair, but totally worth the time. Found a few really small nit eggs that would never have been found if not for the magnifying glass. Hopefully, they were all dead. Nothing crawling. Fourth day, everyone appears to be lice free. I can't imagine that I missed anything, but will continue to check every night and do the retreatment in a few days, just in case. I hope that was our first and only-ever encounter with lice. The stuff works, but definitely comb out thoroughly every night, in case anything was missed.

My kiddo picked up lice somewhere around July 22. Today is Sept 28. For months, I have tried several products/methods for eliminating these bugs. I’ve done RID, the regular Nix, the ‘airy fairy’ type sprays, essential oils (combined and separately) and I have put in the hard work of vacuuming EVERYTHING (car included), put away all stuffed animals and almost incinerated my hot water heater with the ridiculous amount of laundry I’ve done, trying to just kill all traces of it. Each of the methods I used on her hair all produced some result of dead bugs and nits combed out, but nothing got completely rid of all of it. Every time I rechecked my hair or hers, there were more bugs and nits. Omg, the nits! One day after an hour long comb out, I literally sat in my bathroom floor and cried. So many months of this! The treating, the comb outs, the laundry, the time, the money spent...I seriously didn’t know what else to do. I bought this with a heavy heart at all the time and money already spent and I am so glad I did! This stuff killed everything. When I rechecked and recombed, there was nothing! After months of bugs, I am extremely relieved (to say the least) that she and I both are lice free! I’ve combed out every day for 7 days and not found one nit or bug! This is the stuff.Edit- I will also say it IS oily. If you can possibly wait until a weekend and treat on Friday night (wash out as directed) then just wash hair again Sunday night (the first wash will not get all the oily residue out) and I like to leave the residue (albeit slight) on for another day (skip washing Saturday). But the Sunday regular shampoo wash will finish getting the residue out. I recommend not swimming after treating, again the oily residue.

I would give this product 4 stars but with some caveats. As far as louse-killing abilities it definitely killed all of the adult louses on my daughter's head, which made combing them out easier. It did not kill all of the nymphs and eggs; I have been continuing to wet comb her hair every 1-2 days and we still are combing out a couple nits. I wouldn't expect any of the current products on the market to get rid of all the full grown lice, nymphs, and nits in one application anyway, but just wanted to note this.The comb with the kit works okay, but I highly recommend getting a better quality comb because the one in the kit just won't catch all of the tiny nymphs and nits. I suggest the nit free terminator comb or the licemeister comb as a companion to this stuff. The stuff itself is extremely oily/greasy and you probably won't be able to get it all out of your/your child's hair until the 3rd or 4th washing after using it, so be prepared to have greasy hair for a bit. It eventually does come out.The biggest caveat is that my kids reacted to this stuff in the form of a red, burning rash. One of my kids it was more subtle on her neck/ears. But my youngest was getting a red, hive-ey rash on her cheeks up to her eyes for a couple days after treatment. My suggestion would be to coat their neck and ears with vaseline before you use this product to help minimize rash/irritation from the product and/or soap (which is hard to wash out the first few times after the treatment is used). It did help to give them Benadryl while the rash was active and uncomfortable. I know that people can get itchy/rashy from the lice bites, but this rash only developed after use of the product, so I think it was a reaction to the ingredients in it. Granted it's not a pesticide, but people can still react to things even if they aren't pesticidal.Other than those caveats I would recommend this as part of your treatment process if your child has a decent infestation. For a very small infestation I would probably skip this and just do the wet combing.

Woeks as designed. Had no issues with the trearment

This product overall is the best being a teacher for years and years. I recommend this product to all the parents first because it really kills them. You usually don't even have to repeat it. It's affordable too. So this is the one you want if you're trying to get rid of lice.

I work for a school district and like to keep this on hand because lice is sadly, a problem when working with so many children. There was a student that had been really close to me who has struggled with lice...and I decided it might be a good idea to be proactive and use this. So I opened it up and used it over the weekend. OMG! This stuff is SO OILY!!! I almost slipped and fell in my bathtub because it left an oily residue all over the bottom of my tub. You might wash this out in your sink if you can. Definitely can be a hazzard...PLUS I had to wash my hair twice to get it all out because it also left my hair incredibly oily after the first wash! I had to use a clarifying shampoo twice to get it out!

I am not one to write reviews, but as a first time family with lice this saved me. We tried a different name brand product on Saturday that wouldn't pull the eggs off the hair strand and ai had to sit and cut each egg out of my 8 year old daughters hair for 5 hours straight. It was a nightmare! Fast forward to today for second treatment I had ordered this one online because of the reviews. I did exactly as the instructions said and brushed and brushed through my daughter’s hair till I didn’t get anymore eggs out. It was amazing how it all came out without me cutting. Plus there was no smell. It is a little greasy, but that might be why it worked so well. Thank you for such a great product to deal with an unfortunate event!