What are the treatment options for head lice in children?
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Treatment is needed only if you see one or more live lice. Nits (empty eggshells) do not always mean that you are infested with lice. Nits can stick to hair even when lice are gone (for example, after treatment that kills the lice). Currently, there are three main ways of clearing head lice: *Using an insecticide lotion. *Wet combing treatment (often called 'bug-busting'). *Using dimeticone lotion, a lotion that works in a different way to insecticides. The method you use to treat the lice is often a personal preference. Each method has a good chance of success, but no method is 100% certain of clearing lice. Each method is now discussed further.
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