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Tuesday, September 07, 2004In the study, published in the September issue of the journal Pediatrics, 133 children with difficult-to-treat head lice infestations were treated with Nuvo lotion in two separate trials. In the both trials, parents were instructed to 1) apply the lotion and wait two minutes; 2) comb out all the lotion possible; 3) dry the hair with a hand-held hair dryer; and 4) shampoo the child’s hair at least eight hours after application. In the first trial, parents were instructed to remove nits (lice eggs) with a nit-removal comb during step two, and in the second trial parents skipped this step. The study showed that 97 percent of the children in the first trial and 95 percent of those in the second were successfully cured of their head lice after up to three treatments with the lotion, as demonstrated by a wet combing test that showed no lice and no symptoms. The five children who were not cured after the three treatments allowed by the study were all cured by completing a total of four treatments. The lotion supposedly suffocates the little critters - and their eggs (the nits.) This is especially welcome because so many schools have "no nit" policies. They won't let children return to school as long as there are still nits in their hair. But with many treatments, the nits remain for a while, even though they may be dead. And picking out dead nits is a very tedious process. (Come to think of it, aren't those parents nit-picking when they "comb out all the lotion possible?" Probably!) How do you know if you have nits? They look like this. posted by Sydney on 9/07/2004 08:42:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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