Silkies have lice eggs in beards - showing soon - Help!

[country]

Final Test Results Are In!!
The Coconut Oil works great & the lice nits either disappear or fall off - not sure which. The only drawback is trying to keep it warm enough so it stays liquid. I put it in a plastic bottle, nuked it to liquid, & then wrapped the bottle in a sock. Worked great for a while but then it started getting hard. Luckily, I had some of those chemical hand warmers on hand so I wrapped those up in the sock & that solved the problem.
Also, corn oil worked just fine. Not sure if it was as good as the coconut oil as it took 2 applications. However, probably wasn't a fair test as the hen I used it on was about 5 times as bad as the others.

The only drawback to the coconut oil was that it smelled so good it made me hungry!!!

My sincere thanks to everyone who responded. BYC'rs are the BEST!!!!

Country/Sheri

 

[leenie]

I am SOOOO glad you let us know your results using VCO for lice!

Benefits of VCO treatment for lice include immediate destruction of lice and eggs with an all natural product causing no wasting of eggs.

Here is a "real" study on VCO vs. Permethrin on lice and the findings were outstanding.

"A 2009 clinical trial has shown the superiority of a coconut oil as a natural alternative to the conventional treatment from head lice and their eggs. The clinical trial, which was published in the journal European Journal of Paediatrics involved 100 participants, found that coconut-oil based spray was more effective than pharmaceutical permethrin (an insecticide for treating lice infestation) 0.43 per cent topical treatment for head lice."

Read the full article here http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/natural-health/17346-why-coconut-oil-treats-eczema-lice-arthritis

Be sure to spread the good word when you see a new lice post