How long can treated, but undetected lice eggs remain attached on hair?

My wife has been treating her hair periodically with Nix and other products since the beginning of December and continues to find lice eggs occasionally. We have never seen a bug, only white eggs. We are not sure if these are eggs that have remained on the hair but were not detected earlier when we checked the hair. Any ideas or ways to treat other then what we have done?

How long can treated, but undetected lice eggs remain attached on hair?

I work in a classroom with children who frequently have head lice. Something that the staff does is put tea tree oil in our shampoo at home, not too much, just enough so that when you shake it up to mix it, you can faintly smell the tea tree oil. Lice hate the stuff and will stay away from it. We've also found that rather from using an expensive lice shampoo like Nix, just use cheap dog/cat shampoo for treating lice and fleas. It works much better and isn't as harsh on your hair. You should continue to try and remove all of the lice eggs by using the tiny combs while your hair has conditioner in it. Have your wife use the tiny comb while shes in the shower each day for about 10 minutes until you don't find the eggs anymore. I would do one more clean sweep of all household linens and furniture, you can buy lice killing sprays for couches and chairs and what not. Even after getting rid of all the eggs I would continue to wash my hair with the lice shampoo at least once or twice a month, and use your regular shampoo with tea tree oil as you normally would until you finish the bottle. Hope that helps and good luck, I know what an annoying and frustrating issue it is. :)

How long can treated, but undetected lice eggs remain attached on hair?

there are those nit combs, she should use those like really frequently. it helped me.

How long can treated, but undetected lice eggs remain attached on hair?

god, lice sucks!!! my kids had it and it was awful to get rid of. Keep going through her hair with a comb. the eggs are probably dead they can stay in the hair for a very long time. as long as you are not finding any live bugs or "brownish" eggs near the scalp. I can't believe i know so much about lice removal

How long can treated, but undetected lice eggs remain attached on hair?

Eggs are called nits. When nits are laid a strong glue-like adhesive is also secreted by the female louse and this sourrounds the nits. This is how they attach to hair strands. Try dipping the Nix removal comb in household vinegar to dissolve the bond.

How long can treated, but undetected lice eggs remain attached on hair?

You can use vinger and crisco oil, the vingear kills any bugs or eggs, while the crisco takes off the "glue" holding them to the hair. 1/2 cup of vinger, and half a cup of cricso, put it in the hair, and leave bag on tight for 12 hours

How long can treated, but undetected lice eggs remain attached on hair?

The nits are literally glued onto the hair shaft and will not come off until you pull it off with a nit comb or cut off the hair. Keep using the nit comb until all the eggs are gone. If you remove the eggs, you reduce the population.

Don't let your wife continue using the OTC or prescription lice shampoos (ie Nix, Rid, etc) because the little buggers are getting immune to them and all she's doing is slowly poisoning herself. Buy some shampoo with tea tree oil (lavendar and eucalyptus helps too), found in the organic haircare aisle or natural health store and use it daily. If you can't find any shampoo, get some tea tree oil essential oil bottle and add it to your regular shampoo or conditioner AND get a spray bottle with water and add the oil to it (don't use it full strength). Spray both of your hair thoroughly between washings. The essential oils are both a treatment and a preventative and are usually used in natural lice treatments. Keep using the natural lice treatments for at least a month even if you think they are all gone because that's how long the lice life cycle is.