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Shampoo for head lice
Please provide a good shampoo for head lice. My daughter is 2 years old with head full of lice and its eggs .
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Permethrin 1% lotion/shampoo is usually first choice in this age.
• Apply on washed towel-dried hair and scalp.
• Leave for about 10 minutes, then rinse.
• Use a fine lice comb to remove dead lice and nits.
• Repeat after 7–9 days because eggs may hatch again.
Health Tips
Treat close family members if they also have itching or lice.
• Wash pillow covers, caps, bedsheets, towels in hot water.
• Avoid sharing combs/hair accessories.
• Daily nit combing improves success a lot.
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Perlice rinse
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Hello,
Give 1% Permithrin
Hair Shield shampoo/ Pharm Ivrae shampoo
Along with wet combing of hair
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If they are still resistant despite the shampoo use oral treatment should be started
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You can use permethrin shampoo
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Dr. Venkatesh Badugu
Pediatrician
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Permethrin shampoo
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