Several years ago I got lice from one of my children's neighborhood friends. My hair is very long (hip length), and I had no intention of cutting it. There's no way I could even think about getting a nit comb through it, either, so the first thing I did was thoroughly rinse my hair with apple cider vinegar (which happens to be good for hair, but not for lice). After that, I liberally applied olive oil all over my hair/scalp and wrapped a towel around my hair/head (this treatment helps suffocate lice). I kept the towel on my head for a good hour. Afterward, I washed my hair enough times to get the oil out and then used a blow dryer to dry my hair. I read an article by an entomologist about killing lice, because he accidentally did it during one of his studies (he moved to a drier climate, and the dryness killed his lice). If you dehydrate the lice, which happens when using a blow dryer, they die. It also dehydrates their eggs (so they don't hatch) and renders any surviving lice sterile. You only have to blow dry your hair on the hottest setting you can stand for as long as you can stand (be sure to get as close to your scalp as you can, too). I only had to do this for 2-3 days and never again after that. In the meantime, I made sure to cover cloth furniture with plastic and sprinkle the carpet with baking soda (it dehydrates).
Several years ago I got lice from one of my children's neighborhood friends. My hair is very long (hip length), and I had no intention of cutting it. There's no way I could even think about getting a nit comb through it, either, so the first thing I did was thoroughly rinse my hair with apple cider vinegar (which happens to be good for hair, but not for lice). After that, I liberally applied olive oil all over my hair/scalp and wrapped a towel around my hair/head (this treatment helps suffocate lice). I kept the towel on my head for a good hour. Afterward, I washed my hair enough times to get the oil out and then used a blow dryer to dry my hair. I read an article by an entomologist about killing lice, because he accidentally did it during one of his studies (he moved to a drier climate, and the dryness killed his lice). If you dehydrate the lice, which happens when using a blow dryer, they die. It also dehydrates their eggs (so they don't hatch) and renders any surviving lice sterile. You only have to blow dry your hair on the hottest setting you can stand for as long as you can stand (be sure to get as close to your scalp as you can, too). I only had to do this for 2-3 days and never again after that. In the meantime, I made sure to cover cloth furniture with plastic and sprinkle the carpet with baking soda (it dehydrates).