Fast working in 10 minutes, effective treatment for headlice but leaves the hair very greasy for several washes afterwards.

There are quite a number of things I could happily go through life without encountering. High on this list is headlice and nits. I really really hate these little fuckers. I have survived my own childhood and adulthood without any contact with them, but unfortunately parenthood and in particular, my 5 year old son has brought them to my world. He appears to attract them like a frigging magnet. Thankfully he’s my only child to date that seems to have this problem, but since starting school, as he’s very outgoing and friendly with other kids, he’s had three infestations of them so far.

The third of which I noticed this morning at 8am, when we were due to start school run at 8.50am. Arrrgghhh. Mornings are frantic enough here without any added excitement.

They are awful, skin crawlingly yeuchy creatures. Out came the bottle of Full Marks solution. This is brilliant stuff. Toxin free apparently and works well.

Its first advantage is that it does the job really quickly. Pour solution and massage into his hair and leave for 10 minutes. Its a bit uncomfortable for him as it tends to run down his neck and a bit around his face. Its a clear liquid and doesn’t really smell at all. So I tend to just drape a towel around his shoulders and he wipes off any stray liquid.

The kit comes with a metal comb which is far superior for removing the dead lice and nits that the plastic ones I have come across to date. After the 10 minutes are up, you comb the hair repeatedly until all the dead creatures are removed.

The hair is then washed. This is the only disadvantage of this product, it is very difficult to remove it completely from the hair as its quite oily, it usually takes several shampoos and washes over a few days.

Hair then should be re-inspected at 7 and 14 days to ensure no further lice/nits occur.

To date, I have only needed to apply it once for each occurance of headlice and it has worked very effectively. Would definitely recommend and now have a bottle on standby in case of another early morning crisis!

Rated 4/5 on Oct 02 2007 by ManicMammy
Review Tags: children, creepy crawly, hair, headlice, lice, nit
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