The Alternative Medicine Cabinet: Cetaphil for Lice
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
The Remedy: Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser
The Claim: It kills head lice.
The Science: Every year, millions of Americans are treated for head lice, a vast majority of them schoolchildren. Conventional treatment usually calls for a neurotoxic insecticide, but few regimens are entirely effective, and in recent years drug-resistant lice have emerged.
But some doctors advocate an inexpensive and simple alternative that requires little more than a bottle of Cetaphil skin cleanser and a hair dryer. In one study published in the journal Pediatrics in 2004, 133 children with hard-to-treat head lice were recruited and subjected to a regimen that involved coating the hair with Cetaphil, combing it, then blow-drying it until it hardens and shampooing it out eight hours later. The idea is to create a “shrink-wrap” effect that suffocates lice. According to the study, this method produced a roughly 95 percent success rate when it was repeated once a week for three weeks. That beats the general success rate of more conventional treatments like Malathion (about 17 percent) and Dimethicone (about 73 percent).
MY THOUGHTS
most girls get lice in grade school right? you know, comb sharing and all that girl staff. moms, if you do not have time "murdering" lice in your little's girls curls, go get cetaphil.
“It creates a game for parents and kids,” said Joe Graedon, a pharmacologist and author of the book “The People’s Pharmacy Guide to Home and Herbal Remedies.” “You create a helmet head, and you shampoo it out in the morning.” To prevent flaking, he added, throw on a shampoo cap.
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
The Remedy: Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser
The Claim: It kills head lice.
The Science: Every year, millions of Americans are treated for head lice, a vast majority of them schoolchildren. Conventional treatment usually calls for a neurotoxic insecticide, but few regimens are entirely effective, and in recent years drug-resistant lice have emerged.
But some doctors advocate an inexpensive and simple alternative that requires little more than a bottle of Cetaphil skin cleanser and a hair dryer. In one study published in the journal Pediatrics in 2004, 133 children with hard-to-treat head lice were recruited and subjected to a regimen that involved coating the hair with Cetaphil, combing it, then blow-drying it until it hardens and shampooing it out eight hours later. The idea is to create a “shrink-wrap” effect that suffocates lice. According to the study, this method produced a roughly 95 percent success rate when it was repeated once a week for three weeks. That beats the general success rate of more conventional treatments like Malathion (about 17 percent) and Dimethicone (about 73 percent).
MY THOUGHTS
most girls get lice in grade school right? you know, comb sharing and all that girl staff. moms, if you do not have time "murdering" lice in your little's girls curls, go get cetaphil.
“It creates a game for parents and kids,” said Joe Graedon, a pharmacologist and author of the book “The People’s Pharmacy Guide to Home and Herbal Remedies.” “You create a helmet head, and you shampoo it out in the morning.” To prevent flaking, he added, throw on a shampoo cap.
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