An Inexpensive Cure for Head Lice

But first... an apology. Someone wrote me a note about the Chantrix post and I tried several times to accept it... and it didn't work! Now it says there's nothing to accept. Technology!!

And now... the lice.

It sounds just terrible to think that your children - or you - could get head lice. The condition is associated with unwashed hair, dirty clothes, and dark little hovels for homes.

But that's not true, because lice are very easy to acquire. Especially since children in school all hang their coats and hats on a rack together. All it takes is one kid with lice to infect the entire classroom - and from there, it can keep going.

Those little insects just crawl from one hat or coat to another. Then, when your child comes home from school and flops on the couch, they jump off on the pillows to await the next person who lays down. In short, even people who are fastidious about cleanliness can get head lice.

The bad news is lice shampoo is stinky and expensive. The good news is a common product that's probably in your medicine cabinet can send them packing. The product: Listerine.

Soak the infected scalp with Listerine, top it with a shower cap and let it sit there for a couple hours before combing out the dead lice and washing the hair.

I know, you'll look funny running around in a shower cap for a couple of hours, but that's better than having bugs crawling around on your head! Curl up with a good book and the time will fly.