A home treatment for head lice is the easiest way to get rid of these tiny, flat parasites. Although head lice do not have wings, they are easily transmitted from person to person. Lice live on the head by clinging tightly to the hair with their claws. Lice eggs, called nits, attach themselves to the hair shaft using sticky saliva.

Steps need to be taken to remove these eggs from the scalp in your effort to get rid of head lice. Failure to do so could leave you open to repeat lice infestations. Lice are annoying, but you can get rid of them using home lice treatments.

Here are some tips:

• the simplest home treatment for lice is to use a lice comb. This comb should be available at your nearest medical store. Although laborious, it can be a very useful remedy to treat head lice at home.
• In your regular shampoo, mix 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of tea tree oil, and 1 teaspoon of eucalyptus oil. Apply this solution and then cover your head tightly with a shower cap for half an hour and then rinse.
• Mayonnaise has been used as a home lice treatment for several years. Apply mayonnaise to the scalp at night and sleep with a shower cap on. In the morning, use a good shampoo and wash your hair to remove the applied solution. Afterwards, check the scalp regularly to make sure there are no lice.
• Vaseline can be used as an effective cure for head lice. Apply Vaseline to the entire scalp and sleep overnight with a shower cap on. The gelatin loosens the lice from your hair, but you should work on removing the oil from your hair. You can try using a dishwashing detergent to get rid of grease quickly. You can try using cornmeal before the whole process to make it less tedious.
• Prepare a solution by mixing 20 drops each of eucalyptus essential oil and tea tree oil, 10 drops each of anise essential oil and lemon oil with 75 ml of olive oil. Apply this on your hair and wait for an hour. Subsequently, rinse the hair with plenty of water to obtain positive results.
• You can also make a solution of baby oil or any other mineral oil with equal proportion of vinegar. Apply this mixture to the scalp of your hair for two hours and rinse. This solution is an effective home lice treatment as the combination of oil and vinegar fights lice.

It is important that you find a good home lice treatment depending on the nature of your hair and the severity of the problem; otherwise, you may end up losing your hair and damaging your scalp.