Chapter 1: Clinical Overview
Pharmacy Medicines
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Contain insecticides such as pyrethrin and permethrin, to kill the lice.
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Contain essential oils and/or silicone-like compounds, such as dimethicone, to kill the lice by desiccating or suffocating them.
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These products are available as shampoos, conditioners or hair sprays.
Follow the instructions on the product and repeat in a week
Lice Combs
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Fine tooth combs used with hair conditioner to physically remove the lice, and if done efficiently the eggs.
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Some operate like a mini-vacuum cleaner to capture the lice and eggs.
Others use a low electronic pulse that kills lice.