Licenders Head Lice Shampoo 8 Oz.

No pesticides is great as you can use these more often without fear of hurting your kids. I use a variety of "homeopathic" type lice shampoos every weekend, to keep the pests at bay. But the real key is using lots of any type of conditioner afterwards and a metal lice comb on the hair, to try and remove nits.

Have you ever gotten that dreaded call from school or camp? If you have ever battled lice (the big L), you know EXACTLY what I mean. When it happens, what do you do? Go to the drugstore and check the lice kits, right? Shampoo, inspect head, pick nits (you can't really nail the bugs themselves since they're too fast); wash everything in hot water, dry it all on hot in the dryer, bag some stuff, vaccum; what about kids' backpacks, their coats, scarfs, gloves, hats, ball caps, batting helmets? Sheets, pillowcases, (pillows?), blankets, comforters? Whew! Then,... wait a minute, is that you scratching your head? Aaargh!!!Ok, after one of the calls we got, we marched straight over to Licenders for their in-salon treatment.* It worked very well, especially if you have long hair. They cleared our family of L, which included two mild cases, one massive case, and one small case (with the long hair). We did the daily nit checks and shampooing for two weeks (every 3-5 days with L shampoo). Eventually one of our kids caught it again from camp but we skipped the salon. We were able to control it and knock out the live L by using Licenders shampoo.The shampoo is supposed to be all natural, and kill L on contact. It does not do anything about nits. And, I don't think L build any kind of immunity to it. So, the routine is to use the shampoo every 3-5 days for at least a couple of weeks, then every 7 days until you are confident all's well.Some people we know use the shampoo once weekly to kill whatever may have landed during the interim.* The Licenders in-salon treatment cost $250 for the first 2hrs and $90 for each additional hour.

Over priced. The mint shampoo is pure-Castile soap with a few extra drops of mint oil and the comb out cream is just baking soda with cheap Pantene conditioner mixed together and sold for a rediculous price. Also if you use their salon or home service you'll pay about $2,000 dollars and the staff make between $8.00-$17.00 an hour for several hours of combing. Do yourself a favor, buy your own natural product or find a legit place that won't try to rob you or pays slave wages to workers!